Hard work adds up to top award for Devonne
A New College Durham student has been named Student of the Year at the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) awards.
Devonne Burn is currently studying the AAT professional diploma in accounting and is awaiting her final exam results.
She was shortlisted for the international accolade following her achievement of a distinction on both the foundation certificate in accounting and the advanced diploma in accounting.
Devonne scored exceptionally high marks in all units whilst working fulltime as an accounts manager at CCL Office Ltd.
She said: “I’m delighted to have won the AAT Student of the Year Award. I was so pleased to be nominated, but didn’t expect that I would go on to win considering that AAT currently has 70,000 students.
"I really enjoyed my time studying at New College Durham and I felt extremely well supported by the teaching staff at the college. Despite being in full-time work, I was able to balance up my studies with my job.”
Devonne’s tutor, Carol Smith, said: “We are delighted for Devonne. She was a real pleasure to teach and a truly dedicated student who was always polite and focused.
“Over the last two years, we have won student of the year, apprentice of the year and medium training provider of the year. This demonstrates the outstanding work of our students and the AAT team at New College Durham.”
New College Durham offers a range of part-time AAT qualifications including bookkeeping, the foundation certificate in accounting and the advanced diploma in accounting.