The winner of the International Student of the Year 2011 competition has been announced at a ceremony in London

James Xi Xu won £2000 after coming first in the competition designed to celebrate the achievements and contributions of international students studying in the UK.

James’ success was announced at a glamorous ceremony hosted by TV presenter Angelica Bell and Radio One DJ Nihal.

Awards were also presented to the 12 winners of the competition’s regional categories. Each of the regional winners was given £1000 and James took home a further £1000 due to his success in the overall award.

The full list was as follows:

Wales
Winner - Ika Johanna Illers, Bangor University
Runner Up - Charity Yan, Cardiff University
Runner Up - Kaushalya Kularatnam, Swansea University

Scotland
Winner - Nur Aizaan Anwar, University of Aberdeen
Runner Up - Hibah Aldawsan, University of Strathclyde
Runner Up - Marcus Edino, Glasgow Caledonian University

N. Ireland
Winner - Margaret Mary Nimoh, Queen's University Belfast
Runner Up - Kacie Smith, Queen's University Belfast
Runner Up - Arzu Mizrak, University of Ulster

East Midlands
Winner - Sabrina Bhundoo, Nottingham Trent University
Runner Up - Chi Lin Kuo, University of Nottingham
Runner Up - Betty Alali Odema, Nottingham Trent University

West Midlands
Winner - Divesh Hiranandani, University of Warwick
Runner Up - Evan Watts, University of Warwick
Runner Up - Yuhao Li, Aston University

Yorkshire & Humber
Winner - Valentine Resiato, York St. John University
Runner Up - Michelle Kopi, University of Bradford
Runner Up - Men Heng Marian Wong, University of York

North East
Winner – Xirong He, Northumbria University
Runner Up – Sebastian Alonso, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Runner Up – King Lin, Durham University

North West
Winner - Tian Peng, University of Manchester
Runner Up - Joseph Bamidele Akinnagbe, University of Manchester
Runner Up - Taghreed Al-Ghaith, Lancaster University Management School

London
Winner - Xi Xu, University College London
Runner Up - Arthy Ravichandran, City University London
Runner Up - Vyacheslav Polonski, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

East England
Winner - Sze Han Haidee (Heidi) Ng, The Leys School
Runner Up - Kuong Ly, University of Cambridge
Runner Up - Alin Dobrea, University of Bedfordshire

South East
Winner - Pavan Kumar Sriram, University of Southampton
Runner Up - Mireille Gomes, University of Oxford
Runner Up - Marta Klara Szczerba, University of Oxford

South West
Winner – Maria Xi Zhang, University of Bath
Runner Up – Francesca Wuytack, Bournemouth University
Runner Up – Ines Taylor, University of Bristol

Posted by Jacqui Fox