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Careers

L ast year, one of the careers of pupils and parents engaged online with OMTs. This year, we went a step further and held our inaugural MTS Arts and Humanities Careers Fair during National Careers Week. The Great Hall was filled for much of the evening with several hundred pupils and parents hoping to glean wisdom, insight and advice from OMTs and other guests about possible career paths. There were accompanying talks in the Exam Hall on topics including Degree Apprenticeships, Teach First and Work Experience, which were warmly received. programme highlights was an online MTS Careers Week where hundreds

addition to the Young Enterprise scheme that continues to be a backbone of the co curricular programme in the Lower Sixth. The Newsquest Young Reporter Scheme for Divisions and Lower Sixth is in its second year, and we are delighted that one of our Divisions pupils has won one of the top prizes and been invited to a Journalism workshop day at a leading university. Meanwhile, a dozen aspiring engineers in the Lower Sixth took part in a new programme run by the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) called CityZen. This innovative programme involved a combination of simulation and a real-world building design challenges, for which the

Our aspiring medics and dentists were thrilled to hear from a large group of volunteer speakers who joined us in November for the biennial Medicine and Dentistry Convention. We were honoured that Professor Roger Kirby, President of the Royal Society of Medicine, was able to join us to give the keynote talk on the future of the industry, exploring new technological developments that will change the lives of doctors, dentists and patients alike. Our Enterprise curriculum continues to develop with off-timetable Challenge Days – sponsored by Air Products, Thorpe Park and NatWest – offered to Thirds, Upper Thirds and Divisions this year, in

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