Fresh victory in University Challenge battle
January 4, 2012
QE alumnus Ben Pugh (2002-2009) has helped his team from Pembroke College, Cambridge, to victory in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the BBC’s University Challenge. He made a significant contribution to the team’s 240–160 point victory over Balliol College, Oxford, in the first of a two-part quarter-final. His...
Battling it out in University Challenge
December 13, 2011
Ben Pugh (QE 2002-2009) has helped Pembroke College, Cambridge, reach the quarter-finals of the BBC’s University Challenge. He played a leading part as his team beat St Anne’s College, Oxford, in the first round early in the autumn and then again this month as they saw off Nottingham University by...
Meeting the challenge
September 30, 2011
An old boy has helped his team progress to the second round of a prestigious BBC quiz. Ben Pugh (QE 2002-2009) was part of the Pembroke College, Cambridge, team who beat St Anne’s College, Oxford, in the first round of University Challenge. Ben, who is reading German and Russian, put...
QE Investors reach regional finals
February 11, 2011
A team from QE has reached the regional finals of a prestigious student investment competition. The team, made up of boys from Year 11 and called Beyond Infinity 2, finished in the top 20 in the South East Region of the IFS Student Investor Challenge. The competition is a UK-wide...
Praise for trio’s debating skills at Barnet event
November 30, 2010
Queen Elizabeth’s School students have drawn plaudits for their contribution to a civic event held as part of National Inter Faith Week. Year 12 boys Adeel Haque, Henry Peto and Harish Karunalingam took part in the Question Time-style debate with pupils from three other schools, Ashmole Academy, St Mary’s High...
QE boy achieves perfect score in élite mathematics competition
May 7, 2010
QE candidates have achieved notable success in this year’s Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad, with the results of two boys placing them among the UK’s top 50 mathematicians in their age group. Gabriel Gendler, of Year 9, achieved a perfect score of 60 in the competition, while fellow QE pupil Madhi Elango...
Gifted children let down by education system – but not at QE
March 2, 2010
Queen Elizabeth’s School features prominently in a Financial Times article focusing on gifted children. The feature highlights the fact that 800,000 children nationwide are labelled ‘gifted and talented’. Yet it points out that there is no empirical national standard in this area. Instead, the Government defines ‘gifted’ children as ‘students...
