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Fourth Form Classics pupils visit the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

and staff on the subject of their work. Every subject that we teach will hold a Lecture triennially giving our pupils the chance to hear from global experts as a matter of academic routine. Not only will academics spend the evening offering lectures, but they will spend the day in classes with our pupils, discussing one another’s work and offering insights into contemporary academic trends and interests. We know that our pupils thrive when they are stretched and are encouraged to think outside of the sometimes narrow confines of the curriculum and this programme will give them the chance to do just that. This year will also see the appointment of the first St Edward’s Fellows. The aim of this programme is to recruit junior academics to join our teaching staff on a part-time basis, adding their expertise to the body of the Common Room. We will carefully recruit those whose interests dovetail with our curriculum, whilst also encouraging interest from academics whose studies will broaden and enliven the pupils’ interests beyond the taught syllabus. For instance, it is not hard to imagine an English class being taught about the poetry of a lesser-known contemporary poet by