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  • Period 6+ Talks

     

    Every Monday afternoon between 15.15 and 16.15 we host an outside speaker. Some of the talks are related to careers, some to A Level subject content, and some are just interesting people. We believe strongly that students should not limit their knowledge acquisition to their A Level subjects, and should strive to develop a love of learning. To this end, we require students to sign up for, and attend, three talks per term. The autumn term 2023 programme is below.

    Students should expect to pick their three (or more) talks when enroling on results day.

     

     

    2023/2024

    Date Speaker Talk Title
    11th September Dr Brett Sanders and Dr Lewis Herrington – Coventry Uni “Should ‘Just Stop Oil’ be labelled as Terrorists?”
    18th September Jack Eaves – Finham Park Alumnus – Medical Student Applying for Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine
    25th September Jim Davies – Member of the EA Policy direction in the Environment Agency
    2nd October No Class Creations Careers in the Theatre, Film and Television industry
    9th October Naomi Davies - Physiotherapist Jobs in the NHS
    16th October Rob Chappell – Firefighter Adventures in the Fire Service
    23rd October Dr Douglas Howat – Coventry Uni Thinking about thinking
    6th November Maggie Webster – Uni of Edge Hill Witches and Paganism
    13th November Jack Crouch - Cadent Working for Cadent as a graduate apprentice
    20th November India Collins-Davies – Uni of Cambridge Applying to Oxbridge – practical tips from an admissions officer
    27th November Several Finham Park Alumnus What they wished they knew in year 12 – a panel discussion
    4th December Fiona Rivington – National Grid Working for National Grid
    11th December Julie Black - NASA The adventures of working for NASA
    Date Speaker Talk Title
    15th January Mostafa Abdelshafi Degree Apprenticeships - Rolls-Royce
    22nd January James Issom Launching the Dragons' den pitch project
    29th January Samuel Green The conflict in the Middle East - stories from the front line
    5th February Brett Sanders ‘Are you a climate change denier? The stats suggest you could be’.
    19th February No Class Creation Careers in the Theatre, Film and Television industry
    26th February Josh Working for Rolls-Royce
    4th March Alex Zero Gravity
    18th March Mickey Malon A future in the tech industry

    2024/2025

    Date Speaker Talk Title
    9th September Germain Ndaruhutse Surviving the genocide in Rwanda
    16th September Mark Fannon Research methods
    23rd September Naomi Davies Careers in physiotherapy
    30th September Jack Eaves Applying for medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine
    4th November Jim Davies Working for the environment agency
    2nd December Connor Heath Working for JLR
    9th December Patrick Dale Applying to Oxbridge
    tbc Brett Sanders Professor from Coventry University
    tbc Ian Prentice On overcoming the mountains (inc. Everest) to become a self-made millionaire
    tbc Maggie Webster Witches and Paganism