Old Elizabethans' News
01.12.2025
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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24.11.2025
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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20.11.2025
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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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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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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06.05.2025
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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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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25.03.2025
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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04.03.2025
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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