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  • Year 12 Economics Students Meet Governor of Bank of England

    Published 23/05/18
    On Friday 18th May, myself and other students from our Year 12 Economics group travelled to Harrow School to attend a talk by Mark Carney. At the talk at Harrow school he first introduce himself as being the governor for the Bank of England and we
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  • Oxford Horizons – Academic Enrichment Programme

    Published 22/05/18
    Christ Church College, Oxford has offered a programme of academic enrichment to students in Year 12 from state schools and colleges in the Barnet area. The aim is to broaden students’ academic experience, enabling them to explore beyond the sch
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  • CMS McKenna Talk

    Published 11/05/18
    On 30th April, the members of LawSoc received a talk from two lawyers from the global law firm CMS McKenna. It recently expanded and joined with two other smaller firms: Nabarro and Olswang, and is now sitting at sixth largest law firm in the wor
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  • Andy Rubin, Chairman of Pentland Brands, Visits Ashmole Academy

    Published 11/05/18
    On Thursday 10th May, Andy Rubin, Chairman of Finchley based company Pentland Brands visited Ashmole to give a talk to Year 12 and 13 students about his education, career and family business. ‘The talk was interesting and insightful. It
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  • Oscar Pistorius Workshop with the University of Law

    Published 10/05/18
    On Monday 12th March, Ashmole Year 12 students interested in Law took part in a workshop conducted by the University of Law on the Oscar Pistorius trial. We began by hearing Oscar’s defence, assessed the reliability of his account, and acted as
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  • Insight into Investment Banking - Lazard & Co Ltd

    Published 10/05/18
    The Lazard Insight day was an invaluable experience that completely debunked all the typical investment banker stereotypes that were initially putting me off following that career path.(e.g. minimal job security, late hours etc), thus motivating me t
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  • New York Trip

    Published 09/05/18
    The New York/Washington trip was one I will truly never forget.  It was 5:30 AM when my alarm went off, but the thought of going away was exhilarating enough to get me out of bed! After a long 9-hour flight, we finally landed in Washington DC
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  • Taylor Wessing Insight Day

    Published 23/04/18
    On Wednesday 6th December, we attended an Insight Day at the international law firm in central London. As a whole, the day was very interesting and useful as we learnt about the day to day lives of people that work there. We got a talk from in-hou
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  • Careers in Law Talk

    Published 23/04/18
    As part of our LawSoc programme, on Monday 15th January an outside speaker from the University of Law gave our Year 12 prospective law students a highly informative introduction to the Legal Profession. This talk outlined the many interesting special
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  • Oxbridge Applicants Visit Oxbridge Link Colleges

    Published 23/04/18
      On 12th & 13th October 2017, Year 13 Oxbridge applicants enjoyed visits to our link colleges Gonville & Caius, Cambridge and Christ Church, Oxford. The visits were designed to assist students with the Oxbridge application process in
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  • Alumna Gabby Koumis Gives Talk on Oxbridge

    Published 20/04/18
    On 12th December 2017, Gabby Koumis, ex-Ashmole student currently studying English Literature at Cambridge visited the school to talk to prospective Oxbridge applicants in Year 12. ‘Gabby advised us to work hard and really enjoy our subject.
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  • Alumnus Dipo Akinola Gives Talk on Banking

    Published 20/04/18
    Ashmole and Cambridge alumnus, Dipo Akinola, visited the school on Monday 16th October to give a talk to Sixth Form students on his career in Banking and also his undergraduate experience at Cambridge. He spoke about the pathway he took to gain his c
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