QE Alumni News
DECEMBER 2019
 
 
 
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An e-newsletter produced by Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
for all our old boys.
 
We trust you will enjoy reading it and will also take the opportunity
to visit QE Connect, a social and business network for our alumni.
 
 
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Headmaster's update
The Autumn Term started with Queen Elizabeth's School in good heart following another set of exceptional exam results.

QE has subsequently been named the country's leading state school for the second consecutive year by the Sunday Times's respected Parent Power survey, a position we have now held for five of the past seven years.
 
 
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Redoubtable leadership: reforming Headmaster Eamonn Harris (1984-1999) passes away
Former Headmaster Eamonn Harris, who is widely credited with saving Queen Elizabeth's from closure and then overseeing its transformation into a successful grammar school, died last month. He was 76 and had been unwell for some time.

The School is planning to celebrate his life and contribution by hosting a commemorative event on Saturday 21st March 2020, to which all alumni are welcome. Further details will follow in the New Year, but if you are interested in attending, please click the button now to let us know by email - remembering to include your full name.
 
 
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Helping the world's largest online-only grocer sell to other supermarkets
Ramesh Paripooranananthan's rather dramatic career change following his solo trip to the Indian sub-continent is, he says, proof of the importance of networking widely and staying flexible in your attitudes.

A Chartered Architect who studied Architecture at Nottingham University and then worked in the discipline for more than a decade, he now has a senior role in engineering for Ocado, the grocery company.
 
 
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'Casting new light on pivotal historical moments':
prestigious European prize for OE filmmaker and academic
Dr Frederick Baker has won a major EU cultural award for an innovative, large-scale digital project telling the story of the run-up to the 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria, the so-called Anschluss.

He led a team of filmmakers, historians and programmers involved in the project, which reached thousands of users via the internet, radio, television, and mobile phones, as well as through analogue media such as postcards, lectures, and print.
 
 
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Helicopter hero: Old Elizabethan's medal-winning bravery in the Troubles revealed
The family of Old Elizabethan helicopter pilot Roger Southgate have unearthed details of a heroic flight in hazardous conditions to rescue a comrade during some of the darkest days of Northern Ireland's Troubles.

Major Roger Lee Southgate (OE 1958-1963), who died suddenly in April 2016 aged 70, served for 49 years as a soldier and then as a retired officer, spending most of that time in the Army Air Corps (AAC). He won his Air Force Medal (AFM) for an operation in 1974 and is believed to have been the first-ever AAC recipient of the award.
 
 
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QE poet-in-residence up for top prize
QE's poet-in-residence, Anthony Anaxagorou, has been shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot prize for poetry.

After the Formalities, a collection of poems by Old Elizabethan Anthony (1994-1999) was selected by the judges among the nominees for the £25,000 prize, the UK's most valuable poetry award.
 
 
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Spice of life: Electrum combines career investigating financial fraud with Latin dance and teaching the Bible
Eleven years after he left the School, Electrum Anpitan's life is as varied as it is full.

Electrum (OE 2001-2008) manages to fit in his demanding role as a Forensic Analyst for KPMG with extensive work in the local community and with running a dance business that has led to collaborations with some of the most famous Latin dancers in the world.
 
 
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White-collar crime, marathons and meeting old classmates
Right from the start, Joshua Domb's professional life had its fair share of excitement!

Just a few months after leaving QE, Josh found himself working at an investment bank and thus witnessed at first-hand the careers carnage among the bankers as the 2008 global financial crisis swept across the City.
 
 
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FUTURE EVENTS
 
 
 
Carol Service
Wednesday 18th December 2019
St John the Baptist Church, High Barnet for 7.30pm, with a drinks reception this year in Church Hall
(adjacent to the Parish Church and on the same side of Wood Street) from 6.15pm.*
 
44th QE Rugby Sevens
Sunday 8th March 2020
At the School, from 10am onwards.
 
Eamonn Harris Commemoration
Saturday 21st March 2020
Further details tbc, but click here to let us know if you would like to attend,
remembering to include your full name.
 
The 55th Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate
Saturday 28th March 2020
6.00pm at the School. OEs challenge the School in this eagerly awaited annual contest.
 
 
*Please let the Headmaster's office know if you would like to attend the Carol Service.

For more information about any alumni events, please contact the Headmaster's office.
 
GETTING INVOLVED
 
 
 
The School is always delighted to hear from our former pupils, whether they would like to get involved in QE events, or simply have news to share about themselves or former classmates. To contact our Alumni Office, please email alumni@qebarnet.co.uk

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Through this e-newsletter, through QE Connect and through the alumni section of the Queen Elizabeth's School website, the School is aiming to strengthen its links with former pupils.
 
If you wish to find out more about having an active role in supporting the school as a past pupil, please contact: alumni@qebarnet.co.uk
 
 
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