25 March 2024

IBM run Presenting with Purpose workshop

Last week all of our Year 10 students were engaged in a workshop which was led by IBM. We are so grateful to our IBM partners who sent 25 of their young IBMers over to run a workshop on Presenting with Purpose. 

The purpose of the workshop was to teach our Year 10s to be able to understand…

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7 March 2024

Diary of a T Level student on Cisco Placement

After a rigorous interview process and thanks to the close business connections the school has forged, 3 of our Digital T Level students were fortunate to have secured themselves a work placement at Cisco - a company which delivers innovative software-defined networking, cloud and security…

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28 February 2024

Capgemini workshop

Last week Capgemini came to Ada Lovelace school to host a fantastic workshop with our Y12 T Level students, focussing on design thinking and problem solving.

Students were shown how to effectively come up with new and innovative ideas, responding to a task brief. They were then taught how to…

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7 February 2024

Digital T Level students participate in Amazon visit

This morning, Amazon visited Ada Lovelace school and delivered an assembly to the Upper school. Our digital T-Level students listened to an inspiring talk about T Levels and apprenticeships. It reinforced the opportunities T Levels can provide - the chance to gain real work experience and nurture…

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25 January 2024

Digital T-Level students on Cisco work placement

3 of our Digital T-Levels students have started a 6 week work placement at digital communications technology firm Cisco.

Our students went through a rigorous recruitment process to secure the placement, submitting an application and cover letter followed by an online interview.

Students from…

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17 January 2024

Thames West Language Hub video launch

We are excited to share with you our video promoting Thames West Language Hub. We would like to thank everyone who was involved including all the staff and students.

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11 January 2024

Amazon offers work placements to Ada Lovelace Digital T-Level students

One of the great things about T-Levels is the fact that students spend 80% of their time in the classroom and 20% on a 45-day placement. Industry placements give students the chance to learn what a real career is like while continuing their studies. Many employers retain T-Level students on…

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16 November 2023

T-Level students trial VR headsets

Last week our Digital T-Level students took part in a demo from the company ClassVR who were demonstrating their Virtual Reality headsets and their supporting educational software. ClassVR had been invited to Ada Lovelace school to help us understand how Virtual Reality and Augmented reality could…

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9 November 2023

T-Levels students begin the Leadership Programme

Last week Ada Lovelace Sixth Form welcomed Guy Richardson to begin the Leadership Programme. This session introduced students to the principles of effective leadership including the traits of a leader, ways to earn respect from your team, how to communicate effectively, how to collaborate with…

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11 October 2023

Ada Lovelace Day 2023

IBM joined us in school yesterday to help deliver a range of workshops and keynote presentations to our P-Tech students.

IBM delivered an Agile Thinking workshop to our Year 7s. They ensured it was a fun session by briefing them to make as many paper aeroplanes as they could to a certain spec.…

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11 October 2023

T-Level students get involved in Ada Lovelace Day

Our T-Level students enjoyed a day with a difference on Ada Lovelace day yesterday. 

The Digital T-Level students attended the IBM Think London event. This event brings together business and technology leaders to share ideas and inspiring keynotes. Our students were put through their paces when…

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11 October 2023

T Level students give interview at IBM Think London event

We can now share with you a video of our digital T Level students when they attended the IBM Think London event in October last year.

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