Vikki Burchell, who will be starting her degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge this autumn, was the overall winner of The Year in Industry's regional awards for 'Contribution to the Business'.

Vikki has spent her gap year on a Year in Industry placement at the 1 Ltd., based at Cambridge Science Park.

During her year with 1 Ltd she was working on mobile phone flat speaker technology. She made some groundbreaking developments, estimated to be worth around £350 million to the company.

The Year in Industry scheme was orignally set up by Cambridge University to provide students on their gap years with the opportunity to experience life working for real companies, in fully paid positions, before commencing their university study into industry-related degree courses.

The students work in an environment that is tailored to let them see what working in their chosen industry is really like and also allow them to develop their own interests in the subject they will study.

Vikki will now advance to the national finals in London in September.

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