Upper Sixth Formers presented their Waynflete Studies projects to guests and fellow students during the sixth Waynflete Studies Evening, with an impressive show of talent and intellectual spread once again on show.

The programme began with a busy reception in the Dining Hall organised by the Parents’Association, before visitors made their way to the CS Building for presentations on a wide range of topics. Projects this year ranged from ‘Tribalism and the civil war in South Sudan’ and ‘Is Qur’an recitation more religious than musical?’ to ‘Could computers create art?’ and ‘Has feminism entered a fourth wave?’

The Waynflete programme is an intensive research course which all Lower Sixth students follow, guided by leading academic experts from the University and academia. It is named after the school’s founder, William Waynflete, whose vision established the dual institution of Magdalen College and its School. The Waynflete course is inspired by that vision, and seeks to maintain the links between school and university which began over 500 years ago. It greatly enhances the Sixth Formers’ curricular studies, preparing them for the idea of academic work at a higher level and offering them invaluable support for their university applications.