5 May 2016
On Thursday 14th and Friday 15th April Dr Katharine Earnshaw, a former student of the school, visited Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College to talk to students about how to make successful applications for the most challenging courses to the top ranked universities in the country. Dr Earnshaw left this school in 1988 and until very recently has been working as a Fellow in Classics at St John’s College Oxford. She has just taken up a new post at Exeter University, one of the highest ranked Russell Group universities. She was able to draw on her experience of working in both universities to describe to students what they should include in their applications and what admissions tutors are looking for.
Dr Earnshaw worked with a group of year 12 students aspiring to places at Oxford or Cambridge and others who aspire to top ranked Russell Group universities. Additionally, she worked with gifted students from years 9 and 10 to inspire them about life in university. Dr Earnshaw was shown round school by teachers who had helped support her whilst she was a student at the school.
Philip Wood, Headteacher, said; "It was an honour and a pleasure to meet Katharine and we are so grateful that she was able to give up so much time to inspire and support our students. I hope that her successful career shows our students that with hard work and talent, they too can achieve great things. The practical advice she was able to give our year 12 students will be of great help to them as they compete for courses in our country's most competitive universities.
