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13th November 2008 Exploring the Dynamic Universe Astrophysicist Dr Andrew Newsam spoke about his cutting edge work discovering distant galaxies when he visited Brooke Weston. Dr Newsam, who is the Director of the National Schools' Observatory, studies the distant reaches of space and charts galaxies a thousand million light years away. He was … | read more »

7th October 2008 Medical work experience for students Two Brooke Weston Sixth Formers saw births and operations when they had placements at Northampton General Hospital. Zafir Manji and Jamie Scoular both plan to join the medical profession and the week-long stint gave them an insight into potential careers. As soon as Zafir arrived he saw an … | read more »

10th September 2008 Field trips to Snowdonia Sixth Form students worked for more than 12 hours a day during recent field trips to north Wales. The biology and geography students went on separate four-day visits to the field centre near Betws-y-Coed. The 22 biology and eight geography students worked in damp, outdoor conditions carrying out … | read more »

10th September 2008 Research placement at University of Northampton Student Oliver Hawkes spent his summer programming robots and writing training material to be used by first year university graduates. Oliver applied for a Nuffield Bursary which provides opportunities for Year 12 students to participate in scientific research projects during their summer … | read more »

26th June 2008 Return to Brooke Weston Former student, Douglas Jenkins, had a role reversal when he joined the teaching staff at Brooke Weston. Douglas undertook the three-week placement as part of the government-funded Student Associates scheme where he had to 'shadow' teachers and students and look at the working practices at Brooke … | read more »

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