News Category: Lectures

Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister of State for Industry and Economic Security at the Department of Business and Trade, took time out of her busy schedule to speak to members of the Sixth Form. In the course of their interview, Six One (Year 12) students Amelia and Ava asked Nusrat some challenging questions covering a wide range of […]

The Six One (Year 12) have been busy developing their business ideas for the Enterprise Challenge – a competition in which groups go head to head to create the most successful small business. The students are already demonstrating creativity and resourcefulness when approaching the tasks being set for them. This week, they welcomed Tim Cullen […]

The Art and Creative Technology department was visited by Hope Fitzgerald, a creative artist, bookbinder and owner of the business Bindfulness, for a series of bookbinding workshops. Students in the Fifth (Year 10), Six One (Year 12) and Six Two (Year 13) had the opportunity to make their own hand-crafted sketchbooks based on the skills Hope taught […]

On Friday, Benenden was delighted to welcome Thomas Grant KC to speak to members of the School community. Prior to the talk, Thomas, who is a Benenden parent, had supper with a group of Sixth Formers who had either applied to study Law at university or were interested in doing so. This was an excellent […]

Benenden’s Fourths (Year 7s) were recently treated to an inspiring visit from author and academic Katherine Rundell. Katherine talked about where stories come from and some of the extraordinary places she has found inspiration for her writing. She then gave some tantalising glimpses into her new book, Impossible Creatures, which has just been selected as […]

Benenden was delighted to welcome President of the China-United States Exchange Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador James Chau to speak to the Sixth Form as part of the School’s Flex Lecture series. Despite the eight hour time difference, James joined virtually from Beijing to discuss his extraordinary career and life. He spoke about finding your purpose in life […]

Davina McCall – TV personality and women’s health advocate – today encouraged young women to “stand up and make noise” at the inaugural Women and Wellness conference hosted by Benenden School. Davina opened the conference, which saw a range of speakers discuss topics such as the menopause, pensions, investing, nutrition and digital safety, with a […]

Benenden’s Sixth Form were lucky to attend a fascinating online talk as part of the Flex Lecture series by Sandra Cauffman, Deputy Director for the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters.  Sandra described her journey starting with her early years in Costa Rica, where she was forbidden from studying electrical engineering at […]

Leaders of the Benenden Eco Committee organised an engaging week of activities for Eco Week, highlighting the School’s efforts to reduce its net carbon emissions while informing the community about recent environmental developments. The week began with a whole-School Prayers during which members of Eco Committee delivered interesting, short presentations different environmentalist topics. The Library put […]