Per ardua ad astra: QE boys’ success in lockdown space competition
July 1, 2020
A QE trio have won a major prize in a digital competition focused on the future of space travel. The team, who are all from the same Year 9 Pearce form group, took the Innovation Award in the Galactic Challenge One Small Step competition with their design for a vehicle...
Roast duck, radiology and getting out of your comfort zone
October 2, 2020
Medic Neeral Patel is loving life in Toronto, where he is on a two-year mixed research and clinical fellowship – even if, at first, he wondered if making the move had been a big mistake. “I vividly remember landing in Toronto a year ago with a very uneasy feeling in...
The worst of times for some, but the best of times for QE’s young achievers – and so a time to celebrate
July 16, 2020
In his video address at this year’s Junior Awards, Headmaster Neil Enright acknowledged that, with the disruption, uncertainties, anxiety and “very real pain” caused by the global pandemic, people might feel there is little cause for celebration. “Yet, despite all of this, indeed perhaps because of all of this, it...
Nilesh champions emerging technology’s “profound and positive impact”
March 18, 2021
After seven years in a senior role for the global advertising agency behind Nike’s ‘Just do it’ tagline, US-based Nilesh Ashra is now blazing a trail with his own innovation consultancy. Named in Ad Age’s 40 under 40 list in 2016, he has been profiled in the print edition of Fast Company, the influential American business magazine. He is a high-profile speaker who has appeared at...
New top team for a new year
January 1, 2021
Siddhant Kansal takes up the reins from today as QE’s 2021 School Captain, supported by a twelve-strong Senior Prefect Team and more than 100 additional officials and prefects. Siddhant will be working closely with the new Senior Vice-Captains, Sultan Khokhar and Paul Ofordu. The transition from the 2020 team started...
Light at the end of the tunnel: Max’s positive message on mental health in the pandemic
February 5, 2021
Old Elizabethan Max Hassell gave a virtual talk for senior pupils on his experiences with ADHD, anxiety and depression as the country marked Children’s Mental Health Week. In the lunchtime address, Max (OE 2002–2009) reflected on his own journey and underlined to the boys the benefits of seeking help, should...
From pushing trolleys to working with Robbie Williams and reorganising a £3m cruise when the ship caught fire, Laurie’s done it all
March 26, 2021
Over the years, Laurie Weitzkorn has DJ-ed to huge crowds, staged lavish parties in exotic locations across the globe, and worked with royalty, the super-rich and the famous. By his own admission, his event design company, JustSeventy, is not the cheapest, but that, he says, is because they offer a...
