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Thursday, 01 Dec 2011
Takehiro Fujita, Leroy Lim and Victor Sun from Harrow School have received an award to acknowledge their outstanding performance, achieving some of the highest marks in a new competition called the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, which was taken by 3,000 students in 250 schools across the country this year. Takehiro, Leroy and Victor were amongst 30 students who achieved the highest marks in the Challenge. All award winners were rewarded with a trophy by Cambridge MP and research scientist, Dr Julian Huppert at an event in the Houses of Parliament.
The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge is supported by the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge International Examinations, The Rushton Bequest from St Catharine's College and OCR. It is the brainchild of Dr Peter Wothers who is a chemist at the University of Cambridge and is made up of a monthly online competition which is open to anyone of any age from anywhere in the world and is designed to push boundaries and stretch students’ science knowledge. At the end of the online competition the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge team, made up of teachers and university chemists, set a written exam for Year 12 students at schools in the UK. Dr Peter Wothers said, “Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. It is fantastic to see this competition strike a chord with so many students. At school students are taught the facts but here they have to apply knowledge of other subjects and think creatively– these are exactly the kind of skills which are needed for university.” Ann Puntis, Chief Executive of University of Cambridge International Examinations said: “I’m delighted that this competition has proved to be so successful - engaging and inspiring thousands of students around the world. These are our young chemists of the future. Through participating in the Challenge they demonstrate an interest in chemistry which goes beyond the classroom, preparing them for success at university and beyond.”
Source: Harrow School