Space hopper fun for charity
June 25, 2010
Underne House raised just over £150 for charity with three days of space hopper races. Boys from Years 7-10 took part in the first two days’ races in the gym, with Tom Selek, of Year 7, winning the Year 7 and 8 races and Stuart Tang, of Year 9, triumphing...
Innovative Young Enterprise scheme
March 18, 2010
A Young Enterprise scheme involving Year 10 QE students has found an innovative way to help busy people stay fit. The company, Health4All, has launched a discount card which entitles users to a 10% discount on day membership at selected health clubs. A number of Barnet gyms have already signed...
Award highlights QE’s long and successful record in chess
January 26, 2009
Queen Elizabeth’s School has been awarded a rare and prestigious accolade in recognition of its achievements in chess and its work to promote the game. Just two schools are selected annually to receive the British Chess Educational Trust Award. The awards, which are administered by the English Chess Federation, began...
Niam’s cosmic adventure: sixth-former’s medal-winning performance in China as part of UK team in international Olympiad
November 23, 2018
Year 13 pupil Niam Vaishnav won one of the UK’s two silver medals at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in Beijing. His performance during the fiercely fought competition put him in the top third of the competitors, placing Niam among the world’s foremost young astrophysicists. Headmaster Neil Enright said:...
A question of Economics: fun and games, with some serious thinking, too, in innovative subject festival
April 10, 2023
With events for all ages, QE’s Economics 450 Festival proved hugely popular with the boys. The festival featured academic tutorials and a lecture from Old Elizabethans, board games, a quiz, a meeting of QE’s Gresham Society for Economics and a special edition of the department’s periodical, The Econobethan. It was...
Take life’s opportunities – and leave the rest to God
December 15, 2020
After gaining a Master’s in Engineering and qualifying as a Chartered Management Accountant, Zeeshan Khalid has forged a career in international consultancy – with a distinctly forward-looking slant. Zeeshan (OE 1996–1998) is a Partner with a boutique consulting firm, Trestle Group, and is the only member of its seven-strong management...
Fast friends in first-ever marathon
April 1, 2015
Five QE old boys have teamed up to run the Paris Marathon for charity next month – the first time any of them have competed at such a distance. Adeel Haque, Alister Heywood, Simon Nikolov, Jake Sittampalam and Jonathan Bradshaw, who were all at QE from 2005–2012, hope to raise...
Alex makes financial history as his company goes public
July 15, 2011
Former QE pupil Alex Halliday made his first forays into online business while still at the School – and now he has become, at 25, the youngest CEO of a company listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Alex, who left QE after his A-levels in 2003, has created SocialGO.com,...
