"This year has been full, for both committee and members. We have strived to improve upon last year and make sure that our members will benefit from a whole array of events and opportunities, and in turn they will pride themselves with us.

This year we have managed to reach 280 members, the biggest number we have ever had. We ran over 60 events, from workshops to socials to talks to sports, and if the circumstances were different, even more events would have been held. We started the year as usual, with a whole week focused on the freshers. We ran multiple social events including the yearly pub night, to make sure that the first years will adapt to the new environment, and ease into the university social life. This year saw the introduction of the Student Developer Club, where multiple workshops have been held during the year to help our members pick up many useful skills, and improve their abilities in multiple areas of Computer Science. And as we have tried to do each year, we have held sport events, to improve the teamwork and physical wellbeing of our members. We have also tried to increase the collaboration between the societies of the university, and have achieved that by running joint events with societies such as AFNOM, oSTEM, GDS, StartUp Society and Calligraphy Society.

In the first semester we hosted Tech Talks, workshops, held social events, board game nights and attended hackathons. This year we have attended HackTheMidlands again, where many great projects have been conceived by our members, and we hope that the tradition will continue and CSS will continue giving their best in the following years! We have also hosted a few events with our sponsors. Kainos, our main sponsor for the year, has run an Office Visit, where 30 members discovered what working in an office means, and what clients ask of a Software Engineer. After the training sessions, Kainos has also prepared for us a table tennis tournament and an escape room. IBM Q was an one time sponsor, and helped us organise a series of workshops and then a hackathon about Quantum Computing. Over 120 students have joined us in discovering Qiskit, and how Quantum Computing is developing the future.

Two of the most notable social events were the yearly ones: the Halloween Pub Quiz and the Christmas Meal. The Halloween Pub Quiz saw over 100 students and staff coming together to test their wits in a quiz, and compete in a costume competition. For the Christmas Meal, 86 members have joined us to celebrate the joyous occasion and enjoy a wonderful meal with their university friends, before leaving home for the holidays.

During the second semester we have held more events aimed towards the discovery of the cultures of our members. We have held a Lunar New Year Lantern Making event, an International Film Night, and a Balkanic Spring Celebration Bracelet Making event.

Our last big event was the annual CSS Ball, the biggest one yet, in which 130 attendees have come together to celebrate the end of another successful year and party with their peers, maybe for the last time as a student.

In conclusion, this year was record breaking (like most of the past years), and we are proud of keeping the tradition of pushing ourselves to new heights each year. We know our members are as proud of the society as the committee is, due to the great engagement we have seen during the year, and the great number of people standing up to take a role in this amazing society!"

"Overall, 2019/20 was a fruitful year during which our resources enabled us to organise no fewer than 60 events, to provide refreshments and snacks when needed and to keep offering free T-shirts for members. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our sponsors, IBM and Kainos, as well as to our members, whose contributions were indispensable for our activity. We would also like to thank the School of Computer Science for covering some of our expenses for the joint events.

Unfortunately, due to the unprecedented situation we find ourselves in, several transactions still need to be processed. However, those accounted for, we are proudly announcing the CSS will finish the academic year with a positive net balance. Looking forward, we hope to reach more sponsorship agreements and to secure grants from the Guild of Students for our future special events.