Lower Sixth globalisation essay wins UK award

Lower Sixth student Timur Tankayev has been selected as one of three finalists in the International Boarder of the Year contest.

Having stood out amongst a field of entries from international boarders across the UK – and with a total of 30 nationalities represented – it's a superb achievement to make it through to the final.

To earn his award, Timur had to write a 1,250 word essay on the subject of globalisation ... Which he opened in provocative fashion:

'What is the truest definition of globalization? According to the joke it's Princess Diana's death - 'An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, while in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi on Japanese motorcycles, etc.' The process of integration of the global economy has affected all aspects of human life.'

Timur has been invited to collect his award at a ceremony at Shakespeare's Globe in May.

Diving into Artweeks

Detail from 'The Diver' by Flo Amey, Upper Sixth

Oxfordshire's largest visual arts festival, Artweeks consists of around 400 stunning exhibitions. We’re delighted once again to be main sponsors of the festival.

For three weeks each year, Oxfordshire's artists and craftspeople throw open their homes and studios, and a vast array of work in every style and medium imaginable is put on show.

Artweeks enables us to catch a glimpse of the creative process itself: to smell the fresh paint and the drying clay; and to meet the artists in their own space, surrounded by their tools and materials, and often also by their own favourite sources of inspiration.

Preparations are well underway for summer's festival. As well as being main sponsors, we are also hosting our own show, which will feature work by current students, parents and staff alike. As with all Artweeks shows, entry will be free to all.

Our exhibition will be at Leckford Place School on 16-17 May – and we'd love you to come along. Entry is free to all, and the exhibition will be open 10am to 4pm. Please contact us for details.