Alumni News
06.07.2021
Academic enrichment | Alumni | Trips
Young Enterprise team wins award for their eco product
QE’s Young Enterprise team won an Innovation Award after impressing judges at a trade fair with their eco-friendly phone cases. Adjudicators at the Young Enterprise Trade Fair at Old Spitalfields...
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17.06.2021
Academic enrichment | Alumni | Library & creative writing | Outreach
Our rich heritage open to all: proudly presenting QE Collections
Eighty-nine people joined a special Zoom event held to present QE Collections – Queen Elizabeth’s School’s new fully digitised online set of archives relating to the School and the Barnet...
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04.05.2021
At your service: Andrew’s human-centred approach to technology
Andrew Kettenis’ work as a digital experience consultant can be both diverse and sometimes high-profile: recent projects have included working on the UK’s vaccine roll-out and providing support for an...
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16.04.2021
Alumni | Careers | Support & guidance
Take it from us: last year’s leavers give current sixth-formers the benefit of their university experience
QE’s University Convention may have gone online this year because of Covid-19, but the alumni still turned out in numbers to support current Year 12 boys. Well over 50 Old...
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26.03.2021
Alumni | Lecture Programme | Support & guidance
Harmful and hurtful: asking the hard questions about micro-aggressions
Old Elizabethan Bilal Harry Khan threw down a challenge when he took part in a video conversation about ‘micro-aggressions’ as part of a new series of bitesize discussions on vital...
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18.03.2021
Nilesh champions emerging technology’s “profound and positive impact”
After seven years in a senior role for the global advertising agency behind Nike’s ‘Just do it’ tagline, US-based Nilesh Ashra is now blazing a trail with his own innovation consultancy. Named in Ad Age’s 40 under 40 list...
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26.02.2021
Alumni | Religion & Society | Support & guidance
Spearheading change in society: PinkNews boss speaks to QE boys
Benjamin Cohen, founder and CEO of PinkNews, dotcom success story and broadcaster, spoke to current pupils as part of LGBT+ History Month. Benjamin, who was at QE from 1993–1998, took...
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05.02.2021
Light at the end of the tunnel: Max’s positive message on mental health in the pandemic
Old Elizabethan Max Hassell gave a virtual talk for senior pupils on his experiences with ADHD, anxiety and depression as the country marked Children’s Mental Health Week. In the lunchtime...
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27.01.2021
Doing what he loves – HOW good is that!
Frankie Vu (OE) has secured a role as a presenter of the iconic children’s television show, HOW, while also enjoying a new job with Facebook, working in virtual reality. ITV...
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30.12.2020
Alumni | Library & creative writing
The poet, the prince and the podcast (and a proposal, too)
George Mpanga is among only a handful of voices to be heard on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s widely publicised first podcast, which has been issued following the royal...
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23.11.2020
Pushing the conversation: alumni speak on LGBTQ+ issues and their experiences on International Men’s Day
Two Old Elizabethans visited the School in person for a Covid-compliant celebration of International Men’s Day. Jamie Sherman and Arjun Goswami talked about their experiences as members of the LGBTQ+...
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