The Time Has Come for Wigs, Turboprops and Pigs

On 23 June, the latest series of Professional Talks at Christ’s Hospital, the third in three summers, was the biggest of its kind, featuring 25 guest speakers and bringing into play the new Wakefield Centre (transformed from the former Scout Hut) as one of the seven venues.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Jul 2014, 13:14 BST
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240 Year 11 and 12 pupils with their exam campaigns over surveyed the future in the course of the morning. Each was able to choose four talks to attend and Old Blues (former pupils) from the seventies, eighties, nineties and noughties returned from all points of the compass to set examples before them of careers in flux and motion.

There was much inspiration drawn from lawyers, surveyors, doctors, soldiers, vets, charity workers, pilots, journalists, politicians, police, archaeologists and more, leaving the pupils feeling readier for their induction week to the year ahead.

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Professor Annabelle Mark, former Director of the Education programme for the NHS was there, representing the suitably challenging note of many of the talks with “Is there a healthier career than medicine?”

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BBC Broadcaster, Jamie Coomarasamy, described a busy year that had taken him to events in the Ukraine; just one of the stories presented on his BBC World Service show.

These two both joined teams after lunch to engage CH pupils in discussion groups; the medics (with Dr Medley) and the media (co-led by York Membery).

From the second-year veterinary student to the award-winning Designer, Kacper Hamilton, with studios in London and Warsaw, the programme aimed to spark ideas, by capturing a bit of everything.

Organiser of the event, Andrew Phillips, thanked the generosity of Old Blues for being the glue that held the day together yet again.

Article and pictures contributed by Christ’s Hospital.