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100 HOW MANY ENGINEERS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE ICE CREAM? 43A 278-on ly 100 COMPONENT SIDE:COMPONENT 43A 2+626-58948156-16149-45//82 43A VOL. 1 ISSUE 5 A PRIL 2016 THEB RILLIANTCLUB . ORG 2 + 15 NEW ACADEMIC ESSAYS FROM THE SIDE:COMPONENT YOUNG SCHOLARS OF THE BRILLIANT CLUB 1 Vol. 1 No. 5, April 2016 ● This Issue ● Updates Contents News from The Brilliant Club ■ Page 4 ■ Page 14 ■ Page 22 New University Partners 10 year-old Engineers! Guest Article ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 ● Year 8 ● Key Stage 3 This autumn term, we launched our first joint Scholars How Your Scholars Programme What representations of nature tell What do you think was the most in the North of England Programme courses with University College London Experience can help you us about ourselves and how do significant turning point in This term we have continued our work with several new Engineering Department, an ambitious programme with the Approach University writers use literature in nature? English history? partner universities in the North of England, including aim of getting UCL’s Integrated Engineering Programme by Amelia Wilkinson Sir John Heron Primary School Jane Austen College the University of Sheffield, the University of Manchester, R. De Guzman, supervised by R. Cracknell, supervised by O. Palko, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Salford into the hands of primary school pupils and early teens, in ■ Page 6 I. Nedelcu, University of Edinburgh University of East Anglia and Newcastle University. Being able to recruit new PhD tutors a bitesize version! The two programmes developed were Guest Article from across the North of England and take pupils on trips to Taming the Bristlebot, where pupils were challenged to Me and my Mentor ■ Page 15 ■ Page 24 ● Year 7/8 ● Key Stage 3 ● Year 7 ● Key Stage 3 create a moving robot from an electric toothbrush, and How by Mauro Mantega local universities has had a huge impact on our programme Analysing Bluebeard using Bettelheim’s My amazing new Woodruff Ice Cream provision in the North East and North West. You can read Many Engineers Does it Take to Make Ice Cream?, which saw ■ Page 7 psychoanalytic method Portway Primary School several articles from scholars in the region in The Scholar too. pupils inventing and running their own ice cream factories. Introduction St Marylebone CE School J. Weyand, supervised by E. Ojo, The programmes were a great success and you can read What is The Brilliant Club? University College London D. Willing, supervised by H. Goodman, several final assignments about the topics in The Scholar on Royal Holloway, University of London The Brilliant Club Annual Conference ■ Page 8 ■ Page 26 We are delighted to announce that this year’s annual p27and p30 It was a great experience to work with Dr Elpida ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 ● Year 7/8/9 ● Key Stage 3/4 ■ Page 17 conference will be taking place in Stoke-on-Trent on the Makrygianni and the team at UCL, and to get real engineering Between 1834 and 1948 provisions ● Year 5 ● Key Stage 2 A literary analysis of Much Ado 19th July. The theme will be geography, and how we can projects in the hands of our youngest scholars. for the poor changed but the attitudes Between 1834 and 1948, provision for About Nothing using feminist break the links between where you grew up and access to towards them did not. Discuss. the poor changed but attitudes towards theory, evaluating its usefulness highly-selective universities. Tristram Hunt, MP for Stoke-on- Woodlands Primary School them did not. Discuss for studying literature E. Faisal, supervised by: A. Montgomery, Holycross Catholic Primary School Chiswick School Trent Central, and Professor Les Ebdon from the Office for Birkbeck, University of London D. Jacobs, supervised by E. Magrath, S. Powell, supervised by H. Goodman, Fair Access will be giving keynote speeches, and we will be University of Aberdeen Royal Holloway, University of London joined by pupils, teachers, researchers and commentators on ■ Page 9 ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 ■ Page 18 ■ Page 27 education. To hear more, please see our website, and tickets Who discovered Pythagoras’ Theorem? ● Year 7 ● Key Stage 3 ● Year 7/8 ● Key Stage 3 will be launched over the next few weeks. St Helen’s Primary School Ebola: The next global Taming the Bristle-bot M. Adjei, supervised by A. Occhipinti, pandemic Focus question: The Compton School University of Cambridge Nuffield Research Placements Why is Ebola so dangerous? L. Malhamoub, supervised by D. Birrenkott, University of Oxford If you know of any Year 12s who are fascinated by STEM ■ Page 10 Sydenham School subjects and keen to spend their summer learning more ● Year 9 ● Key Stage 4 M. Hyde, supervised by C. McClure, ■ Page 29 Imperial College London about the world of science, you could encourage them to Animal Testing: Does the ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 apply for a Nuffield Research Placement. The placements put Means Justify the Ends? An investigation into differences ■ Page 19 students into real life science roles in universities, commercial Lutterworth High School ● Year 7/8 ● Key Stage 3 in returning heart rate in people of companies, voluntary organisations and research institutions. A. Rostron, supervised by I. Dag lı, Do the Ends Justify the Means? different ages after aerobic exercise University of Warwick Students are particularly encouraged who don’t have a family The case of Euthanasia. Barons Court Primary School history of going to university or who attend schools in less ■ Page 12 St George's C of E Foundation School L. Booth, supervised by V. Lee, ● Year 7/8 ● Key Stage 3 R. Grieve, supervised by A. Draganova, University College London well-off areas, and there are bursaries available as well as Horace’s Literary Theory and how it Canterbury Christ Church University travel costs being covered. The Brilliant Club is looking after ■ page 30 relates to Roald Dahl’s “The Three ■ Page 20 ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 co-ordination of Nuffield Research Placements in London and Little Pigs” ● Year 5/6 ● Key Stage 2 How Many Engineers does Surrey and the person to contact for this region is Amelia at Painsley Catholic College Using Literature Devices to it take to make Ice Cream? [email protected]. I. Wilson, supervised by E. Connelly, Express Human Emotions University of Nottingham St Mark’s Primary School Corpus Christi Primary School L. Reeves, supervised by W. Watremez, O. Elliott, supervised by L. Schrock, University of Manchester University of Warwick 2 3 Vol. 1 No. 5, April 2016 Guest Article wanted to go on to further study. Writing the piece is also an My top tip for any students currently following The Scholars ● excellent way to get a head start on how to go about research Programme would be to ask as many questions as possible! and referencing, skills that will be essential on most university The programme provides so many opportunities to talk to How Your Scholars Programme courses. The dissertation mirrored the type of work that I am individuals who have successfully completed the process of now expected to produce on a weekly basis, and one question applying to university that you will soon experience, whether to ask yourself is whether you find some enjoyment in writing that be your PhD tutor or the students ambassadors you meet Experience can help you extended pieces of work in a very thorough style on a topic of on visits to another university. Take advantage of this! Ask interest. This is not to say that you love spending your days about their experiences and tips for the application process Approach University writing essays of thousands and thousands of words, but - how did they choose which universities to apply to? How by Amelia Wilkinson, alumna of The Scholars Programme, rather that you need to have a keen interest in your subject. did they craft a great personal statement? Are they enjoying now studying Education and Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge This is essential if you are to go on and enjoy your degree. their course? Asking my PhD tutor these types of questions and talking to students on visit days helped me understand Prior to completing The Scholars Programme in 2014, the Whilst I was used to completing homework independently what I needed to do to create a successful university consensus amongst my peers and I was that the prospect of for my usual classes, The Scholars Programme prepared application, and also prompted me to think about the type applying to university was daunting and rather intimidating. me to approach questions that were of greater complexity of environment and university experience I wanted. I visited Yet after following a six week programme of tutorials with independently, even if I was unsure. For me this was an Warwick University and Keble College at Oxford University, a PhD tutor and two fantastic visits to Warwick University important learning curve, as going to university does not and both trips included a range of presentations and skills and Keble College, Oxford, the application process and the mean you should know everything on your subject, nor are sessions, including tips for writing personal statements from university experience were de-mystified, and I am now in my you expected to. What is important, however, is that you have an admissions tutor at Oxford, and advice on how to make first year at the University of Cambridge, reading Education a go. The analysis and problem-solving involved in tackling a university application stand out. These trips also focused with Spanish.