Time flies when you’re having fun, and so it seems good times are being had at Palma College as the year seems to be racing along! Already on the cusp of the final term, students (and teachers!) are busily finishing course content and looking forwards to a period of consolidation, revision and exam practice.
Thankfully a lot of thought, exploration and hard work has already gone into planning what will come next for the Year 13 students, so they can concentrate on their exams with the security of knowing their next steps are already in place. So far it has been a highly successful year for university applications, with students applying for a wide range of bachelors degrees including Psychology, Hotel Management, Bio-mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Communications, Business Administration and Global Law, in a wide variety of destinations from the UK to The Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, France, Italy and Spain. Of the students who have applied through UCAS, all have received conditional offers for their first choices. The college is also proud of students taking other routes, such as one going to the USA on a golf scholarship, and another going to train to be a pilot.
On the topic of university applications and aiming high, Professor Clayton, teacher of Comparative Cognition at Cambridge University came to speak to students, parents, and staff about admissions to Cambridge and other highly competitive universities, sharing helpful guidance on what top universities look for and how students can prepare for key stages of the process. Another recent visitor providing inspiration and insight was Mr. Pere Joan Pons, President of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Parliamentary Assembly. In his talk with a highly topical focus: From Ukraine to Greenland: a new world order, students were treated to unique insights into current world affairs, and had the opportunity to ask questions about the issues that matter to them.