Showing items for tag “What's on in the World”

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  Leading Lady: Hillary Clinton

  Published 08/11/16

  Why I'd be voting for her (if I could)

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  This Week in the World

  Published 15/06/16

  Hillary Clinton has been announced as the Democratic Party Presidential Candidate this week. She has beaten Bernie Sanders and will now go up against notorious Donald Trump later this year in the American Presidential elections. Clinton is the first woman to reach this far in an American major party; which many have seen as a great milestone in feminism. Some have said that Clinton's success should be celebrated as a progression in gender equality even if you disagree with her policies.

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  World Wide Developers Conference

  Published 14/06/16

  The Stephen Perse Foundation has a enjoyed a long and productive partnership with Apple, and after sharing my ideas with Apple Education I was selected as a scholarship recipient to attend the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC 16), taking place this week in San Francisco. I thought that the College community might be interested to hear about some of my experiences and reflections.

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  This week in Sport!

  Published 17/05/16

   

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  This Week in the World

  Published 11/05/16

  Headlines this weekend were focused on the warning from Baron Evans of Weardale, the former director-general of MI5, and Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6 over Brexit.  They say that if Britain were to leave the European Union, we could be facing a serious security risk, it would lead to "instability on the Continent". Brexit would mean that Britain will lose its access to EU databases and therefore will not have access to information on known criminals or individuals with links to terrorist organisations. The ex- Chiefs expressed concerns that during “economic difficulties, the migration crisis and a resurgent Russia”, Britons have the desire to remove themselves from shared information centres or databases such as that in the EU.

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  This Week In Sport!

  Published 10/05/16

  Last week saw the beginning of the Invictus games, with an outstanding opening ceremony taking place on Monday and the first British gold medal being awarded to Micky Yule on Tuesday. Along with this, the week also saw the first Diamond league athletics meet of the season in Doha, bringing British success for Eilidh Doyle in the 400m hurdles and multiple seasonal records. Other British success this week includes Johanna Konta, who has progressed to the second round of the Italian Open after defeating Johanna Larsson, and Joe Root, scoring a double century against Surrey before the game was halted by rain.

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  This week in the world!

  Published 04/05/16

  This week has seen a dramatic change in the Republican election campaign as John Kasich quits, leaving Donald Trump to remain as the most likely, and currently front-running, candidate to obtain the position of Republican  candidate. The winner of this campaign will face the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the American presidential elections later this year.

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  This Week in Sport

  Published 03/05/16

  As many will know, on Monday night history was made. After Tottenham’s draw with Manchester United, Leicester City FC have been announced Barclays Premier League Champions for the first time in the clubs history. Jamie Vardy, the clubs top scorer, currently holds the record for the most goals scored this season, 22. The recently announced footballer of the year, Riyad Mahrez, has produced 7 assists so far, the second most in the current season, falling just short of Özil’s 13. However, this can all change in their last game against the previous champions, Chelsea. They will attempt to defend this title next season against the first newly-promoted side, Burnley, who, after a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers, have secured their place in the top flight next season.

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  This Week in the World

  Published 26/04/16

  It has been 30 years since the Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster this week. Commemorations have taken place for the people who died as a result of the disaster; the 50 people who died immediately and those who have died as a result of diseases attributed to the radioactive explosion. There is ongoing scientific debate as to whether the babies born today, in nearby areas, with deformities and the numerous children who are developing thyroid tumours, can still be attributed to the Chernobyl disaster. It is estimated that 4000 people in total will die as a result of diseases attributed to the Chernobyl disaster. The event contributed to the downfall of the USSR and transformed the public perception and political approaches in regard to nuclear power.

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  EU Debate

  Published 19/04/16

  Following the assembly from Mr Connor and Miss Taylor about the EU Referendum and in the run up to our college EU debate, here is a collection of weblinks that may be of interest to you:

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  This Week in the World

  Published 19/04/16

  Your weekly round up of some of the main news stories from around the world this week:

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  This Week in Sport

  Published 19/04/16

  The snooker world championships continues at the Crucible this week with the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan and Neil Robertson beginning their campaigns to take the title back from reigning champion Stuart Bingham, who unfortunately failed to proceed on Friday after a tense 10-9 loss to Ali Carter. However, the snooker world is still recovering from the announcement that the legendary player, Steve Davis, is retiring from the sport after this tournament.

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