Careers
Careers: Spotlight Series
Katie Bench, who has recently joined Travers Smith LLP in the City, delivered our Spotlight Series careers talk this week. Having had an excellent presentation from Jane Osborne QC last Tuesday, it was useful to hear Katie making a clear distinction between the role of Solicitor and Barrister and describing her life as a trainee….
MK:U – STEM Consultation Group
A group of Thornton Year 10 students met with staff from Cranfield University for our second MK:U Consultation initiative. The session was divided into several parts, the first being a presentation on the design plans for the refurbishment of Bouverie House, which will be the location for the MK:U Pilot Test. Students were shown architect?s…
Spotlight Series
Colin and Connie the Caterpillars made a welcome appearance at our Spotlight Series careers talk on Wednesday 3rd March! Naomi Matthews, Commercial and NPD Director at Park Cakes Ltd showcased the mouthwatering range of cakes that her company provide for Marks and Spencer. Naomi told us about the different departments that work together to produce…
National Careers Week
The first of our final two events of National Careers Week was a Q and A with a panel of Film and TV professionals, including Gareth Ellis Unwin, the Oscar winning producer of The King?s Speech. Our Year 11 Drama students submitted questions in advance and we were given a brilliant insight into the industry…
Royal Engineers Showcase Careers Opportunities
The Royal Engineers gave students an insight into the many and varied trade roles within their team. Effectively the civil construction authority for the UK Armed Forces, jobs include Design Draughtsperson and Geospatial Technician. For students with a love of sport, the army will support them in following their passion at the same time as…
Careers in the Theatre
We were thrilled to welcome Billy Taylor and Naomi Day to our Careers in Theatre event. Billy runs several theatre groups and is currently studying at Rose Bruford College and Naomi is a costume designer. It was inspirational to hear their passion for their respective pathways and to see how important it is to have…
STEM Event
We were hugely fortunate to welcome so many fantastic speakers to our annual STEM event. Using the Zoom platform, students from Years 9, 10 and 11 were treated to an array of talks from companies such as Hollis, Aston Martin, KPMG, Storm Geomatics and Unilever. There were a diverse range of job sectors represented and…
A Career in Data Science… Not So Boring After all
We are enormously proud and excited to have a partnership with Cranfield University, who are the higher education provider leading the development of the new model university in Milton Keynes, MK:U. A group of our Year 10 students met three Faculty leaders from the University for a virtual consultation workshop recently, to brainstorm plans for…
Dynamic Debating
Hot on the heels of an animated Year 10 Debate last week with St Columba?s College, a team of Year 11s delivered strong arguments for and against the motion: ‘This House believes that school exams should be abolished’. After compelling arguments from both teams, the UK?s examining bodies will be interested to know that the…
Alumni Careers Event
We consider ourselves so lucky to have amazing old girls, who gave up their time to deliver a series of talks about their pathways at our event this week via Zoom. It was fascinating to hear how their careers have taken twists and turns and how, for many of them, the apprenticeship route has been…
Girl Power: VW STEM Workshop
We are hugely grateful to Volkswagen, who delivered a brilliant live workshop via Zoom to Year 7 and 8 students on 10th October. Each group was given a task brief to design an electric vehicle for a target customer. The students had to meet specific criteria when creating their vehicles, for working professionals, self employed…
Careers Event: St Columba’s College
Thornton regularly join with the boys at St Columba?s College, St Albans for careers activities, and this week our Sixth Form students have enjoyed two events. A group of Year 13s joined a virtual UCAS Interview workshop with the boys, where they were given mock interviews in Law, Medicine and Veterinary Science by a selection…
