OPEN YOUR MIND Bishop Vesey's Grammar School supra-curriculum booklet

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it – Oscar Wilde

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. –Oscar Wilde

Open Your Mind Introduction – A note from the Editor…………………….

Dear student,

At Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, we to foster in our students a love of learning. We also aim at to provide appropriate support and challenge for our students in order for them to fulfil their potential. Super-Curriculum encapsulates all those activities that nurture academic enquiry beyond the measurable outcomes of examination results. We also know that potential future universities and employers will be interested and impressed by the initiative taken by students who have eng aged with super-curricular activities. Engaging in super curricular activities will help students develop a love for their favourite subject or subjects. Included in this booklet are a collection of ‘subject pages’, which have been designed by Academic Departments at BVGS, which include a variety of prompts and ideas, which will enable you to explore your favourite subjects beyond the confines of the taught syllabus. These ‘subject pages’ are by no means exhaustive lists but should offer students a source of inspiration to explore their favourite subjects.

These activities can take many forms including wider reading, watching online materials, d ownloading , attending University lectures/masterclasses, arranging Summer School placements, engaging with H.E ‘super - curricular’ initiatives or visiting museums/places of academic interest. You might also like to join a regional or national club or society related to your academic interests, or enter compet itions such as essay prizes or Maths Olympiads.

Mr David T. Goodwin

Where to start?

There are a of suggested websites and activities below, which will help to stretch and challenge you outside of the classroom. You can use them to deepen your understanding in a particular subject area or to gain a broader knowledge about content outside of the curriculum.

http://www.myheplus.com/

Thinking about applying to University and looking for ways to explore your subject beyond the curriculum? Then this website is for you. Cambridge postgraduate students and academics at the cutting edge of research in their field produce each topic. The topics provide guided activities, questions to think about and suggestions for further reading.

The main subject pages also give you a quick guide to what it would be like to study the subject at university level and suggest some further resources to check out. Click on a subject icon or search all topics to get started!

https://oxplore.org/

Oxplore, is an innovative digital outreach portal from the . As the ‘Home of Big Questions’ it aims to engage those from 11 to 18 years with debates and ideas that go beyond what is covered in the school classroom. Big questions tackle complex ideas across a wide range of subjects and draw on the latest research undertaken at Oxford

What is iTunes U?

Apple now features free downloadable material (audio and video) provided by many universities and accessed through the 'iTunes U' section of the iTunes store. Material is gathered from lecture series, public talks, podcasts, public videos, etc.

Any media player that can play .mp4 video or AAC audio files will work. You must go through iTunes to download the content but can then use the media player of your choice with the downloaded files. Apple has free versions of iTunes available for Macs running 10.3 and up and PCs running Microsoft Windows XP and up.

What is YouTube EDU

You can create, discover, and share educational videos with YouTube EDU. YouTube's #Education channel has thousands of educational videos, including those from partners like Khan Academy, Stanford, and TED-Ed. Use YouTube EDU to find short lessons to watch full courses from the world's leading universities, professional development material, inspiring videos from global thought leaders, and supplement your in-school learning.

www.futurelearn.com

www.futurelearn.com is a website featuring online (free) courses set up by many of the top universities in this country and leading global H.E institutions. They are a wonderful way to be able to stretch yourself academically.

Online learning offers a new way to explore subjects you are passionate about and enables you to expand your interests. Find your interests by browsing the online course categories

http://staircase12.univ.ox.ac.uk/

University College Oxford's online hub of resources for students aiming high at school and thinking about applying to top universities. You'll find plenty of resources to help you develop your interests, book reviews from current undergrads to help you 'read around' your subject, ideas for stretching yourself beyond the school syllabus (now an essential for entry to highly selective universities) and some stuff about student life at “Univ” for good measure.

https://share.trin.cam.ac.uk/sites/public/Tutorial/Cambridge-wider-reading- suggestions.pdf

Trinity College, Cambridge have put together a selection of reading lists and resources. They say:

This selection of reading lists and resources has been gathered (fairly randomly!) from the Cambridge departmental and College websites, other universities and other sources on the . These lists are certainly NOT ‘required reading’ for Cambridge applicants. They simply provide some suggestions for places to start exploring your own interests in your chosen subject independently -

What is a TED Talk?

A TED talk is a video created from a presentation at the main TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference or one of its many satellite events around the world. TED talks are limited to a maximum length of 18 minutes but may be on any topic. Here's the TEDx website's explanation of selection criteria: "TED looks for engaging, charismatic speakers whose talks expose new ideas that are supported by concrete evidence and are relevant to a broad, international audience." Over the years, presenters of TED talks have included Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Bono, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins Mike Rowe, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Vint Cerf. Why not create your own?

Read a quality newspaper or the online version  Newspapers carry the news of the world. . Newspapers provide information and general knowledge. . Newspapers provide news about a country’s economic situation, sports, games, entertainment, trade and commerce. . Reading newspapers make you well informed. It enables you to take part in every discussion pertaining to the world’s current events. . Readers of quality newspapers, including online versions, make more progress in vocabulary throughout their lives compared to those who did not read newspapers.

Use relevant podcasts

Podcasts of academic lectures are increasingly available – start with iTunesU or search for podcasts on University websites.

Podcasts enable students to access the information any time they want. Students can download the information to the device of their choice and listen/watch whenever they are free www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ www.bath.ac.uk// www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/podcasts/index.aspx www.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/media www.mypodcasts.manchester.ac.uk/

Very Short Introductions can change the way you think about the things that interest you, and are the perfect introduction to subjects you previously knew nothing about. Because of this, they have proven to be extremely popular with general readers, as well as students and their lecturers.

"The Very Short Introductions range from worth reading to wonderfully appealing... Much of the pleasure to be found in them is the bedrock of good nonfiction: facts... They appeal to us because the world is vast and strange, because everywhere we look, from the firefly flashing in the darkness to Auden's elegy for Yeats, there is something to provoke our curiosity, some sliver of existence that we want to understand." - New Yorker Magazine

Phillip Allan Reviews

Topical articles, cutting-edge research and brand new case studies will deepen your students' subject knowledge and help them develop independent learning skills, while revision support and expert exam advice will make sure they know how to perform when it really matters.

View the back issues of Philip Allan Reviews on their website. Which gives you free access to digital copies of the magazine.

Please ask in the BVGS Library if you wish to access this wonderful resource.

The use of TV and Radio Archive materials.

It is very worthwhile to look on BBC iplayer for factual TV and radio programmes; “In Our Time” is a particularly useful introduction to hundreds of subjects: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/archive/

A guide to making the most of this booklet:

Each of our subject pages are organised in the following ways: 1. ‘Getting started’ linked to KS3 topics offered within School

2. ‘Going further’ activities that are beyond the confines of the syllabus and designed for students who have selected a particular subject at GCSE or A-Level and might be interested in widening their understanding.

3. ‘Open your mind’ section is designed to support University applications to specific courses.

The ‘subject pages’ will also be organised in terms of the suggested activities to be undertaken:

 Reading – books are still the best way to learn new facts and new ideas.

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Wider Reading List (Highly recommended)

The link below will take you to a pdf document, which provides some suggestions for places to start exploring your own subject interests independently. The information has been collated by Trinity College Cambridge and is sourced from departmental and College websites, other universities and wider sources on the internet. https://share.trin.cam.ac.uk/sites/public/Tutorial/Cambridge-wider-reading-suggestions.pdf

Whilst each subject page is based around a curriculum area, below is a list of some super-curricular activities that can be applied to any subject.

1. Read widely beyond the A-level syllabus. 2. Read or write your own about your subject at www.wordpress.com or www.blogger.com 3. Tweet about your subject, and follow others who do the same. 4. Listen to subject-related podcasts at www.bbc.co.uk/iplaye or www.channel4.co.uk 5. Volunteer to mentor younger students in your chosen subject area. 6. Join a society or club dedicated to your subject. At BVGS we have Academic Societies for Medicine, Law, Economics, STEM, History and Politics. 7. Do some work experience in a career related to your subject. 8. Enter competitions related to your subject, such as essay competitions. 9. Take extra qualifications relating to your subject. 10. Attend masterclasses/seminars/public lectures organised by local societies or Universities.

ART

Getting started Going further Open your mind  GCSE OCR (9-1) Art and  Edexcel 9FA0/01/02 Art  Theme is Freedom and Limitation for 2018-2019. Design course. and Design (Fine Art).  Further reading – Archibald Macleish  @ocr.org.uk/qualification  https://qualifications.pea  Various articles/ books on artists who explore this theme within their own s/gcse/gcse-art-and- rson.com work. Reflect, support and develop your work from this research. design-j170-j176-from-  https://www.studentartg  ARTiculation Prize (opportunity link to Cambridge University).

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Getting started Going further Open your mind  Activate 1 & 2  AQA Biology Textbook Books  AQA GCSE Biology Textbook  A-Level Biology Specification  The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, Climbing Mount Improbable, River  Kerboodle & Practical Handbook. out of Eden and The Ancestor’s Tale, Richard Dawkins  CGP GCSE Biology Textbook  Greatest Show on Earth: The  The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin  CGP GCSE Biology Exam Evidence for Evolution,  Wonderful Life and The Panda’s Thumb, Stephen J. Gould Practice Workbook Richard Dawkins  Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

 CGP GCSE Biology Ten-Minute  99% Ape: How Evolution Adds  Bad Pharma, Ben Goldacre Up, Jonathan Silvertown  Tests The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee and Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared  GCSE Biology Specification  Chemistry for Biologists, Diamond Reading Bernard Rockett & Raul  Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et. al. Sutton  Biochemistry, Stryer et. al.  A Short History of Nearly Scientific Journals Everything, Bill Bryson  Nature, British Medical Journal, The Lancet, Science, Biological Sciences  Life on Earth, David Review, Ecologist Attenborough Magazines  Bad Science, Ben Goldacre  New Scientist, National Geographic  Kerboodle Podcasts  Guardian Science Weekly  Nature Podcasts  Naked Scientist Podcast Podcast  The Sceptic’s Guide to the

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CHEMISTRY

Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest) The elements: a visual exploration of every The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean The Right Chemistry by Joe Schwarcz, PhD known in the universe by Mann and The Chemistry of Life by S Rose Gray Big Bang- a History of Explosives by G I Brown How to Live a Low Life by C Goodhall Molecules at an Exhibition by J Emsley Reactions: an illustrated exploration of Science, Money and Politics by D Greenberg Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Burreson elements, molecules and change in the Out of Gas by D Goodstein universe by Gray Uncle by Oliver Sacks by Nick Lane Calculations in AS/A-Level Chemistry by Jim Clarke Beginners guide to the by Gill The lost science – astonishing tales of forgotten genius by (also author of the Chem guide website) Arbuthnott Kitty Ferguson Practical Chemistry (for AQA) N Henry

Science: A beginners encyclopaedia Mind=Blown: Amazing facts about this weird, hilarious, Magazines: insane world by Matthew Santaro Chemistry Review (written specifically for A-Level) All About Chemistry by Robert Winston Chemistry Today Science squad by Robert Winston The Ten most beautiful experiments by George Johnson Chemistry World New Scientist Magazines: The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the

BBC Focus: Science and Technology Devil’s Element - John Emsley For University preparation: Discover, science for the curious Why Chemical Reactions Happen by Keeler and

Science Periodic Tales - Hugh Aldersey-Williams Wothers

eading R Chemical Structure and reactivity by Keeler and The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Richard Feynman Wothers (2013) – although this one is quite expensive it comes highly recommended for A-level students Magazines: and those interested in Chemistry at university. Scientific American Popular Science Oxford Chemistry primers (great for preparing for Chemistry Spectrum university and extending your A-Level knowledge): NB there are lots of these. Here are a few examples: For something completely different, try some science  Electrode Potentials by Sanders Compton fiction:  Mechanisms of Organic Chemistry by Dune by Frank Herbert Howard Maskill The Foundation by Isaac Asimov  Top drugs, top synthetic routes by John The Martian by Andy Weir Saunders  Polymers by David Walton and Phillip Walton  NMR: The toolkit by P J Hore  The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous catalysts by Michael Bowker Doing Following Watching /Listening

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Getting started Going further Open your mind  Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Computer  AQA A-Level Computer  Computational Fairy Tales: Jeremy Kubica Science Science: Bob Reeves  Computer Science: An Overview: Glenn Brookshear  Beginning Programming for  Introduction to Computer  Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software: Charles Dummies: Wallace Wang Science: Gilbert Brands Petzold

 Coding for Beginners using  Object Oriented Programming  Out of Their Minds: D Shasha and Cathy Lazere Python: Louie Stowell in Java: David Barnes  The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work:

 Coding for Beginners using  Data Structures and Daniel Hillis Reading Scratch: Rosie Dickens Algorithms in Java: Michael  Algorithmic Puzzles: Anany Levitin and Maria Levitin Goodrich  Programming in Haskell: Graham Hutton  Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing: David Harel  The new Turing omnibus: A Kee Dewdney  Computational Thinking: Jeannette Wing  BBC Bitesize GCSE Computer  This Week in Tech. link  Machines that Think: New Scientist Audiobook. link Science. link  Tekzilla. link  Humans Need Not Apply: Jerry Kaplan Audiobook

 CAS TV. link  Hak5. link  Stack Overflow podcast. link

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 Computer Science Tutor:  Computer Science Tutor:  Numberphile videos: link

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 Free online lectures Academic Earth. link  Inventions that changed the  Introduction to Computer

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 @SchoolCoders  @BBCTech  @techreview  @BBCClick  @codeorg  @CompSciFact

 @TheGadgetShow  @CompSciFact  @CNET  @scratch  BBC Make IT Digital. link  @computermuseum

Following  @Codecademy  Computer Science Unplugged.  Computer Science for Fun magazine. link  @guardiantech link  KCL Informatics blog. link  GCHQ- Cyberfirst Defenders  GCHQ - Cyberfirst Advanced  GCHQ - Cyberfirst Advanced residential. link and Futures residential. link residential. link  British Informatics Olympiad. link  Codecademy. link  British Informatics Olympiad.  Aston University Introduction to Computer Science 3 day event

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Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest What you see is what you get – Alan Subscribe to the Economist if you are 16 and over they Depending on what aspect of Economics and school of Sugar offer a fantastic student rate – ask the HOD of through you are interested in will, impact which books you Economics. Get into the habit of reading this weekly. may find interesting. This is not an exhaustive list: Finding my virginity – Richard Branson Read the business and current affairs sections of a Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built - Duncan Clark The rise The Business Book – Big Ideas Simply good quality newspaper daily – or download the of the Chinese corporate giant Explained (DK) equivalent app on your phone. Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy - Haskel and Westlake The Economics Book – Big Ideas Simply Read the Economic Review a journal for A-level Capitalism: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know - Jonathan Explained (DK) Economists Portes Choice Factory - Richard Shotton – a story of 25 behavioural Dragons Den from pitch to profit Read the FT – the school has free access - ask the biases that influence what we buy HOD of Economics Doughnut Economics - Kate Raworth – challenges much of How I made it: 40 Successful orthodox thinking in the subject entrepreneur’s reveal how they made Freakeconomics – Stepehn J Dubner and Steven Levitt Drunkard’s Walk - Leonard Mlodinow – a brilliant history of their millions – Rachel Bridge Maths with lots of relevant applications

Undercover Economist and the Undercover Economics for the Common Good - Jean Tirole – applied

Economist Strikes back– Tim Harford micro from a recent Nobel prize winner

Reading GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History (Professor Diane Coyle) The intelligent investor – Benjamin Graham – really good on GDP / well-being debate Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today Linda 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism - Ha- Yueh – perspectives on contemporary issues Joon Chang Inequality Anthony Atkinson – a superb book on one of the defining economic/political issues of the age Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature: Professor Paul Collier – development classic The Box – Levinson - How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger Upstarts: How Uber and Airbnb are changing the world Brad Stone What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets Michael Sandel – For students interested in PPE!! Who Gets What - And Why – Al Roth - Understand the Choices You Have; Improve the Choices You Make

Get into the habit of listening to the Try to get into the habit of listening to radio stations It is worthwhile to look on BBC iplayer for factual TV and radio radio but not just for the music, listen to that offer a broader and more detailed aspect about programmes “In Our Time” is a particularly useful

the news,Wa debates, discussion, the society we live in today. introduction to hundreds of subjects which cover a broad

/Listenin argumentsg and interviews. BBC Radio 4 range of economic topics: A few good open podcasts to listen to BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/in-our-time/archive/ are:  TED Talks – great to watch and Radio 5s Weekly ‘Wake up to Money’ is a must listen!! The following Economic podcasts are strongly recommended: listen  Mash up ItunesU is a useful app to access many free podcasts  New Books in Economics  Radiolab – This covers a and there are some good sub-categories for  More or Less from BBC Radio number of subjects and gets Economics  Slate Money – Economics in simple language! you thinking, it answers many  Economist Radio different questions regarding Ted Talks  The Weeds – social and political too lots of different subjects not  IMF podcast just Economics Podcasts:  BBC World Service – BBC Daily – wake up to money  Howstuffworks.com – search  Freakonomics Radio  Evan Davis’s The Bottom Line their vast database for lots of  Howstuffworks/Economics  World of Business topics  Vok – excellent blog and audio section  Infectious Talk

Watch the news to keep up to date with Clearly, a regular watcher of the news will be up to TED Talks – Wealth of talks on many economic issues and current affairs and economic issues date with current affairs and economic issues and concepts. therefore be able to apply this application to

Watching The Apprentice – BBC iplayer – On air in economic issues in class. However, there are Youtube – Economic departments for Russell Group and the autumn term numerous opportunities alongside the news to Oxbridge departments have many lectures on their youtube develop your understanding and interest in pages for example: Dragon’s Den on BBC iplayer – From Economics. London School of Economics (Economics Soceity) pitch to profit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpSFXjBMC1_tDT2MOj3 The Big Short (2015) Film reflecting the issues from VYKg Business Nightmares with Evan Davis – the 2008 financial crash BBC iplayer Too much maths, too little history – The problem of The Founder – Film about one of the biggest Economics. LSE Alex Polizzi (The Fixer) – BBC iplayer corporations in the world with its famous ‘M’ logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rXBBqMmIP8

Steve Jobs (2015) Film charting the Inside Job (2010) Film Stealing Africa (2012) Film about corruption, tax avoidance technical entrepreneurs career and the issues with globalisation on developing countries Question Time – BBC 2 – old episodes on the iPlayer Secret world of Lego – Find it on Channel Poor Kids – Fantastic critically acclaimed documentary 4 on demand The Big Question – BBC - Moral, ethical and religious regarding poverty in the UK debates which put economic concepts in perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9aSp9bFmMg&vl=en

Freakeconomics (2010) Film in reference to the book Inequality for all (2013) Film

Enron (The smartest guys in the room) (2008) Film

Master of Money – Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkHooEp3vRE&list=PLaQ 8y-_6QAbHnvalZIbzHtJJbLXY2NUcb

Useful to look at the GCSE Bitesize Follow the following Economists on : Join mailing lists – these usually include getting a weekly website for Business. @BBCEcon email summarising the main data and news in economics. @wef (world economic forum) https://www.bbc.com/education/subjec @tutor2uEconomics Mailing lists recommended: ts/zpsvr82 @OUPEconomics (Oxford Economics) @LSEEcon 1. Ian Steward – Deloitte @pajholden http://blogs.deloitte.co.uk/mondaybriefing/ @bbckamal (BBC Economics correspondent) 2. The Saturday Economist

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Following Use these websites: list.html https://www.intelligenteconomist.com/ http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/ to Follow: https://www.economicshelp.org/ https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog http://www.myheplus.com/subjects/economics/intro duction-economics

Places to visit in the West Midlands: Places to visit for GCSE: Visit the Bank of England, email beforehand to get a free talk. Cadbury World Factory Tour Bank of England – London Jaguar/Land rover Factory Tour Financial district - London Enter the following Competitions: JCB Factory Tour Wall Street and the NYC financial district – New York 1. The Marshall Society (Cambridge University Museum of brands and branding - Coca Cola – Edmonton Economic Society) essay/article competition London London Metal Exchange 2. Young Economist Essay Competition run by the Join debating clubs/competitions A visit to London and a walk around Canary Wharf and Royal Economic Society- this runs every summer the historical Leaden hall Market can also be very with a deadline normally the middle of July.

Join a drama club – work on your public inspirational just to see the financial district in action. speaking, this is a useful skill if you want 3. Target 2.0 Bank of England Competition

Doing to go into trading with Economics Join your local political party to engage with your wider community and see the economic issues, which 4. Youth Parliamentary Competition held every year Play chess – use of mathematical influence society in action. with the Sutton Coldfield Secondary schools formulas are useful in Economics. consortium Research the prisoners dilemma – it is an example of some Game Theory Carry out an EPQ on an area of interest or school of thought for Economics, which is not necessarily included in your GCSE or A-level specification.

MOOCS Mass Open Online courses – Use FutureLearn.com to do a free course in a field/topics of Economics you are interested in – the summer holidays would be a good time to do this.

Work Experience/Summer Placements: Approach financial institutions for summer work/placements. Many firms like PWC/KPMG/Deloitte/EY have offices in Birmingham and offer placements every year, normally the application process starts the September before the summer you would start.

Volunteering: Look into volunteering opportunities with your local council, once you are 18 you can assist with counting and advertising with local and general elections. Volunteering with local or national charities is also useful to show an appreciation of the wider community, society and world you live within and you can see Economics in action

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Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest Reading lists for Key Stage 3 available from Full reading lists for Key Stage 4 & 5 available from the Please speak your English teacher if you have any the English Department Office English Department Office difficulty sourcing the texts. Reading List (KS4) Reading list Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Attwood: The Handmaid’s Tale The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Orwell: 1984 Literary Theory and Background: 1984 (George Orwell) Faulks: Bird Song  A Short History of English Literature Animal Farm (George Orwell) Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (Blamires) The Third Man (Graham Greene) King: The Shining  How to Read a Poem (Terry Eagleton) The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) Palahniuk: Fight Club  Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction You Only Live Twice (Ian Fleming) *or another Stoker: Dracula  Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism James Bond novel of your choice* Steinbeck: Grapes of Wrath  Norton Anthology of English Literature Murder on the Orient Express (or another  Norton Anthology of American Literature Agatha Christie novel of your choice) Reading List (KS5)  The Oxford History of English (ed. Lynda Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham) Achebe: Things Fall Apart Mugglestone) Austen: Pride and Prejudice

 The Oxford Handbook of the Age of De Maurier: Rebecca Shakespeare (ed. R. Smuts)

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Reading Context: Faulks: Bird Song History Series)  Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Truss) Gaskell: North and South  Mother Tongue: The Story of the Hardy: Tess of the D’Ubervilles Poetry Collections Hosseini: Kite Runner English Language (Stephen Fry)  Norton Anthology of Poetry Ishiguro: Remains of the Day  Shakespeare: All the World’s a Stage  The New Oxford Book of English Verse (1250 Roy: God of Small Things (Bryson) – 1950) Welsh: Trainspotting  The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas  The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (ed. Winterson: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Simply Explained Christopher Ricks)  Troublesome Words (Bryson) Understanding Poetry How to Read a Poem (Terry Eagleton) The Ode Less Travelled (Stephen Fry) Grammar and syntax  Grammar for Grown-Ups (Fry and Kirton) Journals The English Review (available in the library) Librivox: A free and vast selection of BBC Podcasts: The In Our Time podcast is a rich resource for

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GEOGRAPHY

Getting started Going further Open your mind  Bill Bryson – African Diary The first port of call should be the There is a huge breadth to post-18 Geography and thus the below reading list is (2016) gives a good insight AQA GCSE textbook, the AQA merely a suggestion of key texts and famous works. It is more recommendable to into conditions in Kibera GCSE specification and the AQA read around topics that capture your interest.  – Horrible GCSE revision guide.  Subscribe to the National Geographic magazine for a variety of current topics Geographies series gives an  David Lambert – Thinking Like in academic geography introduction to hazards and A Geographer (2007) for  The Guardian newspaper tends to be the best for geography geographical events critical analysis  The geographical series “A Very Short Introduction” published by Oxford

 National Geographic Kids  Geofiles (PDF articles) University is very highly recommended magazine  Geo factsheets (PDFs)  Familiarise yourself with the work of Doreen Massey

 Helen Abramson et al –  Ken Addison et al –  James Lovelock – The Revenge of Gaia (2006) Reading Where on Earth? (2013) is Fundamentals of the Physical  Joel Cohen – How many people can Earth support? (1996) about human geography Environment (2008)  Jared Diamond – Guns, Gems and Steel (1999) topics  Iain Stewart – Earth: The  Bjorn Lomborg – The Sceptical Environmentalist (2001) Power of the Planet (2007)  John Steinbeck – The Grapes of Wrath (1939)  David Waugh – Geography: An Integrated Approach (2009)  Neil Coe et al – Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction (2007)  Alisdair Rogers et al – A Dictionary of Human Geography (2013)

You can try revising using raps, Podcasts such as: TED Talks are largely available through YouTube. These cover a range of scientific songs or poems to make things  BBC Business Daily and geographical content.

more memorable.  Living on Earth Podcasts are useful too:  Search ‘Mr Lee geography’ on  Search ‘Mr Lee geography’ on  Discovery YouTube to get ideas YouTube for raps  BBC Business Daily Listening  From Our Own Correspondent  University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment

The BBC have filmed multiple The documentaries given to the All of the viewing in the boxes to the left are important but these films are slightly series in HD focussed on left are good for GCSE topics and higher level insights towards degree level geography: geography and ecology: those at KS3. Also:  Erin Brockovich (2000) is about geopolitics of gas

Watching  : Dynasty  Dante’s Peak (1997) relates to  Small Island (2009) focuses on international migration (2018), Blue Planet II (2017), volcanology  Blood Diamond (2006) about war and conflict Planet Earth (2015)  An Inconvenient Truth (2006)  Slumdog Millionaire (2008) about Indian shanty towns  Iain Stewart: Earth (2007) about climate change by Al  City of God (2002) about life in Brazilian favelas  Simon Reeve: Countries (2013 Gore  The Big Short (2015) about the financial crash onwards)  The Day After Tomorrow  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) is a follow up showing the (2004) progress linked to Al Gore’s original film from 2006  Countryfile on BBC on Sunday  Food Inc (2008) by Robert Kenner about agribusiness and commercial farming. evenings about issues in rural UK areas  Hans Rosling: Don’t Panic –  Coast on BBC also  Crash (2004) has themes to do with social inequalities and interactions in The Truth about Population urban areas (2013)

Utilise websites to help your Utilise websites to help your Twitter is a very useful tool to use for up-to-date information and case studies: development such as: development such as:  @LewisPugh (up-to-date developments about environmental pollution of

 www.S-cool.co.uk  www.S-cool.co.uk oceans and climate change)  www.coolgeography.co.uk  www.coolgeography.co.uk  RGS_IBG (Royal Geographical Society)  www.geographyinthenews.or  @LDN_Environment (London’s Environmental Team) Also, make sure you are following g.uk  @GeogBham (University of Birmingham School of Geography)

Following the BVGS Geography department’s  http://geographical.co.uk/co  @Tweet_Geography (Geography in the News) Twitter page. mpetitions

Online quizzes and activities: Competitions to enter include: Bolster your employability by undertaking an online course. These are available  https://www.natgeokids.com/  YGOTY (RGS) through Future Learn, Coursera or the Open University. uk/  Physical Geography Photo  BBC Bitesize Competition (GA) Enter national and international competitions such as:

 www.Sporcle.com  School Geography Challenge  International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) – for 16-19 year olds with the 2019  www.geography.org.uk (African Adventures) to win a final in Hong Kong and the 2020 final in Istanbul Doing trip to Kenya for you and  Land Economy Essay (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge) Also enter: three friends… and two  Young Geographer of the Year (RGS) in the 16-18 year old category  Physical Geography Photo teachers!  International Geography Bee ([email protected]) has regional, Competition (GA) European and World Championships. The 2018 final was in Berlin.

HISTORY

Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, Ian Citizen Clem by John Bew There is no specific reading list for History, as we Mortimer State of Emergency: The Way We Were, Britain encourage students to read whatever they find 1970-74 Dominic Sandbrook interesting, on any period of History. Your History The series, from Savage Stone Age Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain 1974-79 teacher may also be able to recommend particular to Terrifying Twentieth Century, find the bestselling by Dominic Sandbrook works for you to read on topics that you find most books about every terrible time in history. Bang! A History of Britain in the 1980s by Graham interesting. Stewart The Viking Saga by Henry Treece, Small Island’ by Andrea Levy Focus on some subjects pre-1900 as well as 20th Conquest by Stewart Binns, This Boy by Alan Johnson century The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. S J Lee, Aspects of British Political History 1914- Look at political philosophy (the ‘Very Short The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusades, 1995, Routledge, 1998 Introduction to….’ Series) and political biographies. Reynald de Chatillon N Lowe, Mastering Modern Britain, Palgrave, 1998 The Aims of History (Thomson) The White Queen, Philippa Gregory A Marr, A History of Modern Britain, Macmillan, The Death of the Past (Plumb) Richard III, Shakespeare. 2007 An Introduction to Contemporary History A Mayer, Women in Britain 1900-2000, Hodder, (Barraclough) World War 1 2002 The Pleasures of the Past (Cannadine) The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha by Michael Morpurgo D Murphy (ed), Britain 1914-2000, Collins, 2000 Long Shadows (Paris)

Line of Fire is the diary of an unknown soldier found M Pearce, British Political History 1867-200: Voodoo Histories (Aaronovitch) in a Paris rubbish heap by the French illustrator Democracy and Decline, Routledge, 2001 Virtual History (Ferguson)

Barroux C Rowe, Britain 1929-1998, Heinemann, 2004 Reading Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth You could also look at Carlyle’s theory of the Linda Newbery's The Shell House; The Making of a Super Power, USA 1865-75 by centrality of individuals in History. Pat Barker Regeneration trilogy, Waugh Periodicals: BBC History Magazine and History Today Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful Race Relations in the USA 1863-1980 by Sanders include articles covering the full gamut of historical Michael Foreman's War Game: Village Green to No- Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal by interest from the ancient to the present day. Each Man's-Land The Trenches: a First World War Soldier Clements issue contains wider reading suggestions as well as by Jim Eldridge The U.S.A and the Cold War 1945-63 by Edwards historical fiction and non-fiction book reviews. The Winding Road Unfolds by Thomas Suthren Hope Mastering Modern United States History by A Nurse at the Front by Edith Appleton Traynor The Bowmen, by Arthur Machen The limits of liberty 1607-1992 by Jones ‘We Ain't What We Ought To Be’ by Tuck Slavery American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents from Moses ‘When Hariet Tubman led her people to Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W Bush by Nigel freedom’ by Carole Boston Weatherford Hamilton NIGHTJOHN by Gary Paulsen Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years Walter Dean Myers' The Glory Field 1954-1965 by Juan Williams Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Jane Addams Peace Watching /Listening Secrets Great British Castles (Netflix). (Netflix). Castles British Secrets Great (Youtube) Lionh the Richard & Saladin Crusade: The Third Reeve Simon with Pilgrimage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tTUXdK7 Times Medieval History’, Jobs ‘Worst in Bartlett, Robert The Normans, (Youtube) TheBattlefield Lost 1066, Time Team: ist=PLquGEdmHxRCkSeG6ja20JmZL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at2md3_FiTE&l Documentary BBC England’, Conquer to Year ‘1066 A http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kpzd6 4.6.2009 In Melvyn Bragg’s podcast, I Trialof Charles http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k4fg7 Time Our In 7.5.2009 Melvyn Bragg’s Carta, Magna http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040llvb 17.04.2014 Time Our In Melvyn Bragg’s Book, Domesday 17.10.2002 Time, Our In Melvyn Bragg’s podcast, Empire and Slavery 19.01.2017 Time Our In Melvyn Bragg’s podcast, Scots, of Queen Mary

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Civil War ‘Are you a roundhead or a cavalier?’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=owoZk39aTl

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (2004) Battlefield Britain 2004 (2004) The Somme – From Defeat to Victory (2006) ‘What the Romans, Tudors, Stuarts and Victorians did for us.’ ‘What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us’ (2002)

‘Elizabeth’, 1998 (film) ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’2007 (film) Amistad (1997) Roots (1977 series)

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Getting started Going further Open your mind Why do buses come in threes? – Fermat’s Last theorem – Simon Singh Murderous Maths series of books Jeremy Wyndham/Rob Eastaway The Problems of , Nature’s , From Here to Infinity, Game, Set – Kjartan Poskitt How not to be wrong. – Jordan and Math and The Magical Maze – Ian Stewart Ellenberg What is Mathematics? – Courant & Robbins

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to-date research in the world of Sport and Sport and Exercise Science in the UK Exercise http://sportsscientists.com/ Website provided in depth analysis across a range of sports and sport and @YLMSportScience- infographics promoting exercise science domains.

brand new Sports Science research by world renowned Sports Sciencist Yann Le Meur. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/ @ScienceforSport An online learning resource sport/exsport/ - The leading Institution for Sports Reading/Following for all things related to sports science. Science in the UK

The following governing bodies also provide information into the provision of sport from grassroots to elite level. @Sport_England @IOC @FA Join Extra-Curricular Clubs within schools.

Joining local Sports Clubs;  Sutton Hockey Club  Walmley / Lichfield / Streetly Cricket Club

 Sutton Coldfield / Veseyans / Spartans Rugby  Birchfield Harriers / Sutton Athletics  Streetly Table Tennis  Walmley Golf Club

Participating Work Experience in numerous roles within the Sports and Fitness Industry. Birmingham University Sports Laboratories – 3rd best University for Sport Science 2018

Places to visit: National Places to Visit Elite Sport: Local Olympic Park Alexander Stadium Lords Cricket Ground - The home of cricket Villa Park / St Andrews / The Hawthorns Wembley Stadium - The home of the FA. Edgbaston Cricket Ground Twickenham Stadium - The home of rugby RICHO Arena / Sixways Stadium Edgbaston Priory Club Volunteering: Young Leadership Opportunities at BVGS Look into volunteering opportunities at the Common Wealth Games (Birmingham 2022).

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tournaments and is the only major still played on grass. NFL Hard Knocks The Ashes - This is the notational prize in test cricket series played between England and Australia. Ashes series are traditionally of five tests played every two

Watching years. The Olympics - The Olympic Games are held every four years and are the leading international sporting event. Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternate every two years. The Common Wealth Games - An international multi- sport event involving athletes form the Commonwealth of Nations. These Games are described as the second largest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympic Games and will be held in Birmingham 2022.

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PHYSICS

Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest  IOP Practical Physics Link  Six Easy Pieces: Richard P Feynman  Bad Science: Ben Goldacre  BBC Bitesize Link  Six Not So Easy Pieces: Richard P Feynman  Black Holes and Uncle Albert: Russell Stannard  Physics Essentials for Dummies: Steven Holzner  AQA GCSE Physics Textbook OUP: Jim Breithaupt  A Brief History of Time: Stephen Hawking  AQA GCSE Physics Textbook OUP: Jim Breithaupt  AQA A-Level Textbook OUP: Jim Breithaupt  Hawking and Black Holes: Paul Strathern  Cosmos: Carl Sagan  Mr Tompkins: George Gamow  Galaxy Zoo Link  Science, money and politics: political triumph  Physics Essentials for Dummies: Steven Holzner and ethical erosion: Daniel S Greenberg

 Short history of nearly everything: Bill Bryson  Six Easy Pieces: Richard P Feynman

Reading  Stephen Hawking A Life in Science: Michael White and John Gribbin  Stephen Hawking for Beginners: JP McEvoy and Oscar Zarate  Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman: Richard P Feynman  Why Does E=mc2: Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw  World of 10001 Mysteries: Russell Stannard  The Naked Scientists Physics Podcasts Link  Oxford University Physics Department

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Getting started (Key Stage 3) Going further (Key Stages 4 and 5) Open your mind (H.E applications and general interest) Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder The series “Introducing a graphic guide” are There is no specific reading list for RE, as we encourage students to an excellent series of books that will help you read whatever they find interesting, on any aspect of RE. Your RE There are lots of useful books in the to get a good grounding in topics covered in teacher may also be able to recommend particular works for you to school library. RE. Examples are: read on topics that you find most interesting. Introducing Philosophy You might try some of the general Introducing Ethics “Philosophy of Religion” Mitchell

books on each of the world religions Introducing Islam “Philosophy of Religion” Hick published by Penguin. Introducing Buddha A Textbook of Christian Ethics by Gill

Introducing Hinduism “Philosophical Writings” Descartes Reading You could also try books from the “The Communist Manifesto” by Marx Dummies & Teach Yourself series for 101 Philosophical Problems & 101 Ethical “The Name of the Rose” Umberto Echo example: Dilemmas by Cohen “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” Robert Tressell “Islam for dummies” “Teach Yourself Islam” A to Z of Thinking by Warbourton There are additional reading lists available on the Student Drive of the “Teach Yourself Hinduism” computer system. Sage Train by Hansell The BBC Radio series A history of ideas The BBC Radio series In Our Time has an https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/categories/religionandethics excellent website with a complete archive of Try the following podcasts: about 20 years’ worth of programmes on a You might try listening to the series: Moral Maze BBC Living with the gods wide variety of subjects. The archive can be

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Visit: Places to visit for GCSE: Take part in debating groups and public speaking. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Woodbrooke Quaker Centre in Selly Oak Lichfield Cathedral Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, Birmingham Carry out an EPQ on a religious/theological/philosophical area of Worcester Cathedral IPCI Islamic Exhibition interest, which was not included on your GCSE or A-Level courses. Birmingham’s St Chads Cathedral Birmingham’s St Phillips Cathedral Try to visit the many great cathedrals around the country, e.g. The Oratory Birmingham Canterbury, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Hereford, Lincoln, Westminster Abbey, Coventry Cathedral Winchester, Worcester, York Minster Singer’s Hill Synagogue

Nishkam Gurdwara Soho Road Visit the British Museum and V&A in London Shri Venkateswara Mandir near Dudley Doing Birmingham Central Mosque Arrange to visit a Christian or Buddhist monastery to experience a Ghamkol Shariff Masjid, Small Heath religious retreat. Some places offer retreats that are not overtly Birmingham Buddhist Centre religious. Birmingham Buddhist Vihara Try to visit other significant places of worship like: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London

Cathedral Camps: www.csv.org.uk; spend your holiday working on conservation projects at a historical cathedral.

SPANISH

Getting started Going further Open your mind  Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Spanish  AQA A-Level Spanish Non-fiction:  1001 Pitfalls in Spanish  Practice Makes Perfect:  The new Spaniards John Hooper  Spanish for dummies Complete Spanish Grammar,  Viva South America Oliver Balch  Spanish/English bi-lingual Premium Third Edition  Bad times in Buenos Aires Miranda France visual dictionary (Dorling  Kerboodle (reading)  Franco Paul Preston Kindersley)  https://www.thoughtco.com  The Spanish Holocaust Paul Preston  Edexcel/AQA GCSE Core /languages-4133094  Spain: The centre of the World Robert Goodwin vocabulary  The Basque history of the World Mark Kurlansky  501 Spanish verbs  ¡Guerra! Jason Webster  A new reference Grammar of modern Spanish Benjamin and Butt

Fiction books (by Spanish speaking authors)  The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón  Nada Carmen Laforet  One hundred years of solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 Love in the time of cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 La casa de Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca  Bodas de Sangre Federico Garcia Lorca Reading  La casa de los espiritus Isabelle Allende  Eva Luna Isabelle Allende  Don Quijote Miguel de Cervantes  Like water for chocolate Laura Esquivel

Fiction books (by non-Spanish speaking authors)  Homage to Catalonia George Orwell  For whom the bell tolls Ernest Hemmingway  Winter in Madrid C J Sansom  The return Victoria Hislop  The muse Jessie Burton

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Additional Subject Pages

The aim of the ‘Additional Subject Pages’ is to offer guidance to students who are applying for courses at University that are not offered as individual subjects within the context of the School curriculum. The contents of these pages are based on the most popular course selections made by ‘BVGS Leavers’, who have recently applied to University. The following areas are included:

i. and ii. Law iii. Politics iv. Architecture v. Engineering vi. Chemical Engineering vii. Sociology viii. Veterinary Science ix. Medicine/Dentistry

Classics and Ancient History

Classics is the study of Ancient Greece and Rome, their histories, languages and cultures. Students with an interest in history and wishing to study something not commonly taught at A- Level should consider this course. As well as the activities in the History section of the booklet, students can enrich their understanding of the subject in the following ways:

Reading A Very Short Introduction to Classics, & John Henderson

The Classical World, an Epic History of Greece and Rome, Robin Lane-Fox A Very Short Introduction to Classical Mythology, Helen Morales Classical Literature, Richard Jenkyns The Aeneid, Virgil The Iliad, The , Homer Histories, Herodotus The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides

A History of Rome, Livy The plays of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus

Watching/Listening The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes - on All4 Mary Beard has lots of documentary series on Ancient Rome Michael Scott’s “In the footsteps of Alexander” Lectures and podcasts from the Historical Association: https://www.history.org.uk/student/categories/567/info/2800/ancient-history

Following @Classical_Assoc - The Classical Association @scsclassics - The Society for Classical Studies @BSAthens - The British School at Athens @the_bsr - The British School at Rome

Doing JACT Summer Course in Latin or Ancient Greek - www.greeksummerschool.co.uk / www.latincamp.co.uk British Museum in London Ashmolean Museum in Oxford Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Hadrian’s Wall, Housesteads and Vindolanda in Northumberland Roman ruins at Wall, Wroxeter, Bath

Law

Studying law is about more than just learning rules and regulations. Law degrees teach students about the theory of law, about why it exists and what it is trying to do. The subject combines elements of ethical and political philosophy with modules covering all the areas of law needed to become a practicing lawyer. Students with an interest in the foundations of society or those wishing to become lawyers should consider expanding their interest in the following ways:

Reading All major law firms and barristers sets have news, blogs and recruitment advice on their website, this often gives you an insight into life as a solicitor The Lawyer Law Society Gazette Legal Cheek blog

Counsel magazine – www.counselmagazine.co.uk The Principle magazine – available at www.allaboutlaw.co.uk Out-Law – legal updates for non-specialists produced by Pinsent Masons LLP

Watching/Listening Yale Online Lectures YouTube edu channel – Law and Social Sciences playlists Silk – BBC drama BBC Law in Action podcasts Serial (US) – true crime podcast The Hearing – podcast discussing contemporary legal issue featuring top professionals Law Pod UK and RightsUp – Human Rights related podcasts Lawyer 2 Lawyer (US) – podcast discussing high profile cases with an eye on changes to the qualification routes in the UK

Following @camtweetlaw - University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law @thebarcouncil – The Bar Council, who oversee Barristers in England and Wales @secretbarrister – An anonymous but informative look at recent cases @TheLawyermag – Twitter account for The Lawyer, a legal publication @TheLawSociety and @lawsocgazette – Twitter accounts of The Law Society All law firms have their own twitter accounts, look for firms in the Magic Circle and Circle

Doing Model UN society LawSoc – meets every Monday in the HIVE Debating – we have a club in school Visiting the public gallery at court – we have Crown, Magistrate and County courts in Birmingham Volunteer at the Citizens Advice Bureau Work experience at Chambers/Solicitors

Politics

Politics degree courses cover the theory and practice of different political systems, as well as the philosophy underpinning them. Increasingly, courses also provide training in statistical and data analysis, as befitting a social science. Students with an interest in civic society, or in politics as an academic pursuit or career, would benefit from considering this course. To improve their subject knowledge, students should engage in the activities below:

Reading National Broadsheet newspapers are the best pace to get up to date information on politics and current affairs: - The Guardian (left-leaning) - The Independent (centre-left) - The - The Times (centre) - The Telegraph (centre-right) Online new platforms, particularly for international news: - BBC news online - CNN - The New York Times - The Washington Post Political magazines and journals: - The Week - The Spectator - The New Statesman - Private Eye (satirical) On political ideology and comparative politics: - Foundations of Comparative Politics – Kenneth Newton - Ideologies: An introduction – Andrew Heywood

Watching/Listening Question Time, The Sunday Politics Show, , Peston on Sunday, Channel 4 News, Have I Got News For You Following @Spectator – The Spectator magazine @bbcthisweek and @BBCPolitics – Updates from the BBC politics team @afneil - Andrew Neil, Presenter of The Politics Show @bbclaurak – Laura Kuenssberg, BBC Political Editor @Peston – , Economist and ITV political journalist @PrivateEyeNews - Private Eye, satirical magazine @HouseofCommons - Twitter account of the House of Commons

Doing Model UN society Debating – we have a club in school Visiting Parliament – www.parliament.uk/visiting Visiting the supreme court - www.supremecourt.uk/visiting/index.html

Architecture

Architecture as a degree is more than drawing. Students interested in this subject seek a technical experience of buildings and infrastructure and enjoy tackling new challenges. Students should pay particular attention to the Art pages in this booklet, as well as considering the resources below:

Reading Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Journal Capability Brown and his landscape gardens, Sarah Rutherford (for landscape architecture) Anything by Norman Foster – renowned British Architect

Watching/Listening Grand Designs on All4 RICS on YouTube – lots of great videos about different aspects of architecture

Following @ArchDaily – Architecture Daily, magazine @architectmag – The Architect magazine @RIBA and @RIBAJ – Twitter accounts for the Royal Institute of British Architects @ArchitectsJrnal – The Architect’s Journal

Doing Search www.goconstruct.org for experience in the local area Grand Designs Live MADE: design Birmingham – have lots of projects running throughout the year - http://made.org.uk/ Drawing and designing buildings – many architecture applicants are rejected because of a lack of evidence of creative skills! Get a sketchpad and create your own portfolio of drawings and designs

Engineering

Engineering as a discipline is one of the biggest in the UK higher education sector. Split into various streams, all degree courses teach students the theory of how things work, as well as the practical skills to enable them to be at the forefront of the latest technological and structural advances. Highly skilled in maths and physics, students wishing to demonstrate an interest in one of the engineering streams should start with the resources below:

Reading Royal Academy of Engineering website – www.raeng.org.uk Institution of Civil Engineers – www.ice.org.uk Cats’ Paws and Catapults by Steven Vogel – an introduction to Biomechanics. Invention by design: How Engineers get from thought to thing by Henry Petroski. The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why you don’t fall through the floor by J.E Gordon-explores the general properties of materials. Mathematical Methods for Science Students by George Stephenson: this is the set text for first years at Cambridge.

Watching/Listening BAE Systems/Lockheed Martin YouTube channels – for Aerospace Bloodhound SSC YouTube – Automotive/Mechanical ABB YouTube Channel – Electrical Explore Engineering YouTube channel – general information

Following @ewbuk - Engineers Without Borders UK @SmartCitiesW - Smart Cities World @BAESystemsplc - BAE Systems @LockheedMartin – Lockheed Martin @_EngineeringUK – Engineering UK

Doing Take part in National Science and Engineering Week – www.britishscienceweek.org

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering is primarily concerned with processes – how can things be done more safely or more efficiently? Students with an interest in chemistry but wanting to do something practical should consider this course. As well as the resources in the table below, students should look at the Chemistry pages in this booklet.

Reading www.ichemeblog.org www.whynotchemeng.com www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/pages/frequently-asked-questions.html#qn19 www.cheresources.com/content/articles/ http://home.nas.net/~dbc/cic_hamilton/eng.html Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers, Jack Hipple – provides a basic introduction to the subject

Watching/Listening https://www.aiche.org/chenected/2016/12/podcast-series-speaks-top-chemical-engineers - AIChE podcasts series on the value of chemical engineering IChemE podcasts, available at https://ichemeblog.org/tag/podcasts/

Following @ChEnected – AIChE – global Chemical Engineers organisation @ChemEngMag - Chemical Engineering Magazine @EngChemi - Chemical Engineering Twitter account

Sociology

The study of society, sociology at degree level explores our ideas about many different aspects of how we live our lives. Students with an interest in the academic exploration of societal factors like crime, education and ethnicity, or in the theory of how society should look, would enjoy this course. Students should expand their interest by examining the resources below:

Reading Sociology Review – Phillip Allan Magazines British Journal of Sociology: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/BJS/home.aspx British Sociological Association: www.britsoc.co.uk/ The new culture of capitalism – Richard Sennett The Economist The New Internationalist The New Statesman The Guardian – has an “Education” supplement on a Tuesday and a “Society” supplement on a Wednesday

Watching/Listening University of Oxford: Department of Sociology Podcasts - https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/department-sociology-podcasts Radio 4’s Today Programme Louis Theroux documentaries BBC Thinking Allowed on iplayer Panorama

Following @britsoci - The British Sociological Association @isa_sociology – International Sociological Association @sociologyjnl – Sociology Journal @DiscoverSoc – Discover Sociology

Veterinary Science

Work experience and super-curricular activities are key when applying to Veterinary Science or Veterinary Medicine. The best candidates have extensive work experience but also can evidence an academic interest in the profession and the field. The resources below will provide support to an application for this subject:

Reading Read research articles on university websites, e.g. Cambridge veterinary science web pages have articles detailing their recent research Institute of Zoology – www.zsl.org/science British Veterinary Association – www.bva.co.uk

Watching/Listening Supervet Yorkshire Vet Countryfile British Veterinary Association’s “The Webinar Vet” – www.thewebinarvet.com

Following @BritishVets – British Veterinary Association @theRCVS – Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons @RCVSKnowledge – information arm of the RCVS’ twitter account

Doing Work Experience is essential for all veterinary courses It needs to encompass the following: - Small animal practice - Large animal practice - Lambing - Dairy farm - Equine - Dogs and cats - Farm animals There is no centralised hub of placements available; Google is your best bet here. Expect for many of your placement applications to be unsuccessful but keep trying!

Medicine/Dentistry

Applying for medicine and dentistry is a supremely competitive process. Applicants who can show off an understanding of the realities of the professions, as well as demonstrate competency in working with vulnerable people, will have a considerable advantage over those who cannot. The resources below provide an extensive reading list, as well as other media, for accessing information about the profession:

Reading Being Mortal – Atul Gawande When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi First do no harm – Henry Marsh The Citadel – AJ Cronin Bad Science, Bad Pharma – Ben Goldacre C because Cowards get Cancer too – John Diamond Don’t Die Young, The incredible Human journey – Dr. Alice Roberts In Stitches: the highs and lows of life as an A&E doctor – Nick Edwards Life Ascending: the ten greatest invention of evolution – Nick Lane The Man who mistook his wife for a hat – Oliver Sacks Hippocratic Oaths: medicine and its discontents – Raymond Tallis Medical Ethics and Law – Judith Hendrick & Tony Hope The New NHS: a guide – Allyson Pollock & Alison Talbot-Smith British Medical Journal (BMJ) British Medical Association website – www.bma.org.uk GMC – Achieving Good Medical Practice / Outcomes for Graduates – these are the guidelines the General Medical Council outline for all joining the profession – available at https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula#guidance

Watching/Listening Junior Doctors: Blood, sweat and tears & Junior Doctors: Your life in their hands – BBC Confessions of a Junior Doctor – Channel 4 Hospital - BBC Ambulance – BBC The Life Scientific – Radio 4

Following @MedicMentor1 – Medic Mentor, support for students applying to Medicine @themedicportal – The Medic Portal – online support for medicine @NHSEngland - NHS England @gmcuk - The General Medical Council @TheBMA – The British Medical Association @CareQualityComm – Care Quality Commission @TheLancet - The Lancet, a medical journal @bmj_latest - The latest articles from the British Medical Journal @bbchealth - BBC Health news Doing Biology Olympiad and Chemistry Olympiad Work Experience – does not have to be in a hospital, but can be in any care-giving setting – students are likely to have a better exposure to a healthcare environment from working with elderly or disabled people, rather than “shadowing” a doctor around a hospital Volunteering in a healthcare setting or working with vulnerable people (children etc) Talk to medical students/doctors/healthcare professionals about their careers, the NHS Keep up to date with NHS news – use the BBC News Health pages

Alternatives to medicine

There are many courses that offer the opportunity for students to experience the healthcare sector. The subjects below are some of the most popular courses in this category, and completion of an undergraduate degree enables students to apply for a Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) course.

Biomedical Science

This focuses on the scientific and research aspects of biology and chemistry and their applications in medicine. Students who are interested in the science behind the human body and discovering new treatments and information about how the body works would enjoy this course. Many graduates go on to work in laboratory settings and in research, either in higher education or in industry.

Biomedical science does not require any specific work experience placements at the point of application, so developing your interest and understanding through wider reading is paramount.

For information on super-curricular activities for this course, see the Biology, Chemistry and Medicine/Dentistry pages in this booklet. Also see the below websites, which contain links to articles concerning developments in the field: http://www.imedpub.com/scholarly/biomedical-science-journals-articles-ppts-list.php https://www.jbiomedsci.biomedcentral.com/

Pharmacy

This subject looks at the practical application of chemistry to the creation of new drugs or medicines. Students with an interest in chemistry and the development or research of new medicines, especially those interested in a career in the pharmaceutical industry, would be well placed for this course.

Most pharmacy courses will require A-Level chemistry, so students interested in this course should pay close attention to the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering pages in this booklet. Also see the below websites, which contain links to academic and industry journals: https://www.pharmacy.org/journal.html https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/

Nursing

Nursing is a very practical healthcare course with professional qualification upon completion. It is suited to students who want to work in a caring role in healthcare and have an aptitude for practical accuracy and working with vulnerable people. Nurses often have significantly more patient contact time than doctors and often provide initial aspects of care and treatment in hospitals.

In terms of work experience, it is key when applying for nursing that students have some experience in a care setting or working with vulnerable people. For super-curricular activities, you should refer extensively to the Medicine/Dentistry pages in this booklet.

Optometry

This course focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions affecting the eyes. A vocational course can lead to accreditation as an ophthalmologist and an optician, this subject would suit students that wish to enter the medical/healthcare field but have a particular interest in ocular science and healthcare. It is desirable for students to have spent some time in an Optician’s, but a requirement would be some experience in a care setting, again due to the need for opticians to interact with patients of all ages.

For super-curricular activities, students should refer to the Biology and Medicine pages in this booklet.

Physiotherapy

This healthcare course is more specific than medicine and combines elements of sports and exercise science during its teaching. It focuses on the anatomical aspects of biology, especially relating to recovery and injury. Physiotherapists have a wider role than within sports, frequently working with the elderly or post-surgical patients in hospitals. Students with an interest in the interactive element of healthcare and an interest in anatomy or physical rehabilitation should consider this course.

Owing to working with vulnerable people, work experience specifically within physiotherapy can be hard to access. Students should explore all local hospitals, as they would for medicine, as well as considering wider healthcare experience like care homes.

For super-curricular activities for this course, see the PE, Biology and Medicine pages in this booklet.

Year 7 THRIVE Award

We want you to be the very best you can be & we want to celebrate your achievements

. This award is to recognise your contribution to the school and wider community this school year. . In the Summer term Year 7 students will submit this record of your contribution to life at BVGS, and participation in the wider school and community. We will also ask that you submit a covering letter with this detailing why you think you deserve this award. . Every student who completes this successfully (i.e. to a very good standard following our review) will receive a certificate of recognition. . Some will be awarded a certificate of merit. . An elite few will be awarded the THRIVE Year 7 full colours. This will be a full colours crest (badge) in addition to a certificate for exceptional contribution. This will be awarded in KS3 Presentation Evening in July 2019.

RGH 2018

Vesey Award Available to Sixth Formers at BVGS

The Concept- A formal certificate to recognise and reward individual participation in the co-curricular life of the School that simultaneously provides students with the foundations for strong post-18 applications.

Time Scale & Receipt of Recognition - Students must complete the participation criteria during the first two terms of Year 12. Evidence must be submitted in the first week back after Easter (giving students the time to organise it during the break). Decisions on which students have been successful can then take place.

Criteria-To receive the award students must complete at least five of the six criteria. Each criterion must be evidenced appropriately with an adult signature. The need for signatures will require good organisational skills from students; an unwritten necessity. The bullet point examples given are ideas rather than a limited shortlist.

1. Internal Leadership (minimum one term)

 Academic mentoring; Classroom assistance; Leadership in Sport/Music/Drama

2. Community Contribution (minimum one term)

 Charity Shop; Care Home; Primary School Placement

3. Event Element

 Year group assembly; House assembly; Whole school event; Entrance exam

4. Extra-curricular participation (performance and preparation for a BVGS society/team for minimum one term)

 Sports team; Choir, band, ensemble etc.; Debating; Drama

5. Academic Enrichment (in addition to Enrichment Week)

 University masterclass; Summer School; Subject Taster Day

6. Charity Element

 Involvement in leading/creating an internal charity event

Oxbridge Essay Competitions.

Several colleges and departments of the University of Oxford run competitions, which are open to students from schools and colleges. Please visit this website, which updates the latest details including subjects, titles and deadlines. http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/teachers/academic-competitions-schools-and-colleges

The University of Cambridge also run a number of similar Competitions for students in their final two years of schooling. Enter the Cambridge Immerse Essay Competition to win a number of exciting prizes. https://www.cambridgeimmerse.com/essay-competition/

. There are also numerous other academic competitions:

. Corpus Classics Essay Competition

. Fitzwilliam Ancient World Essay Competition

. Girton Humanities Writing Competition

. Peterhouse Vellacott History Essay Prize (includes topics in ancient history)

. Trinity Philosophy or Religious Studies Prize (includes topics in ancient philosophy)

Outreach Events

Both institutions run a programme of outreach events which are departmental/subject specific

For Oxford, events please visit www.ox.ac.uk/outreachevents.

For Cambridge, events visit www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/find-out-more/widening-participation

LIBRARY AT BVGS

Bishop Vesey’s library has a selection of online resources, which you can use for your studies. This will help you to expand your thinking and academic profile. Your first step to seeing what is available should be the library VLE page, which is available at school and at home. You will see:

Philip Allan Magazine archive - which are available for most A level subjects. We can make you your own account on there if you want to save articles and data for your studies. These magazines explore your A level topics and link to exam technique, questions and good practice.

Birmingham library – a vast amount of resources for you to look through including Credo. You will need to use your library membership number for some links.

Google Scholar – access to sections of periodicals, journals etc, which you can download or use online. Google have deals with a number of academic publishers and Google Scholar allows you to search across their content. The results can be a mix of citation details, abstracts and entire journal articles. It also searches across journal articles that university academic staff have written and made freely available.

Google books – a useful link to search for a subject that you are investigating. It allows you to search across a number of books that which have been made available electronically. Google have worked with a number of large research libraries to scan their books and make them freely available to the world. For some books, you will find basic publication details, whilst for others you will discover some or the entire book.

Complete Issues – up-to-date statistics, articles, opinions and links to key organisations.

Issues Online – a resource on current issues containing information from a variety of sources giving the pros and cons on each topic, facts and statistics.

In the library, we keep reading lists for all A level subjects with books to loan for 1, 2 or 4 weeks. We also have books to help you prepare for your chosen career or if you are starting to work on your UCAS application. We use the ‘Oliver’ system for cataloguing books and this is available for you to search on the desktop of a pc or tablet.