Subject Profile: Chemistry

A Lower 6th Chemistry student writes: "Chemistry is famous for being full of experiments which make pretty colours and are all fiery. So far Chemistry AS has not let me down. In just the third class we did a titration and during the open morning we had flame tests which were popular with both the new students who were looking around and with the people doing it, us! Chemistry sounds like bunches of fun, but we also have to study and learn definitions."

Interesting lectures

There are some intersting lectures coming up. On Friday there is a lecture at Fisher House at 5pm about John Fisher's Theology which A Level historians and theologians might find interesting while on 26th November potential medics might find the talk on "Perspectives in ear reconstruction" at Addenbrooke's worth attending.

Visiting Stratford

Some of the 6th Form Theatre Studies students joined the Year 9 trip to Stratford-upon-Avon today to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night today. It was a production well worth seeing. There's no substitute for being there but if you'd like to read an interview with the director click here.

Singaporean Visitors

We were pleased to welcome a class of Singaporean students from Nanyang Girls' High School today. They took part in some Sixth Form lessons and had a chance to see some of our extra-curricular activities in action. We wish them all the best with the rest of their tour of the UK.

University and Careers Advice

The Upper 6th are beginning to receive their university offers but here are some useful websites for the Lower 6th as they begin to mull over where they might want to go and what they might to study. Courses and typical grade requirements can be seen here.  If you want some statistics about universities and useful feedback, click here. For virtual tours of universities, try this one out. For videos of different universities try here.

If you want to investigate specific jobs you might want to look here. Go here if you want a career in the National Health Service, then click on coursefinder. It is vital that you check that the NHS recognises the medical courses offered at various universities: not all of them are recognised. For an online questionnaire to match you with an NHS career click here.

Keep an eye on the blog: there will be more advice coming soon. Happy hunting.