Wednesday 20 June 2018 marked the second Keith Dawson Independent Learning Project Prize Giving Assembly. The project is an opportunity for Year 9 boys at Habs to pursue a subject of special interest: over a period of five months pupils are able to research, engage with, and delve into a question of their choosing before presenting their project in any format they think suitable.
Mr Keith Dawson, former Headmaster of the School from 1987 to 1996, presented the awards and gave an inspiring speech to the boys, parents and staff present in the Bourne Hall.
Haberdashers’ students are rightly known for their intellectual energy. But the intellectual ambition of our students does not begin at the classroom door and end at the exam hall. Our students are enthusiastic about learning: they arrive at Habs curious and eager to learn and during their time here they continue to expand the bounds of their knowledge. It is this fact along with the passion that Habs boys have to explore new ideas, concepts and theories and to discuss these with their peers that are the fundamental pillars upon which the Keith Dawson Independent Learning Project was built. In addition, the project was designed to give students as much freedom as possible, however, as Ms Shah said, “All we asked is that they be ambitious and that they pose a question that involved them in thinking for themselves, researching for themselves”.
This year’s prize winners reflect the outstanding quality of projects, engagement with academic enquiry and intellectual achievements of our Year 9 students.
Politics: How has the Migration crisis affected Politics in Europe and the UK? Arnav Panda
Psychology: Anxiety: Why does it exist? Viven Dayaparan and Tayan Patel
Chemistry: The Limitation of Radiocarbon Dating. Jitong Zhou
History: The Impacts of Mongol Rule on China. Jitong Zhou
Biology: Does Living in Proximity to Pylons Affect Health Adversely? Neel Madan
Art: How Photography Influenced Art and Vice-Versa in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Felix Zombory-Moldovan
Design & Technology: Will cyborg technology form a part of post biological evolution in the form of transhumanism. Joban Mulcock
English: Cryptic Crosswords: What are they and how are they set? Jonathan Levene
Music: What makes a good pop song? Niall Clarke
T&P: Should euthanasia be introduced into the UK? Rian Shah
Geography: Eco Tourism: what is it good for? Samuel Newman
Physics: Could we colonise Mars? Samzi Tishler
Physics: Black Holes: What effects do these strange phenomena have? Param Vyas
Computing: How to use Deep Learning to solve complicated problems. Albert Kwok
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