Life beyond A-Levels explored by Sixth Form students A visit from an eminent university lecturer gave A-Level students the opportunity to meditate on the nature and purpose of their study.
Lewis Johnston is awarded the trophy by Mr Andrew Carwood OL and Mr Joe de Mello
What if A-Level is not the summit of achievement, but the last staging post before approaching the next chapter – the degree and beyond? This was the challenge posited by Dr Andrew Green, Senior Lecturer in English at Brunel University, in his lecture to Sixth Form English students in late September 2017. Students were asked to meditate on the nature and purpose of literary study, the craft of the writer and the various critical lenses and contexts that shape our approach to a text. Dr Green left the students with much material to consider both in the context of their examination responses and possible approaches to university interviews. Sixth Form students Asgharali Jaffer (L6JWP) and first Harpal Khambay (U6CKL) share their impressions:
Dr Green began by asking us what our own context was, in an attempt to get us to identify what makes us respond to literature as we do. Ideas such as sexuality, gender and religion came up. It is important to understand that we receive a piece of text differently now, because of the world and context we inhabit. Dr Green explained to us that no interpretation, especially in the world of literature, was wrong.
Ethan Greaves gives his drum performance, which took victory in the Grades 1-4 category
Sanjam Singh opened the evening with an improvised performance on the tabla
The Lower Sixth is exploring different analytical techniques when first encountering a text in the framework of our American Literature topic. This was therefore an apt time to have this lecture as it prepared us for our two years of literary study.
Lami Mabifa (U6GRI), Karan Dave (U6PDB),Thomas Salter (U6GRI), Shayen Patel (U6PDB) and Edward Davey (L6ASL) reflect on the purpose of their studies
Spring Term 2018
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