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Back row: Clare Cocker (EH), Aramide Adenmosun (No.4). Middle row: Toni Adejuyigbe (SH), Lorenz Freigassner (No.5), Henry de Spoelberch (No.1). Front row: Ben Williams (No.1). Maria Zuberek (OM No.6, 1913–15) is not pictured above.
Seven top-class offers Seven pupils at Malvern College have recently been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge and this year there is a balance between the Sciences and Social Sciences, with Law, Economics (two offers), Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Human Sciences all represented. The popularity of both universities remains equally strong, with four places offered at Oxford and three at Cambridge. A delighted Antony Clark, extending his congratulations to the pupils who have received offers said, “They have
the intellectual agility as well as the academic curiosity and drive to be offered their conditional places.” Mr Clark continued, “I am sure that they will enjoy the challenge associated with life in a fast-moving academic environment, as will our other students who are awaiting offers of
Visits to Oxford and Cambridge A number of our academically ambitious pupils visited Oxford
Hertford College, Oxford
the applications process and the particular challenges of undergraduate study there. Chris Calderwood (St John’s, Cambridge) led an overnight visit to St John’s and Sidney Sussex Colleges at Cambridge, where our pupils met up with OMs studying there. Their guides, organised by Valeriya Malenko (Trinity), included Will Raby-Smith (Emmanuel), Nancy John (Christ’s), Hani El-Bay (Trinity) and Paulin Nusser (Magdalene). They then had a taste of student living, and dining in college as well as some helpful advice from the Admissions tutors. Andrew Law (Brasenose, Oxford) took a group on a day visit to Oxford that comprised a guided tour of Balliol College and a taste of academic life at Hertford College, where the group attended an academic taster session on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The pupils dined in college and made the most of their time to question current undergraduates before meeting OMs studying there: Gerald Roseman (Corpus Christi), James Calderwood (St Benet’s Hall) and William Law (St John’s). Both groups were inspired by their visits which helped to demystify both the admissions process and what student life is like at these great universities.