Entries by Leonie

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Apax Partners Paid Work Placement

  Abida Ali, one of the academy’s star Year 12 students, successfully secured a week’s paid placement at Apax Partners, a global British private equity firm that is one of the oldest and largest firms operating on an international basis. Only four coveted places were available and Abida went through a stringent interview process, so […]

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Graduation Trip at Kings College

On Saturday 12th May, four Year 9 students attended the Graduation Event for the Scholars Programme run by the Brilliant Club. Last year, these students worked with a PhD tutor on a research project on the French Revolution developing their academic skills and critical thinking. Through regular meetings with their tutor, they collected data, read […]

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Explorer Ben Saunders visits MAS

   On Tuesday 8th May, Sixth Form and Duke of Edinburgh students were lucky to have Ben Saunders visit the academy and speak to them about his many expeditions around the world. As a record beating British polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker he beguiled them with stories of surviving in the world’s most […]