A STUDENT from the University of Worcester has been recognised for demonstrating the values of World War One nurse Edith Cavell.

As part of the Cavell Nurses’ Trust centenary appeal, Helen Hunt was named as a runner-up in the trust’s search for the country’s most outstanding student midwife at their annual awards ceremony.

The awards, now in their fourth year, are especially poignant as 2015 marks 100 years since the execution of Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium. The British nurse helped to save the lives of hundreds of soldiers from both sides of the conflict.

Helen, who is from Pershore, was voted runner-up in the outstanding student midwife category from a pool of hundreds of applicants.

The third-year student has previously helped to develop websites advising women on antenatal and postnatal care, has represented her peers in her role as a student academic representative, and was last year awarded an academic scholarship by the university in recognition of her exceptional grades.

Helen said: "I didn’t think in a million years that I would have a chance of being successful, as they have so many applicants.

"I had to go down to London for the interview along with the other shortlisted candidates, and I was delighted to find out that I had been named as runner-up.

"I have a real desire and enthusiasm to provide competent, compassionate and woman-centred care, and my goal has always been to ensure that every woman - and partner - that I support has a fulfilling pregnancy, birth and postnatal experience which will aid their transition into parenthood and ensure that the next generation has a stable foundation from which to flourish."

HRH The Princess Royal was involved in the awards for a second year in her role as president of the trust’s Edith Cavell centenary appeal.