A stunning photo of a Scottish skyline, taken by a student from the University of Glasgow, has won Hotcourses Abroad‘s global photo contest, receiving a UK£500 bursary for an international student of the university’s choosing.
The Scottish university came ahead of Oxford Brookes and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which received runner-up prize bursaries of £300 and £200.
“The response really hammered home the diversity in institutions and experiences they offer international students”
The shot of the Glasgow skyline, taken by fourth year undergraduate William Newman, received an impressive 1449 votes on the course listings website’s Facebook page. More than 6,500 votes were cast in total.
“The response really hammered home the diversity in institutions and experiences they offer international students,” Paul Ellett, Digital Media Content Editor at Hotcourses, told The PIE News.
“We were very pleased with the response, both in terms of quantity and quality,” he added. “The universities and colleges really took to the contest and the opportunity to get creative!”
The contest received almost 80 submissions – surpassing Hotcourses’ target of 50 “well before the deadline”, Ellett said – which were whittled down to a shortlist of 29, representing institutions from five countries.
There are no formal arrangements to make the photo contest an annual event, but Ellett said that Hotcourses would like to revisit the contest “in some form or another”. “Who knows, next time we might ask universities to film a Vine!” he quipped.
“We’re interested in whatever gets across a university or college’s personality in the manner which students are consuming information at the time; so even from another corner of the globe, they can really get a feel for what it means to be a student there,” he said.
A spokesman from the University of Glasgow congratulated Newman on his success, saying: “We think his entry is absolutely stunning. We would also like to thank Hotcourses for supplying this bursary which will go towards supporting our efforts to facilitate the world-class teaching and research work taking place at the University of Glasgow.”
