STUDENT PRODUCTIVITY AND SUCCESSES

This section highlights and celebrates the wonderful initiatives students have undertaken, during their time in lockdown.

SCIO - by D. Goyal, R. Ambati, R. Chikkam, A. Sinha and S. Singh Every Reading School student, who has walked down its hallowed corridors and regularly marched up the drive since Year 7, has studied Latin, and must be familiar with, or most certainly has come across the term ‘SCIO’, which translates to, ‘I KNOW’. Our online platform serves only one purpose, which is to allow students from all walks of life, from across the world, to publish their literary work and articles to educate others, whilst also utilising the written word to express their views on major events. It is for this reason why we saw it fit to name the website ‘Scio’, for it aptly reflects on our aims of creating an extensive and universal ‘wealth of knowledge’. Scio is a student-run initiative with a mission to empower others to impart their legacies through their published work, which we hope will educate readers on current affairs and a variety of topics. We believe that the unique perspective of our student writers will enable the youth from around the world to better understand the

events that have shaped our past, and those that will undoubtedly shape our future. With sections covering Economics, Law, Maths, Technology, Medicine and History, we are building a library of information, published by our wonderful student writers, only recently surpassing 100 articles. Our team invites you to explore our sections on our beautiful website, which we both designed and programmed. We have been honoured to support our student writers, and provide our thousands of readers with high quality information.

Please view Scio at: https://scio.uk/

MEDICAL MUSINGS - by S. De

As a way to further expand my interests in medicine during lockdown, I began listening to a variety of medical podcasts - from research on the efficacy of anticoagulant drugs to the history of mental health treatment. After communicating with another prospective medical student across the country, we began to discuss the possibility of making our own one. Seeing the almost endless breadth of medical topics available for discussion, I came up with the idea for ordering podcasts alphabetically, in order to have some sort of framework. This has somewhat come to fruition, as our first recorded podcast was on anaesthesia, and we look to produce another which will cover blood. In general, I believe that to maximise productivity, as so many other students have done, a large proportion of time needs to be spent on things that you enjoy, and also on tasks that will develop skills - doing this podcast will greatly improve my communication skills and ability to explain slightly more complex ideas. For anyone wanting to listen, find the link here: SPOTIFY https:// open.spotify.com/show/2jfjLtc48uKL8IsOysBHdT ANCHOR https://anchor.fm/swapnanil-de

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS - by J. Spence In the lead-up to the 75th Anniversary of VE Day on the 8th of May, I worked to produce a podcast conducting interviews over the phone with local residents, about their wartime memories and also

with representatives of local organisations, in order to share with my local community how we could mark the occasion from the safety of our own homes. All those whom I interviewed for the podcast, now live very close to me, but they were originally living in different parts of the country during the war (Shropshire, Bristol, Coventry and Ireland), so I really enjoyed discovering and sharing their very diverse memories. Many members of my community may have been feeling lonely or isolated under lockdown, so I hope listening to the podcast may have been a means of staying connected for them at this difficult time. If you’d like to listen, you can find the podcast here: https://anchor.fm/ ox10communityconnections

PURELYMED - by A. Subramoni, S. Nerellakunta, B. Yu and Y. Sharma

PurelyMed is a student-run, unbiased news source made for medical students, health enthusiasts and for all concerned with the latest and most interesting medical articles. It started off as a conversation between four students during a Biology lesson in B3 and thanks to our perseverance, we have been able to create this outlet. Our writers all aspire to pursue a medicine-related career and if this is something that appeals to you, check out our website and maybe you could even write for us! We are always on the search for ways in which we may develop our site, and a special thanks are in order to Mrs Kang, Mr Kenwrick and Mrs Pickering, as they helped us in getting this site off the ground. Something that my fellow peers and I firmly believe, is that everyone has an inner interest in how the human body works and this is the reason as to why we started this initiative. Our aim, as a newly emerging news platform, is to target knowledge-desiring individuals (which I’m sure you are!) with the

most interesting and relevant information. Here's the link: https:// www.purelymed.co.uk/ Have a look and let us know what you think!

YOUNG ECONOMIST - by H. Salman and N. Kolassery

Our project was a collaborative effort of a team consisting of talented, dedicated and intelligent students. All who share common ground in the passion for not only studying economics, but also exploring the subject with a deeper scrutiny. Our platform, Young Economist, has the sole aim of allowing student writers to express their analysis and unique views on economic issues, as well as theories, that form the core of our society. With a reach of over 20 thousand unique readers and a significant presence across three social media platforms, our articles don’t go unnoticed. In the future, we hope to continue to grow and form not only a thoughtprovoking community of like-minded students, but to leave a lasting legacy. Visit us and join our mission at https://www.youngeconomist.com/