Cambridge University Science Prize Awarded to Uppinghamian

Lower sixth pupil, William Flinn, has won the coveted Peterhouse Kelvin Science Essay Competition for 2010.

William’s prize-winning essay analysed and commented on Government Science policy.

The letter from Peterhouse to Uppingham’s Head of Chemistry, Luke Bartlett, confirming the prize, stated that the standard of entries was high, but that the judges felt that William’s essay stood out for its clear style, level of research and originality throughout.

William will receive a certificate and five hundred pounds for his achievement, and has been invited to a presentation in June at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Originally set up in 1999 the prize has the following aims: -

· To give students in Year 12 or Lower Sixth, who are considering applying to
university, an opportunity to write about a subject in which they are personally interested, developing and experiencing the independent study skills which they will need in order to do well at A-level and university.
· To support teachers by providing challenging extension work for talented
students and by giving those students their first contact with Higher Education.
· To encourage high-flying students to consider applying to Cambridge by
giving them a taste of the type of work they would experience there.
· To recognise the achievement and effort of the best of these students through
prizes and commendations and to give them the opportunity of receiving feed-back from leading scientists, historians and English specialists.

For more details click the link Website: www.pet.cam.ac.uk

25th May 2010

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