The Chronicle - 2021 - St Dunstan's College

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SIXTH FORM Year 13 Symposium The Symposium exists to recognise the culmination of the two-year journey of Sixth Form Scholars from Year 11 to Year 13. The evening is a celebration of their work and a moment for Year 12 and younger years’ scholars to see the quality and range of the students’ thinking. Mr Iain Macdowall, himself a former student of the College, acted as guest judge alongside the Head of Sixth Form, Mr Alex Brewer. As ever there was a huge range of fascinating questions tackled, which is no surprise given the deep preoccupation of our Sixth Form with their studies. For example, ‘How well supported are the three main theories for how the universe will end?’; or ‘To what extent has globalization detracted from, or strengthened traditional dance around the globe?’; or ‘How effective would attempts to hold producers accountable for their role in fast fashion actually be?’ The standard of intellectual research and sense of balanced argument and insight were surely markers of the undergraduate level of work that these students are already achieving. The project that we awarded first prize caught our eye because of its sharpsightedness about a historical episode which many of us would not necessarily have known about, but in bringing it to our attention, the judges saw its relevance to many patterns of thinking today. Its title was ‘Understanding the rise of the ecofascist movement from its early conception in the 19th Century’ by Amelia Glendinning. The judges’ comments indicate its reach and significance: ‘What an arresting study of this not so well

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known, and yet troublingly influential, worldview. Stretching back to the European Romantic nationalist roots of the early 1800s through the ideas of Ernst Moritz Arndt, this fascist theory attaches ecological lenses of “Field & Forest” to the wider “Blood & Soil” racist propaganda of the Nazis. It then re-emerges in a new, equally troubling contemporary form in modern terrorist acts connected to Malthusian thinking about overpopulation and racial difference particularly in the USA, but also crossing many international borders. Turning an insightful light on this problem is exactly what excellent scholarship might do.’ Mr A Brewer Head of Sixth Form


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Bursary update

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Then & Now – St Dunstan’s from the Air

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Welcome from the Chair

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page 154

Spotlight on Martin Preston

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Charity

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Community Service

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page 150

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Performing Arts Centre – list of Donors

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Opening of our New Buildings

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page 148

Topping Out Ceremony

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pages 146-147

St Dunstan’s Festival

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pages 132-135

Anti-Bullying Week

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Commemoration Day

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pages 130-131

Mental Health Awareness Week

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LGBTQ+ Week

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Black History Month

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International Week of Languages

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Opening Minds Lectures

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pages 116-117

Albam Exorna Award

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page 112

Head of School’s statement

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page 107

Year 13 Symposium

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pages 110-111

Diploma Journeys

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Head of Sixth Form’s statement

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page 106

Adventure Week

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pages 104-105

Adventurous Activities

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Strength & Conditioning

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DofE

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pages 92-93

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pages 98-99

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pages 90-91

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pages 88-89

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pages 82-83

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pages 84-85

Drama and Dance

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pages 72-73

Overview

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pages 68-71

Special Events

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pages 54-61

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pages 52-53

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pages 48-49

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