Winner 2012
Manchester Metropolitan University with Michael Stephens - Computer Science
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The judges said
This was one of the hardest categories to judge this year, but after much deliberation the judges went for Michael Stephens’ work on how context awareness can increase the security of systems without compromising their usability. They felt the video explained the key concepts simply and succinctly, setting them in a real-world context to make them easy to understand.
Entrant’s description
A short animation and video compilation that illustrates the content of a final year project from the department of Computing & Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University. The project investigated context awareness and how it could be used in the authentication process to increase security without compromising usability. The animations purpose is to communicate the concepts and processes that were used in the solution. These were ideas that would have otherwise been difficult to explain concisely using more traditional types of media.
Shortlist 2012
- Manchester Metropolitan University with Chris Saggerson
- Manchester Metropolitan University with Michael Stephens - Computer Science
- Newcastle University with Efthymios (Euthyme) Ziogas, David Simkin, Stephen Cathcart, Danny Kemp
- University of Huddersfield with James Lashmar
- University of Manchester with Luke Torjussen
2012 Criteria
An entry must be a digital artefact - such as a website, mobile application or animation. Submissions should demonstrate creativity or technical ingenuity in the design or creation of the artefact.
Entries are welcomed from any further or higher educational institution up to a maximum of one for any one course. Each entry can be the work of a single student chosen by the institution from individual entries by different students, or it can be a collaborative work involving a number of students. The work should have been completed by students while studying at the institution as part of their course work at some time between April 2011 and March 2012.
Award History
Winner 2011
University of Central Lancashire with Matt Slade and Naseem Naeem
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The judges said
The winning entry here combined a great idea with dazzling execution. The result wowed the judges who praised its professionalism and predicted a bright future for its creators in their chosen industry.
Entrant’s description
The brief for this project was to create a piece of communication to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog.
Shortlist 2011
- Manchester Metropolitan University Computing - James Antrobus
- Salford University - Alex Fenton
- The Manchester College - Joseph Ackerley
- University of Central Lancashire - Matt Slade and Naseem Naeem
Criteria 2011
An entry must be a digital artefact - such as a website, mobile application or animation. Submissions should demonstrate creativity or technical ingenuity in the design or creation of the artefact. Entries are welcomed from any further or higher educational institution up to a maximum of one for any one course. Each entry can be the work of a single student chosen by the institution from individual entries by different students, or it can be a collaborative work involving a number of students.
Winner 2010
Andreas Linden of University of Central Lancashire
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The judges said
"In choosing the winner in this category, the judges agreed that there is no better advertisment for an educational establishment than that its students produce great work, and that’s exactly what the 2010 Little Chip winner did as a key part of one of the judges’ overall favourite entries this year."
Entrant’s description
'Nosey Parker' is the only car park location application for the iPhone covering the UK. It gives the user the nearest and safest locations, cheapest prices and further details of over 13,400 car parks – that is 1,8 million car parking spaces – across the country. With an estimated 16,000 car parks in the UK, 'Nosey Parker' gives the user access to the largest and most up-to-date database on the iPhone. Reached no.23 in the Apple Apps Store on 2/3/2010. Project produced on work placement at Stardotstar, Manchester
Shortlist 2010
- Andreas Linden - University of Central Lancashire
The judges set a minimum standard for shortlisting any Big Chip category and felt only one of the student entries met this standard.
Criteria 2010
Entries must be a digital artefact - such as a website, mobile application or animation - that could be used to promote some aspect of the entrant educational institution. Submissions should demonstrate creativity in the design of the artefact or in the way it is used to promote the institution, or both.
One entry is allowed from each educational institution. This can be the work of a single student chosen from individual entries by different students, or it can be a collaborative work involving a number of students. The Little Chip Student Award was a new introduction in 2010, open to higher and further education institutions from across the North of England. The last student award in Big Chip was the MANCAT Promising Student Award in 2008, open to students of MANCAT. The brief was simple: 'Make an On-line portfolio of your work'.Previous Winners
Winner 2008
Winner 2007
