New & noteworthy

31.10.2024
Academic enrichment | Economics
Taken to the cleaners: money-laundering, fraud and other white-collar crimes under the spotlight in pupil-run Economics journal
The focus is firmly on financial crime in the latest issue of The Econobethan, which takes a detailed look at the misuse of money around the world. Over 28 pages,...
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15.10.2024
Academic enrichment | Languages
From choirs to chalkboards, Old Masters to modern politics, School Captain loved his Dresden Scholarship
2024 School Captain Chanakya Seetharam relished learning about German culture, benefitted greatly from his deep dive into the language, and met many “incredible people” – including an Old Elizabethan –...
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10.10.2024
“The greatest benefit to humankind”: Old Elizabethan’s “stunning breakthrough” in protein research wins him a Nobel prize
Old Elizabethan Sir Demis Hassabis has been awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry, jointly with a colleague at the AI company he founded and with an American scientist. Demis (OE...
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08.10.2024
QE’s production of Lions and Tigers hailed for ‘sensitive’ depiction of Indian independence struggle
The 2024 School Play delved deep into the tumultuous events that marked the decades-long run-up to Indian independence in 1947. Lions and Tigers explored not only the conflict between the...
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03.10.2024
Academic enrichment | Economics
Best young economists in Europe – and at their first attempt, too!
Both QE teams have qualified for the final, global round of the World Economics Cup – with ‘Team 2’ coming first and ‘Team 1’ second in Europe. Their success in...
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27.09.2024
Fresh air, fun, fire, friendship – and no phones! Year 10 enjoy Outward Bound trip to Wales
Ninety-five Year 10 boys headed off to Aberdovey for a long weekend of outdoor activities and team-building on the Welsh coast. After the successful inaugural trip last year, the 2024...
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24.09.2024
Learning powerful lessons from the Great Depression through interdepartmental theatre trip
Year 13 Geography and English Literature students joined forces on a trip to see John Steinbeck’s Depression-era novel, The Grapes of Wrath, at the National Theatre. The 1939 novel tells...
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20.09.2024
Bioquest magazine goes it alone
The School’s new pupil-run Biology journal has now been published as a stand-alone publication for the first time. Featuring articles by six of QE’s senior biologists, Bioquest looks in detail...
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17.09.2024
Head for the hills! (and for the theatre, zoo, air museum, ancient ruin…) Almost 1,000 pupils and staff take a break from the classroom
With most pupils set to enjoy two days off, while the School conducts its annual entrance test, inspiration can be drawn from the two-day Flourish Festival that saw 940 boys...
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11.09.2024
Learning about rescuing coral reefs from scientists behind pioneering research
When Deputy Head Anne Macdonald was watching the BBC’s Our Changing Planet, she was so impressed with the work of the Coral Spawning Laboratory shown in the Restoring Our Reefs...
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