The Perse School Cambridge Podcast

Join Tobias Bown in conversation with the Head of The Perse School, Ed Elliott.

Upper Sixth student Jazzie Heslop talks to Joe Folley about her voluntary work distributing personal hygiene products to girls in Uganda.

You can find out more about her charitable project Crimson Tide, on Instagram at @crimsontide_uga.

The Perse School Anti-Bullying Ambassadors discuss themes related to bullying and inclusion during the school’s anti-bullying week.

Head of Perse Research Matt Fox talks to Joe Folley about the Aristotelian Research Award for pupils in Year 9, across the UK.

More information is available on the Perse Research Website https://research.perse.co.uk/

Perse Year 10 students and their GCSE English Teacher Deborah Vernon Purvis, talk to Claire Ziwa about the creative poetry they have written in response to studying Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  

Lower Sixth students Izzy Bevens and Joely Harrison talk to Claire Ziwa about their success in the HART Prize for Human Rights.

Perse Sixth Form student Lily, talks to Claire Ziwa about her love of languages especially Japanese, which she hopes to read at University.

Perse Sixth Form music scholar Sakura Fish was given the honour of leading the second violin section of the National Youth Orchestra. In this podcast, she reflects on the challenge and her love for playing the violin.

Professor Beverley Glover, Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, delivers the Lent 2020 Community Lecture, in partnership with The Cambridge Building Society and talks about climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the challenges around crop security and food production.