Alumni News - Queen Elizabeth School

03.10.2018

Seizing opportunities from Africa to Canada

Over the past couple of years, Jonathan Gunaseelan has done innovative fundraising for UNICEF, taught children in Tanzania, Cardiff and London and helped develop a water filtration system for first-nation...

Investors beat a path to Doorsteps’ door

26.09.2018

Alumni

Investors beat a path to Doorsteps’ door

Akshay Ruparelia’s fast-expanding online estate agency launched a second crowdfunding round this week – and smashed its £400,000 target within seconds of the offer going live. Doorsteps.co.uk has gone from...

21.09.2018

Alumni | Support & guidance

Making headlines, changing thinking

Bilal Harry Khan is fast becoming a leading voice on issues of social justice, race and masculinity. In recent months, Bilal has featured in a number of BBC news and...

Speaking up for families like his – George the Poet fronts programme on London’s disappearing council homes

19.09.2018

Alumni

Speaking up for families like his – George the Poet fronts programme on London’s disappearing council homes

George the Poet is enlivening TV screens this autumn with appearances in both the public and private spheres. George Mpanga (OE 2002–2009), a keen advocate of social justice, investigated how...

Eleventh-hour reprieve clears the way for Channel charity swim

05.09.2018

Alumni

Eleventh-hour reprieve clears the way for Channel charity swim

Old Elizabethan Piers Martin was part of a relay team that successfully swam the English Channel and raised more than £6,000 for Autism East Midlands. Yet, even though the team...

Robert Rinder finds out about his family’s fate in a Nazi concentration camp during making of television programme

14.08.2018

Alumni

Robert Rinder finds out about his family’s fate in a Nazi concentration camp during making of television programme

Old Elizabethan Robert ‘Judge’ Rinder experienced an emotional journey to the Nazi concentration camp where his grandfather, Morris Malenicky, was imprisoned in this week’s episode of the BBC One’s Who...

Been there, done that! Thirty-two Oxbridge candidates benefit from performance coach’s expert advice and experience

08.08.2018

Alumni | Careers | Support & guidance

Been there, done that! Thirty-two Oxbridge candidates benefit from performance coach’s expert advice and experience

Old Elizabethan Kam Taj returned to the School to lead a workshop on Oxbridge preparation for 32 sixth-formers. Kam, a performance coach and motivational speaker, who himself studied at Churchill...

Constructive challenge: building a house of cards – or a stadium, hospital, safari lodge…

30.07.2018

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Arts | House system

Constructive challenge: building a house of cards – or a stadium, hospital, safari lodge…

Equipped only with card and drinking straws, Year 10 boys had to be constructively creative during an architecture event held as part of QE’s Enrichment Week. For the challenge run...

“The best of the best”: Headmaster salutes Queen Elizabeth’s School’s young award-winners, urging them to keep moving forward

27.07.2018

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Music

“The best of the best”: Headmaster salutes Queen Elizabeth’s School’s young award-winners, urging them to keep moving forward

Headmaster Neil Enright evoked Nelson Mandela as he urged QE’s young prize-winners to embrace both optimism and persistence. Mr Enright congratulated the award-winners and explained how they could learn from...

End of the England dream: sports psychologist Mustafa’s antidote for the post-World Cup blues

16.07.2018

Alumni | Sport

End of the England dream: sports psychologist Mustafa’s antidote for the post-World Cup blues

Old Elizabethan Dr Mustafa Sarkar has some sound expert advice for anyone feeling down after the end of the World Cup – and especially after the England defeats in the...

Championing change: award-winning music technology expert and record producer works to help those with disabilities

12.07.2018

Alumni | Music

Championing change: award-winning music technology expert and record producer works to help those with disabilities

Alumnus and former QE teacher Tim Adnitt is now firmly established with a multinational music technology company, while continuing to work very successfully as a record producer and sound engineer....

Things QE taught me: Surya reflects on life as a pupil as he prepares for role lecturing at the Sorbonne

03.07.2018

Alumni | English | Library & creative writing

Things QE taught me: Surya reflects on life as a pupil as he prepares for role lecturing at the Sorbonne

Having completed his English degree at Oxford, Surya Bowyer has spent the last year taking a Master’s at University College London and has now been nominated by UCL for a...