Fledgling engineer meets industry giants
November 3, 2014
Budding engineer Marcus Rodin enjoyed the opportunity to meet and interview two of the key engineers behind London’s iconic Shard building – the unusual prize in a national competition.
Marcus, a Year 13 student, had to write a short letter detailing why he thought he should be...
Facing a grilling: boys given university practice interviews by top academics
September 8, 2014
Next year’s QE leavers completed their university practice interviews over the summer, seizing the opportunity to experience questioning from senior academics.
The School arranges such practice interviews boys to help Year 12 boys prepare for their university applications.
Among the interviewers, this year, were:
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“Total commitment” on Sri Lanka sports tour
September 1, 2014
The School’s rugby and cricket tour of Sri Lanka, organised to mark the centenary of the introduction of rugby at QE, proved to be both rewarding and challenging for the teams as they encountered talented opposition in hot and humid conditions.
The tour party, comprising around 50...
How far? In that? Prasana’s 11,000-mile odyssey
July 16, 2014
An Old Elizabethan taking part in the 2014 Mongol Rally brought his vehicle into School to show the boys. Prasana Uthayakumar (2003-2010) is part of a team of four planning to drive 11,000 miles from London to Ulan Bator in Mongolia in a 13-year-old Skoda to raise money for...
Multiple awards in British Physics Olympiad AS Challenge
May 1, 2014
The diligence of QE's Year 12 Physicists has been rewarded with a grand total of 14 awards in this year's Physics Olympiad, run by Oxford University.
Two QE boys, Bhavik Mehta and Robert Swan, were awarded gold with a further five gaining silver and seven winning the...
Off to Sandhurst: CCF insight into officer training
March 5, 2014
A group from the School's Combined Cadet Force enjoyed a valuable insight into the workings of the Royal Military Academy during a visit to Sandhurst.
Fifteen boys, accompanied by Lieutenant Kieron Howe, who is also QE’s Director of Music, were given a tour of the Academy’s extensive...
