Friday 9th October saw our Waynflete Studies prize-winners head to Magdalen College to collect their awards.
The Waynflete Studies Programme is our unique version of the extended project, in which every Lower Sixth pupil has the opportunity to research a topic of their choice, many under the guidance of an external university tutor.
This year, topics ranged from computer modelling of fusion plasma, to pathogenic archaea and Italian Facism. Prizes were awarded by Professor Andrew Smith, Tutorial Fellow, who was also one of the award’s judges.
John, Physical Sciences
To What Extent will LEDs Replace Existing Lighting Technologies?
Emma, Biology
To what extent could genetically modifying mosquitoes eliminate Plasmodium falciparum malaria?
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Freddie, Biology
What do we know about pathogenic archaea?
Simon, Economics
Do bike sharing schemes achieve their promoted environmental objectives, and what barriers prevent this?
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Claire, English
The puppet-master novels: the implications of artifice and experimentalism in American postmodern literature (With a special focus on Kurt Vonnegut’s major works)
Gabriel, History
Defending the Race: the Role Played by Fascism and Anti-Semitism in Italian Fascism
Amy, Physical / Computer Science
Computer modelling of fusion plasma: to what extent does it fall short of observational phenomena?
Fittingly, pupils collected their certificates beneath Magdalen College’s portrait of William Waynflete.
Well done, everyone!