Latest International Activities

International Educational Week
International Student Leaders Conference 2009

In 2003 Beauchamp College was first awarded the prestigious International School Award by the British Council in recognition of its success in introducing a Global Dimension to teaching and learning at the College. We have developed our international programme considerably since the first award and have been reaccredited twice, the latest being in the summer of 2009.

On the 16^th October 2009, Rupal Vadher joined 711 schools from all over the UK to collect the award on behalf of the college at a high-profile ceremony in London. This year broadcaster and journalist George Alagiah presented the awards.

The international programme includes a diverse range of activities which regularly take place including collaborative curriculum work with partner schools worldwide, yearly language exchanges to Germany and various departmental study visits overseas. Beauchamp has worked closely with Wilhelm Raabe Schule in Lüneburg, Germany for a number of years and the exchange now incorporates a joint curriculum project. Last year Sociology and Food Technology were involved in this project. This year it is the turn of History and R.E. Partnerships with Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School in Chennai, India and Stanger Secondary School in South Africa may be more recent but have grown in strength. Since we first developed our links we have taken two groups of sixth form students to visit India and our partner school, the last visit being July 2009 and the latest International Students as Leaders conference took place at Stanger in October 2009.

Yvonne Rooney

International Links Coordinator

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