Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and Councillor Joshua Garfield join NewVic students to celebrate exam results.

NewVIc Honours Programme student, Dorota, has been offered a place at Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London and Queen Mary University London after strong competition from other students.

Ambitious student Bidisha has been offered a place at research-intensive university and a founding member of the Russell Group, University of Southampton.

NewVIc Honours Programme student Thiwanka has been offered places at Bristol, Aberdeen, Royal Holloway and Surrey university after stiff competition from other students.

33 NewVIc student medals at the AoC Sport London Regional Championships in cricket, table tennis and for the first time, women’s netball and men’s basketball.

Newham Sixth Form is embarking on an innovative research project with Wadham College, Oxford University and the Marx Memorial Library. Commencing in January 2022 with the launch event in December 2021, the project will explore the contribution of Charlie Hutchison, the first black British volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, re-evaluating black history and its wider significance for modern Britain.

The University of Cambridge and Newham Sixth Form College have come together to enable more students from Newham to progress into the study of African Archaeology and Anthropology.

On Wednesday 24th November 3 NewVIc students, Mariya Anwar, Elisa Klene-Sanchez and Jack Anglim represented our college in the Historical Association Great Debate which was hosted at our college. Students delivered 5 minute speeches on the most important changes in their local area during the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II and our students spoke about changes in education and gentrification.

NewVIc Performing Arts students have been working on a social media project with facilitator and former Rising Star Vlogstar Challenge winner Justyn Hollett, exploring how to shoot, edit and produce their own vlogs. This amazing training and competition is run by the Jack Petchey Foundation and Media Trust. The Vlogstar Challenge is also working in partnership with YouTube and the Evening Standard.

Seven talented NewVIc students have been awarded a place on the prestigious Future Leaders Programme. This year the programme received 800 applications for the 225 available places from Year 12 students in Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Barking and Dagenham and Havering. This means only 28% of those who applied were awarded a place.

Sixteen students from Newham Sixth Form College have achieved outstanding results in The London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) Level 3 qualifications (Certificate and Diploma in Financial Studies), and have been awarded a scholarship of up to £750 each towards one of LIBF’s degree programmes.

Students at NewVIc have once again achieved fantastic results overcoming incredible adversity and challenges from the impact of COVID-19. The overall A Level pass rate and equivalent vocational pass rate remained very high at 97%, with more students achieving A* - B grades at A Level than in previous years.

Day of Wrk is an initiative: www.dayofwrk.com which seeks to bring clarity to job roles and industries and improve representation of ethnic minority people in professional ‘white-collar’ careers. The website, created by ex NewVIc student Zakir Hasan, features contributors from a variety of industries and diverse backgrounds who share their authentic day-in-the-life stories.