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Bela de Souza

27 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Bela de Souza (O 18)  is currently working as a professional dancer with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and teaches ballet and contemporary dance. Qu. 1 What is […]

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Isabelle Banks

19 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Isabelle Banks (Hg 23) is currently in her first year of her undergraduate degree at the University of St Andrews. She is studying Neuroscience and is loving […]

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Venice McErlain

08 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Venice McErlain (Ap 23) is currently studying French and Politics as an undergraduate at the University of Bristol. Alongside her studies she plays hockey for the University […]

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Christina Tanner

05 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Christina Tanner (C 21) is studying politics and philosophy at the University of Bristol. She is loving Bristol and is interested in a masters of some kind- […]

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Caitlin Loo

01 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Caitlin Loo (Ap 22) is in her second year at the University of Exeter studying Accounting and Finance. Her modules include: financial accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, […]

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Thierry White

01 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Thierry White (Hl 22) is in his first year at the University of Bath studying Accounting and Finance. Qu. 1 What is your favourite memory from Wellington? […]

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Naomi Tchesse

01 March 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Naomi Tchesse (Hg 23) is studying Criminology and Sociology at the University of Royal Holloway London. She is also the Student of Faith community Officer at the […]

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Wil Pope

29 February 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Wil Pope (L 23) is currently in his second year at the University of Exeter reading Politics. Qu. 1 What is your favourite memory from Wellington? “Upper […]

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Tristan Surgenor

26 February 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Tristan Surgenor (L 23) is currently studying Politics at the University of Exeter with a module in Spanish. Qu. 1 What is your favourite memory from Wellington? […]

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Louis Hughes

22 February 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Louis Hughes (Bd 22) is in his first year at Bristol University studying Psychology, where he is currently playing lots of Padel tennis and Rugby. Qu. 1 […]

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Cole Whittingham

22 February 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Cole Whittingham (Bn 21) is currently pursuing a masters degree in History at the University of Edinburgh, in his penultimate year of study. Qu. 1 What is […]

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Oliver Knight

22 February 2024

Our OW callers have been asked a few questions about their time at Wellington and why they decided to be involved in celebrating OW giving this coming April. Oliver Knight (Bl 22) is currently in his penultimate year at Newcastle University, studying Archaeology. Qu. 1 What is your favourite memory from Wellington? “Whilst I have […]

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Eszter Gerezdi

23 October 2023

Eszter Gerezdi (Hg 23) was one of four former pupils of Cumberland School in Newham East London, who was awarded a Prince Albert Foundation Scholarship in 2021. Eszter graduated from Wellington College in 2023 and will take up a place at London School of Economics to read Law and Anthropology from September 2023. Wellington has […]

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Alexandra Tiantova

19 October 2023

Alexandra Tiantova (O 22) graduated from Wellington College in Summer 2022 and is currently at the University of St Andrews studying International Relations. In Year 11, Alexandra was competing for her then state school, Collingwood College, in a debating competition and spotted by Wellington College’s Head of Sixth Form, who encouraged her to apply for […]

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Casey Thomas

17 October 2023

Casey Thomas (M 23) graduated from Wellington in the Summer of 2023 and has gone on to study Finance at Durham University. Here, he talks about the two years he spent at College. My time at Wellington has been some of the best years in my life thus far. Over the last two years I […]

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Space Lutterodt-Clottey

15 September 2023

Space Lutterodt-Clottey (M 23) was one of four former pupils of Cumberland School in Newham East London, who was awarded a Prince Albert Foundation Scholarship in 2021. Graduating in 2023, with phenomenal A Level results in Maths, Computer Science and Economics, Space was awarded a fully funded, four-year unconditional scholarship to Emory University in Atlanta, […]

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Naomi Tchesse

14 September 2023

Naomi Tchesse (Hg 23) was one of four former pupils of Cumberland School in Newham East London, who were awarded a Prince Albert Foundation Scholarship in 2021. Naomi graduated from Wellington in the Summer of 2023 and shares her perspective of her time at Wellington. I’m not yet ready to leave Wellington, so I do […]

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Thierry White

07 September 2023

Thierry White (Hl 22), from South London, a talented rugby player who played hooker for London Irish Academy, joined the PAF programme in the Lower Sixth Form. He achieved A Level results of A* A* A for Biology, Economics and Maths and secured a place at Bath University to read Accounting and Finance. The extra […]

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John

15 March 2022

What are you doing now? I am now a first-year student at Durham reading history. What is your favourite memory from Wellington? There isn’t one particular memory that stands out above all others. Instead, all those memories of messing around with mates, trying new things and getting involved in college life stick with me. Nevertheless, […]

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Grace

15 March 2022

What are you doing now? I am a freelance painter/illustrator currently searching for a design job in London. What is your favourite memory from Wellington? My favourite memory from Wellington is from the annual campus wide game, ‘Be The Duke’ Why did you want to be a part of the campaign? What made you want […]

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Finn

15 March 2022

What are you doing now? After leaving Wellington College I decided to take a year out. For 6 months I worked at Eagle House, where I thoroughly enjoyed being a gap student for two terms. After this I went travelling in Costa Rica for a couple of months before coming back home. I also completed […]

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Thomas

15 March 2022

What are you doing now? I am in my first year of studying Politics at the University of Exeter. What is your favourite memory from Wellington? Taking part in the CCF Colour Party ceremonies on Remembrance Day, Speech Day and for CCF inspections. Why did you want to be a part of the campaign? I […]

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Will Hobson

10 November 2021

Will Hobson (S 21) has recently graduated from Wellington College and has started his training contract with Premiership rugby club, Harlequins. Will, shares with us how transformational he found his journey at Wellington College to be. The Prince Albert Foundation programme and this school has completely changed my life around from one extreme to another. […]

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Nicole Clarke

10 November 2021

Nicole Clarke (Hg 21) has recently graduated from Wellington College and has started studying Anthropology at University College London. Nicole tells us about what being a Prince Albert Scholar meant to her and how it has impacted her life. I heard about Wellington College from my Saturday school, Eastside Youth Leadership Academy (EYLA). Wellington was […]

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Joe Simpson

10 November 2021

Joe Simpson graduated from Wellington College in 2019. Joe thinks fondly upon his time at Wellington and feels it helped prepare him for entering the workplace straight from college. He is currently working as a Business Development Assistant at IDES and studying at Bucks New University, due to graduate in 2024 with a Chartered Manager […]

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