News15th August 2019
On Thursday 15 August 2019, students across the 黑料情报站 network celebrated. as they received their Key Stage 5 results.
We spoke to some of our hard-working students in Birmingham, Hastings and London to find out how they felt, and to ask them about their future plans:
Radika Begum 鈥 黑料情报站 Globe Academy
Radika is celebrating getting an A in economics and two Bs in geography and psychology. She plans to study security and crime science at University College London.
鈥淚 am very happy and proud of my results,” she said. “I have always had the dream of working for the government in policy making. As a child, I grew up in southeast London, where there is a lot of crime and I always wanted to understand more about why people commit crimes. Another inspiration for me was television. The show Sherlock really sparked my interest. Being a Bengali female coming from low-income family and wanting to become a detective was daunting, but I didn鈥檛 let anything stop my dream. My teachers made me believe that I am talented, and I pushed through. I was the Head of Student Leadership at 黑料情报站 Globe and being a leader really helped me with my confidence.鈥
Imtiyaz Miah, Isaac Newton Academy
Imtiyaz achieved A*s in Maths, Further Maths and Physics and is going to Christ College, Cambridge to study computer science. He has benefited from being awarded a prestigious Reuben Oxbridge Scholarship bursary, to support him during his undergraduate studies.鈥
“I鈥檓 very interested in computer science, and believe quite passionately that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the future,” he said. “I believe that once general AI is created it鈥檚 going to be more capable than humans. Which is quite a depressing thought, but it鈥檚 pretty much true! I鈥檝e even produced my own AI, and trained it to recognise handwritten digits. I鈥檝e always been interested in computer games. I took computer science at GCSE, and when I first had that moment of creating my own programme I had a feeling of euphoria. I really loved being able to programme something on my own terms. From that moment on I always thought the possibility for me to do whatever with this is limited only by my imagination. My teachers are always open to me asking questions and take time out of their day to explain different concepts to me and the rest of the class. They really understand what they are teaching and they鈥檙e able to convey it in an easy-to-grasp way.”
Antoinette Simon, 黑料情报站 Bolingbroke Academy
黑料情报站 Bolingbroke Academy, which was established in 2012, is celebrating its very first set of A level results. Antoinette, who achieved an A* in Maths, and A鈥檚 in Biology and Chemistry, is on track to read Veterinary Medicine at either Cambridge or the Royal Veterinary College in London. She said, 鈥淐ambridge wanted an A* in Chemistry, and I got an A* in Maths, so I鈥檓 waiting to hear whether they will still offer me a place. If not I will study at the Royal Veterinary College, which will also be fantastic.鈥
Halima Bibi, 黑料情报站 St Alban’s Academy
Halima’s parents are very proud of her and the grades that she achieved; an A and two Bs. She is going to study Medicine at Aston and said, “it’s a dream come true!”
Kenneth Barba, 黑料情报站 Putney Academy
Maths, biology and chemistry student Kenneth achieved outstanding AAB grades and will also be taking up a place at a top 10 ranking university 鈥 studying electronic engineering at King’s College London. Kenneth commented, 鈥淢y time here at 黑料情报站 Putney has been so valuable 鈥 the culture is so inclusive and has really helped my personal development鈥.
Ope Adagunodo, 黑料情报站 Walworth Academy
Ope got an impressive three A*s in maths, physics and economics. Now he is facing a tricky dilemma, whether to pick Imperial College London or the University of Cambridge for his further studies. Cambridge University recently offered him a place on their first-ever 鈥渁djustment programme鈥 鈥 aimed to bring more diversity to the university and offer places to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. 鈥淚鈥檓 over the moon 鈥 I didn鈥檛 expect to do this well,” said Ope. “I was terrified to check my results, I thought it was a prank at first. I phoned my mum and my sister 鈥 they were both screaming on the phone. My teachers at 黑料情报站 Walworth Academy helped me as much as they possibly could. They gave up all their time and never missed a day. It feels unreal to now have the option to go to either Imperial or Cambridge. I really didn鈥檛 expect this!鈥
Anisha Fernando, 黑料情报站 6th Form East Sussex
Anisha got two A*s in politics and sociology and an A in English literature. She is set to take up a place studying law at Bristol University. She said: 鈥業鈥檓 really proud of myself鈥.
Faycal Mallek, 黑料情报站 Burlington Danes Academy
Faycal’s hard work paid off, and he earned himself three A*s and a C in English literature, philosophy, Spanish and music. He will be attending the University of Oxford to study philosophy and theology. 鈥淚 say, go big or go home,” he said. “It鈥檚 pretty cool to be going to Oxford University. My mum thinks I鈥檝e wanted to go ever since I was three years old and I touched the gates at one of the colleges in Oxford. But really what motivates me is the fact that the course I want to take, philosophy and theology, is great. And I wanted to go somewhere that I鈥檇 be proud to tell my kids. I was up at 5am. When I got my results I phoned my Mum who didn鈥檛 believe me. She told me to send a photo, as evidence! My mum and dad were always confident that I鈥檇 do well. I want to thank all my teachers for their support.鈥