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Sir Alastair Cook with Headmaster, OEs and local VIPs at event to champion launch of QE School in Dubai

01.12.2025

Alumni | QE Global Schools

Sir Alastair Cook with Headmaster, OEs and local VIPs at event to champion launch of QE School in Dubai

England cricket legend Sir Alastair Cook joined QE Headmaster Neil Enright as well as more than a dozen Old Elizabethans and former members of staff at a special event in...

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Award presented to Old Elizabethan working for the Premier League at football summit in Turin

24.11.2025

Alumni | Careers

Award presented to Old Elizabethan working for the Premier League at football summit in Turin

Old Elizabethan Samuel Akpan, who works for the Premier League, has received a special award at an international football conference in Italy. Sam (OE 2011–2018) was representing the league at...

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Dream big, think boldly – and do keep up! Leading AI entrepreneur challenges QE boys on careers in a fast-changing world

20.11.2025

Alumni | QE Futures

Dream big, think boldly – and do keep up! Leading AI entrepreneur challenges QE boys on careers in a fast-changing world

An Old Elizabethan who co-founded a $1bn-plus AI company urged boys to be flexible, to develop transferable skills, and to keep learning throughout their lives if they want to build...

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Old Elizabethan academic ranked among world’s top scientists

14.10.2025

Alumni | Sport

Old Elizabethan academic ranked among world’s top scientists

QE alumnus Dr Mustafa Sarkar has been named among the world’s leading sports and exercise scientists in an annual survey. For the second consecutive year, Mustafa (OE 1997–2004) has been...

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Sixth-formers stage their own event for aspiring medics, featuring leading doctors and academics

09.08.2025

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Careers

Sixth-formers stage their own event for aspiring medics, featuring leading doctors and academics

Three Year 12 pupils successfully hosted what is believed to have been QE’s first-ever Medicine conference. The one-day event gave pupils the chance to hear from leading doctors across a...

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Reach for the stars – and remember to be kind

03.07.2025

Alumni

Reach for the stars – and remember to be kind

Britain’s favourite character actress sent the class of 2025 on their way with this challenge: that they should try to follow their dreams, make an impact in the world, but...

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All the fun of the fete – and some serious fundraising, too

25.06.2025

Alumni | House system | Service

All the fun of the fete – and some serious fundraising, too

Founder’s Day 2025 drew large numbers of visitors for the afternoon fete, who helped smash a £25,000 fundraising target. The day, a traditional highlight of QE’s calendar, began with a...

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Justice seen to be done: barrister Matthew appears in new TV series

29.05.2025

Alumni

Justice seen to be done: barrister Matthew appears in new TV series

Lawyer Matthew Radstone featured in the first episode of a new Channel 4 documentary series that follows some of the country’s leading barristers representing clients accused of serious crimes. The...

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Towards a fruitful future

06.05.2025

Alumni | QE Futures

Towards a fruitful future

Two major events took place under the QE Futures programme, with one giving Year 9 pupils insights into entrepreneurialism and the other providing sixth-formers with up-to-the-minute information on what to...

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Old Elizabethans’ triumphant return to Dinner Debate

03.04.2025

Alumni | Debating & public speaking

Old Elizabethans’ triumphant return to Dinner Debate

It is just two years since Sudhamshu Gummadavelly and Ashwin Sridhar won the Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate as sixth-formers in the School’s 450th anniversary year. Now the young alumni, who...

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John Paine (OE 1946-1953)

25.03.2025

Old Elizabethans'

John Paine (OE 1946-1953)

The Association has only recently learned of the passing of John Paine, on June 29th last year, in Lexington, Massachusetts at the age of 89. Joining Queen Elizabeth’s in 1946,...

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Dr Peter Gugenheim MB BS MRCS LRCP (OE 1949-1956)

04.03.2025

Old Elizabethans'

Dr Peter Gugenheim MB BS MRCS LRCP (OE 1949-1956)

The Association is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Doctor Peter Gugenheim. Peter enjoyed an illustrious medical career, retiring as a GP in Edgware. At school he was...

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