A HIGH-achieving engineering student has been awarded five scholarships to continue his studies.

Jonathan Leonard, of Carlton Husthwaite, near Thirsk, gained the top grades in his extended diploma in engineering at Darlington College and will go on to read a BA Hons in Automotive Engineering at Sunderland University.

The university was so impressed with his results, passion for engineering and quality of his work that it offered him five scholarships totalling £10,600. These included the Anniversary Accommodation Scholarship, the University of Sunderland Scholarship and the Engineering Scholarship.