Last updated at 10:55, Wednesday, 10 August 2011

WHITEHAVEN-born student Eleanor Hinde received a special prize from Huddersfield University chancellor, Sir Patrick Stewart, at her recent graduation ceremony.

Sir Patrick Stewart presents his special prize to Whitehaven School old girl Eleanor Hinde

Eleanor, 23, a former pupil of Hensingham Juniors and Whitehaven School, achieved a first class degree in biology and received Star Trek star Sir Patrick’s prize for academic excellence. To gain the prize she had to average 80 per cent throughout her second and third years.

Eleanor, daughter of Ian and Wendy Hinde of Whitehaven, said she was “really proud” to have won the Chancellor’s Prize and is now hoping her academic success will propel her into a PhD project slightly closer to home.

“I will be starting a PhD at Lancaster University in October. My project is to develop an assay for UVA induced skin damage.”

First published at 10:33, Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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