This year, College introduced a new initiative designed to stimulate academic curiosity and develop independent learning, helping prepare students for higher education.Lower Sixth students were encouraged to extend their horizons beyond the curriculum and research an exciting topic of personal interest. The research process was an important element of the project, which required planning and developing over an extended period. Projects could be presented as essays or in the form of creative or multimedia presentations.The project was launched in the Spring Term and all work was to be submitted at the beginning of the Autumn Term. It was timed to enable students to showcase in their UCAS personal statements their real passion for a subject studied at depth and their research and time-management skills. Students interviewed would be able to talk with confidence and expertise on the subject.
In their projects, students used literature review, interviews, questionnaires, visits and observation to gather research information and data. The breadth of topics selected was inspiring, with many students responding to the opportunity with imagination and creativity.
Congratulations to all those who successfully extended their knowledge and research skills so impressively. Selecting prizewinners was no easy task but congratulations to Madeleine Parsley (U6, W) who was the overall winner and to the four runners up: Clarice Yeung (U6, W), Jasmine Walker (U6, W), Richard Bond (U6, H) and Sarah Carrington (U6, A).Ten more students received 'Highly Recommended'.
All these top 15 projects are available to download by clicking on the links on the right hand side of this page. A bound booklet of all their work has also been prodcuded: please click here to access it.