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NHS Insight Day helped informed career decisions
Queen Mary’s College students recently attended a second NHS Insight Day at Winchester Hospital, providing them with valuable insight into the various career paths available within the National Health Service (NHS). The day began with a workshop on the 350+ Careers available in the NHS, followed by a captivating panel talk featuring seven different NHS…
Results Day 2022
The headlines are in and we are celebrating 99% A Level pass rate, 57% A*-B and 81% A*-C! The very best of luck to all our students who are collecting results this morning! _____________________________________________________________ Continuing Exam Success for Queen Mary’s College 99% pass rate at A Level: 81% A*-C grades 69 % High Grades for…
BBC Visits QMSamurai HQ
Today we welcomed the BBC into our bespoke QMSamurai Esports Arena! Due to our success in Overwatch, Rocket League and League of Legends, they decided to come in and see what all the fuss is about. They took a keen interest in discovering just why esports is a real sport and took the opportunity to…
Celebrating Art Centre Excellence 2022
QMC’s very own Performing Arts Centre of Excellence is celebrating! Several of our students from across Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts courses have been offered places on highly competitive courses, at a number of prestigious and highly sought after destinations. This video showcases just some of the students who are destined for great success…
Our 2022 Peer Mentors
Our 2022 Peer Mentors have successfully completed their training in Basic Counselling Skills and Mental Health Awareness and were presented with their Certificates by Lucy Poynter, Director of SEND and Wellbeing. Lucy thanked them for their commitment and enthusiasm for this vital work. No appointment needed – just drop in and speak to them. Availability:…
Physiotherapy Workshop
Last week Ben Goldbold, Lead Physiotherapist for Southhampton FC, Women & Girls, provided a useful insight into careers in Physiotherapy within the NHS, pathways into them and the skills needed to work with people. Throughout the workshop students had a go at using a spinal board and they also examined the contents of a Physio’s…
Superstars Event
Our Sport and Physical Activity students have been busy organising a ‘Superstars’ event today as part of the ‘Organising Sporting Events unit of their course. Pupils from ten local secondary schools are currently going head to head! Their athletic ability is being put to the test through a range of activities including rowing, swimming, sprinting,…
Chemistry at QMC
Chemistry students enjoy completing additional experiments and hearing from guest speakers as part of the additional lunchtime enrichment sessions. This week they also enjoyed sharing their experiences of studying Chemistry at QMC, with visitors at the very busy Open Evening!
Law students – National Bar Mock Trial
The Law students took part in the National Bar Mock Trial Competition at Southampton Solent University. This involved representing either prosecution or defence in two criminal cases, with students taking roles as advocates, witnesses or court staff. Our students worked very hard to prepare for the event and performed very well, convincing the jury in…
Work Experience at QMC
#SubjectSunday – Media at Queen Mary’s College This week we had our Year 2 Media students taking part in work experience around the College. Ellen (left), Sophie (Right) and Morgan (Back) helped the QMC Marketing team this week by experiencing how Marketing at our College is done. One group were given the opportunity to showcase…
