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Our annual Junior Scholars Symposium is an opportunity for Gifted and Talented pupils from Years 9 & 10 to meet and debate or discuss topical issues. This year's symposium, which took place on 6 June, focused on how the world will look in 20 years’ time. Forty pupils from four local secondary schools joined our 20 academic award holders for a day of lively debate about what will be different and what our concerns will be as a society in 2043.
Alongside guest speakers with backgrounds in health, environmental science, geography, and equality & diversity were three pupils who were selected to present their thoughts on the topic to the group on the day. The lecture topics included;
- What Will Black Lives Look Like in 20 Years' Time?
- The Future of Our Health
- The World in 2043 – Faster, Hotter and More Fractious
- What Will Our Cities Look Like in 20 Years' Time?
Our thanks goes out to all those involved in making the day so special, including our fantastic catering team who put on a beautiful BBQ lunch in the Upper Quad. Thank you to Durrington High School, Worthing High School, Sir Robert Woodard Academy and Blatchington Mill School for joining us and we hope you got as much out of it as we did.
It was a privilege to be invited back to the school to discuss topics closely related to my day job. It was great to have the interaction and participation of these exceptional students from all the different schools. I hope they have managed to learn something from me, as I certainly learnt a lot from them! The participation of young people in a discussion of how the future looks like and get them to think about what steps we need to take in order to make the world a better place, from individual changes to policy changes is very important.
Marisa Amato (Sankey's 2006–2008)