Oscar Ryley

Hacker Experience Officer - DurHack

FEB 2024 - PRESENT   •   (8 months)

Working as part of the team Organising DurHack 2024; running workshops and events - including lead-up events for outreach, representing participant's best interests, supporting participants during Hackathon events.

Open Day Student Ambassador - Durham University Computer Science Department

JUN 2024 - SEP 2024   •   (4 months)

Worked with other members of the Computer Science department to facilitate Four Open Days; Speaking to prospective students about the Course, Durham and Student Experience whilst managing the logistics of a large group of people.

STEM Teaching Assistant - Engineering 4 Kids LTD

MAR 2022 - MAR 2023   •   (1 year 1 month)

Assistant teaching in primary school after school clubs; working with children aged 6 to 11. Leading and teaching workshops on Lego engineering and robotics, as well as programming in Scratch, in two clubs a week at the Beacon school. Over 120 hours of experience with explaining technical STEM concepts to children. Also managed a group of six Virtual Reality devices and handled Customer Satisfaction for a joint VR experience; working with Meta Quest hardware and software.

Youth Worker - Chesham Youth Centre

SEP 2021 - MAR 2023   •   (1 year 7 months)

Working with adolescents and social care workers to create a positive environment for the young people in the local community and facilitate activities. For my work in this role, I was awarded Highly commended, Young Community Champion at the Proud of Bucks Awards 2022.

Library Assistant - Chesham Library (Buckinghamshire Council)

OCT 2019 - APR 2020   •   (7 months)

Shelf stacking, coordinating the inter-library loan system, working with customers to help locate items using the Dewey Decimal System, responding to customer queries.

General Volunteer - Durham University Student Volunteering and Outreach

FEB 2024 - PRESENT   •   (8 months)

Volunteering at events organised by Durham University Students to help the wider community; working in teams on charity fundraising and environmental projects. Including Computeas; providing tech support to older members of the community.

Senior Prefect - Dr Challoner's Grammar School

MAR 2022 - MAR 2023   •   (1 year 1 month)

Senior Prefect: Year Group Leader for Year 7 and Mentoring. Helped with logistics and team management at school events, mentored younger students (including at a UKSA team building event) and participated in a variety of leadership opportunities (including the Wycombe Abbey Leadership Conference).

Student Mentor - Dr Challoner's Grammar School

JAN 2022 - JAN 2023   •   (1 year 1 month)

Class Mentor for a Year 7 and a Year 8 class, organising activities and providing support as a student point of contact for a group of 30 students.

Mathematics Mentor - Dr Challoner's Grammar School

OCT 2021 - APR 2022   •   (7 months)

Communicating and teaching Mathematics concepts to GCSE-level students within lessons.

Durham University

MEng (Hons), Computer Science

SEP 2023 - JUN 2027

Grade: 2.1 (Predicted/ 1st Year Results)

2nd Year • Modules: Software Engineering; Theory of Computation; Artificial Intelligence; Data Science; Networks and Systems; Programming Paradigms

Activities and Societies: John Snow College • Computing Society • DU Esports and Gaming Society

Highly Commended, Young Community Champion for Volunteering

Awarded by Buckinghamshire Council at the Proud of Bucks Awards 2022 - Chesham and Villages Community Board

APR 2023

Finalist for National Cyber Student of the Year 2022

The National Cyber Awards 2022

SEP 2022

Level 3 CyberEPQ - Cybersecurity Course

Charted Institute of Information Security (CIISec)

SEP 2022

Digital Fine Art Creative Short Course

Nottingham Trent University

AUG 2022

Codecademy Courses

Python, JavaScript, SQL, Regex, Web Design, HTML, CSS

JUN 2021

STEM Insight Week (Computer Science)

Science Oxford

FEB 2020

Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering

High Speed Training

ID T-3660174-3867409

Issued 18th July 2023