Newsletter NewsletterDecember 2017 December 2017
Welcome from the Principal It has been another very long but productive term here at CIC. We have achieved a great deal. On the teaching and administrative side, we have integrated excellent new members of staff across faculties and reception, built up the Art and Business departments, expanded the international foundation year, and appointed new teaching and learning, assistant spe- cial educational needs, and student council, co-ordinators. All of this builds on our long- term plan to build up Chelsea’s welfare and academic provision across the course of a three- year period, and the progress that we are making is very welcome. At the same time, we are saying good-bye this holiday to Tim Maher, and Hannah Lead beater, who will be missed. Ian Griffiths, our fantastic new Estates Manager, and his team working with John and Glenn in the IT department have delivered us new floors, waiting rooms, offices, and infrastructure, not the least of which is the superb Graphics and Textiles room. Students have also been on two fascinating trips to the Harwell Diamond Light Source Synchro- tron in Oxfordshire, lecture visits, field trips, and gallery viewings. Drs Miller and Kellett have been to our partner college in Shanghai, and we will as a consequence be welcoming exchange students from there soon. What is most pleasing is that these are only headline points—within the classrooms, scores have been rising, students have become more and more focussed and, in general, we are on course for a very good exams season next year. I would like to thank students and staff for their hard work, and to wish everyone the very best of the season. As usual, I counsel a short rest and relaxation before we return to the hard work of the new term! - Martin Meenagh (Principal)
Houses of Parliament Trip Women in Science On 4th October students of History On 24th November a group of students, and Government and Politics went accompanied by Tom Gray and Shaun on a trip to the Houses of Parlia- Boreham of the science department, vis- ment, also known as the Palace of ited Diamond Light Source (an area of Westminster, the meeting point of scientific study using a particle acceler- the House of Commons and the ator to generate x-rays) in Oxfordshire. House of Lords. It is a magnificent There they were given a tour of the fa- piece of English Architecture; de- cility, had a talk about the unsung fe- spite being rebuilt and restored it male heroes of science, and discussed has preserved its eminence. Our first encounter was The Great Hall, the how women are underrepresented in oldest part of the Palace, which is immense, then the tour guide took us science. The afternoon was spent edit- to see the Lords chamber and the Commons chamber. The Lords cham- ing Wikipedia for female scientists who ber is the most lavishly decorated room in the Palace of Westminster. It did not yet have Wikipedia pages or has the grandest interior because it is where the three elements of Parlia- who had poor Wikipedia pages. The ment (the Sovereign, the Lords and the Commons) come together. The students all learnt a lot,; one female stu- seats in the Chamber are red which gives the room a curious atmos- dent described the trip as phere of a heated debate. The Commons Chamber by contrast looks “empowering”. very different; it is definitely less lavishly decorated but still maintains - Shaun Boreham (Teacher of Biology) the canons of a debate chamber. The seats are green. In both rooms there are televisions, cameras and microphones that look rather out of place in the historical surrounding, however they signify the contemporaneity of the Houses of Parliament. We also saw the Members Lobby where stat- ues of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher are located. (Anastasiia Ruleva, Year 13)
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Maths Olympiad Debate Club t was another strong ear for C C in the ebate club is an interesting and challenging club to participate in and nited ingdom aths rust enior we sometimes find that despite having a clear strong opinion about a aths Challenge. lthough congratula certain issue at the start b the end of the debate our views have tions should go out to ever one who changed. ith the help of our moderator uis artins we alwa s dis too part our medal winners should get cuss contemporar issues for e ample our last topic about whether the a special mention. e had bron e medals criminal ustice s stem should focus more on rehabilitation or on retribu from eisi ancellari and ifan Chang tion produced a great debate with ver strong points from both sides. t and silver from ao uan hang ang n made all of us regardless of our political views understand the benefits ou hung ham and inru ang. t and disadvantages of both sides. e had a brief but interesting introduc was two students though who came tion about the world of prison from our teacher amonn oran who has out top with fantastic performances from e perience of wor ing there. e showed us how some prisons teach peo aesung weon and eo eon Cho. he ple without literac s ills to read and write e plained and how this ben both achieved gold medals and ualified efits their lives afterwards. ore for the follow up round he enior an over compelling subtopics and garoo where we await the results. C statistics such as the recidivism students ta e note it s the ntermediate rate and what factors cause it to aths Challenge on st ebruar ne t be so high arose throughout the ear good luc to all of ou ta ing part. debate. - Matt Sharpe (Head of Maths) - Enxhi Sharxhi (Year 13)
Art and Photography Trips Ready for Work? he art and photograph departments have been on a m happ to announce a new venture number of e citing trips this ear alread . n eptem between or ead raduates td ber photograph students visited he hotographers and C C. or ead will provide us aller for the e hibition regor Crewdson Cathe with a new speciall tailored website dral of the ines and art students visited ate ritain which will provide specialised career to loo at their permanent collection. his had been the first time and universit advice on an individual most of the students had been to the galler with man enthusiasticall engag basis to our students. tudents will ing with the twentieth centur wor paintings and sculptures. n ctober vis have the opportunit to benefit from its included the e hibition he ncounter rawings from eonardo to em accredited emplo abilit courses and brandt at he national ortrait aller and a trip to nearb rompton Ceme to gain invaluable degree and appren ter where the ictorian bac drop provided an e tensive platform for the ticeship information. his new value photograph students to e plore a range of ideas. nd adding site will complement the fan in ovember students visited the e hibition tastic wor our C e pert avid lluminating ndia and en o ed the free col right alread does and help lift lection displa s at the ate odern where their par Chelsea student preparation for uni ticular favourites were the wor s on displa b ich versit and life even further. nward ard eacon and l natsui. and pward Marina De Stacpoole (Head of Art) Martin Meenagh (Principal)
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