OR Society award for Management Science student

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Strathclyde Business School student Scott Dickie has been named runner up in the OR Society's May Hicks Award 2020.

Scott, who studies MSc Data Analytics in the Department of Management Science, receives a cheque for £250 and a certificate.
 The OR Society is the UK-wide learned society in the field of Operational Research and the May Hicks Award is given annually to the best industry-based dissertation project within a UK Master’s programme in Management Science. 

This is now the fifth time in recent years that a Strathlcyde student has been a prize-winner in the May Hicks Award.

Scott completed his placement with STV. Following the success of the project he was offered a permanent position within STV Digital as the new Junior Data Scientist.

Scott said, "After the project marks were finalised, my dissertation supervisor got in touch with my line manager to say they were putting my project forward for the May Hicks award from the Operational Research Society, which is an award given for student projects carried out in a client organisation. For my project to be awarded the runner up prize and have it recognised with such high esteem is fantastic.

"A massive thanks go out to my team at STV for being amazing during placement, Data Lab for funding me, MBN Solutions for placing me at STV, Strathclyde for the great course, and everyone from the MSc Data Analytics 2018-19 class for an amazing year; this award is the culmination of all of these different moving parts falling into place at the right time. Under normal circumstances I would be at the graduation ceremony next month but given the pandemic will be raising a glass from home to toast the occasion!"

Read Scott's blog at https://www.sbs.strath.ac.uk/blogs/SBS/post.aspx?id=1407