On Wednesday 29 January, the School was delighted to celebrate the considerable academic endeavour and achievements of our Aske Project prize winners at a special assembly held in the Bourne Hall.  

With academic enquiry that readily reaches far above A level standard and even into original research, our students explored questions of anti-zionism in orthodox Jewish communities, identifying fake news using machine learning, campaign finance reform and the thought of John Locke, curing heart disease using C-Cure, an analysis of circadian rhythms and the school day and the geometry of circles, to name but a few. 

The Aske Project requires that students independently research a question of their own choosing over a period of six months. As verified by our external markers and viva examiners, our students achieve undergraduate standards of research and their projects demonstrate their curiosity, innovative and critical thinking, all framed within high standards of research methodology. The process, alongside their A Level studies, prepares them exceptionally well for university.

All our Lower Sixth students undertake an Aske Project and, with the guidance of an advisor, students present work that makes logical and judicious use of a wide range of sources to which our Library team provides extensive access. Many also undertake primary research or produce original pieces of writing or multi-media presentations.

We are very proud of all of our students, both for their commitment to academic enquiry and for the stunning results that their hard work achieves. Many congratulations to them all.

Aske Project Prize Winners 2020
 
First Prize: Joshua Birns 
Maths: Investigation of Circle Geometry
 
Second Prize: Abhisekh Chatterjee
Medicine: The elimination of senescent cell as a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
 
Tietz STEM Prize: Biology: James Levy
Do schools begin too early? 
 
Tietz STEM Prize: Biology: Yuta Sato
Can we mend heart break? Assessing the efficacy of C_Cure in patients with heart failure of ischaemic origin 
 
Tietz STEM Prize: Computer Science: Shanai Nair 
Using machine learning to differentiate between real and fake news articles
 
Prize for Original Writing: Aaron Garland
“On, Heritage.” A poetry anthology deliberating heritage and immigration
 
Humanities Prize: Economics: Ashley Turner
Time in the Environmental Kuznets Curve Model: Theory and Discussion
 
Humanities Prize: History: Jake Charnley
The 17th Century experienced a general political crisis
 
Humanities Prize: Politics: Sam Grankin
How can campaign finance reform align the US with Locke’s ideal of democracy
 
Humanities Prize: Theology and Philosophy: Eli Tapnack
Is Zionism or Anti-Zionism the more authentic expression of Jewish tradition? An enquiry into the development of contemporary Jewish thought

  

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