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| Issue 10 | Summer 2014 |
An e-newsletter produced by Queen Elizabeth's School
for all our old boys. We trust you will enjoy reading
it and will also take the opportunity to visit the alumni
section of our website.
 Headmaster's update The award of an MBE for our Head of Mathematics, Fauziah Scarisbrick (known as Gee), in the Queen's Birthday Honours helped make this an especially happy term at Queen Elizabeth's School. Everybody here is so pleased and it has been particularly delightful to receive messages of congratulation from her former pupils. |
 Tradition combined with innovation at Founder's Day Founder's Day 2014 was a fitting climax to the School year, with Old Elizabethans playing a key part in making it a success. After the downpours of 2013, this year's Founder's Day was bathed in glorious sunshine throughout, ensuring a festive atmosphere among the many hundreds of visitors. Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER Prasana's great adventure Prasana Uthayakumar (OE 2003-10) is taking the journey of a lifetime this summer - a road rally from London to Ulaanbaatar. He is one of a team of four students at Southampton University participating in the Mongol Rally, which involves a 10,000-12,000 mile journey to the Mongolian capital (also known as Ulan Bator). Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER From Law to wallpaper and a farm in India After enjoying work as a London lawyer, Murtaza Jivanjee (OE 1997-2004) has made a dramatic career switch - and now trades wallpaper and paints in the Gulf, India and Africa! Murtaza, who is currently based in Dubai, decided to seize an international business opportunity. He has no regrets: "The world of business keeps you absolutely on your toes and gives you a wonderful insight into cultural differences all over the globe." Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER Engaging young people with the voluntary sector Having graduated from Cambridge, Bilal Harry Khan (OE 2003-2010) is now back in Barnet forging a career focused on engaging young people with voluntary service in their own communities. Bilal left QE to take up a place at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, to read Theology and Religious Studies. He then joined CommUNITY Barnet, previously Barnet's Voluntary Service Council, where he is a Youth Engagement Officer. Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER Helping the helpless Paediatric doctor Daniel Langer worked unpaid for six months in Rwanda to help improve the survival of new-born babies. Daniel (OE 1991-1998), who has been practicing for ten years and is now at senior registrar level, visited the central-east African nation as part of a year he took out of the NHS to pursue his interest in global child health, infectious diseases and medical education. Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER Prestigious scholarship aids journey to the Bar Sam Goodman (2002-2009) has been awarded the Queen Mother Scholarship - the most prestigious award offered by the Middle Temple for students planning to qualify as a barrister. Sam impressed the Scholarship panel at the Middle Temple - one of the four Inns of Court with the exclusive right to Call students to the Bar - as one of the most impressive all-round candidates. Find out more |
 NEWSMAKER The amazing life of QE's wartime athletics coach Two recent letters to the Headmaster from researchers in London and Australia have led to QE unearthing fresh information about Franz Stampfl - one of the 20th century's leading athletics coaches, who taught at the School in the darkest days of World War II. The Vienna-born son of an Austrian general and a Russian princess, Mr Stampfl studied writing and painting but also had early success as a skier and javelin thrower. Find out more |
 EVENTS
OE Association Dinner |
| Through this e-newsletter and the alumni section of The Queen Elizabeth's School website, the School is aiming to strengthen its links with former pupils. If you wish to find out more about having an active role in supporting the school as a past pupil, please contact: alumni@qebarnet.co.uk |
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