Varvara Kriuchkova and Caedmon Myeni achieved bronze awards in the Senior Physics Challenge . Physics pupils enjoyed their trip to CERN , including visits to the control room for the Large Hadron Collider , and talks by visiting academics including former pupil Katya Goodwin discussing her doctorate at Imperial on aerospace.
Over 100 pupils studied mathematics A-level this year, of whom 30 also studied further mathematics . Dean Zhang was placed in the top 100 nationally in the UKMT Maclaurin Olympiad , and Viola Han was placed in the top 100 nationally in the UKMT Hamilton Olympiad. Sam Huang , Zain Radwan and Dean Zhang qualified for the British Mathematical Olympiad Round 1 . Over 20 Year 12 mathematics pupils mentored Year 11 pupils from local schools to help prepare them for their mathematics GCSE exams. Ivan Wong achieved silver in the UK Physics Olympiad , and was offered a place at Imperial to study physics and theoretical physics. Maksym Matviievskyi was offered a place at Imperial to study electrical and electronic engineering. Zain Radwan was offered places to read engineering at Cornell University and Duke University in the USA. Ten pupils received offers to study a range of engineering degrees including aeronautical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering at Russell Group universities.
STEM The College has a long and proud history in STEM, and numbers a chemistry Nobel Laureate among its former pupils . Gabriela Dixon achieved gold in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad , and Thomas Lucas achieved silver. A further seven pupils achieved bronze and six pupils were Highly Commended. Biology sixth form pupils took part in monitoring and conservation work for giraffes and other species during the College trip to Kwazulu Natal in South Africa , supporting the tracking and monitoring of animals in their natural habitats. Tiger Ge , Zain Radwan and Bob Zhao won gold awards in the UK Chemistry RSC Olympiad , and the College earned a record number of awards including four silver and 17 bronze awards. Tiger Ge was awarded a place to read natural sciences at Magdelene College , Cambridge , and Izzie D’Abbraccio , Poppy Clarke , Humreen Ellens and Freddie Timlin won silver awards in the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench competition .
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