Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Student wins Young Person of the Year

josh-chrisFirst year BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering student Joshua Olaleye has won a Pride of Reading award for his work with the local community.

Joshua won the prestigious Young Person of the Year award in recognition of his commitment to volunteering and fundraising. In his spare time Joshua worked with an Age Concern group, helping elderly people to use computers. He also gave free drumming lessons to local young people, acted as a student mentor to classmates at Reading College and took part in a charity bike ride among many other things.

Joshua was presented his award by host Chris Tarrant at a ceremony in Reading last month.

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