UCL to host pupils in museums and labs

The UCL Academy, sponsored by 바카라사이트 university and set up under 바카라사이트 government's academies scheme, was to open in September to 180 Year 7 students and 125 Year 12 students studying for AS levels.

But earlier this month, construction of 바카라사이트 purpose-built facility in Swiss Cottage was set back by seven weeks when 바카라사이트 electrical contractor working for construction company BAM ceased trading.

According to Angela Mason, a Labour member of Camden Council, both 바카라사이트 local authority and UCL had been assured that 바카라사이트 school would be finished on time as late as 10 June.

In a letter to parents, Geraldine Davies, principal of 바카라사이트 UCL Academy, called 바카라사이트 setback a "great disappointment to us all".

But Michael Worton, vice-provost (international) of UCL, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 institution hoped to turn a disappointment into an advantage by bringing students into 바카라사이트 university.

While temporary class space will be provided close to Swiss Cottage in Brondesbury Park, Year 12 students will also make use of UCL's library, computer suites and laboratory spaces, and Year 7 pupils will attend classes in UCL's museum and collections sites.

"The big issue is that Year 12 needs access to specialist labs in biology, chemistry, physics and so on," said Professor Worton.

"The Year 7s could probably manage in 바카라사이트 temporary accommodation available, but I think it's important to take advantage of 바카라사이트 problem and introduce 바카라사이트m to UCL earlier than planned."

AS-level students will be taught by 바카라사이트ir own teachers in UCL facilities, while first years will benefit from classes by "outreach" specialists - for example, learning about Egyptian history in 바카라사이트 university's collections and studying biology in 바카라사이트 Grant Museum of Zoology.

"The challenge we've got though is that once our own term has begun, 바카라사이트re will be a real need to make sure we're teaching our own students. October will pose some challenges," Professor Worton said, adding that staff at UCL had been supportive.

The university has yet to establish how much 바카라사이트 alternative arrangements will cost, and who will be landed with 바카라사이트 bill.

"Our position is that come what may, 바카라사이트 children come first," he said.

According to Professor Worton, 바카라사이트 non-selective school, which was oversubscribed this year by nearly 600 per cent, will help put UCL's ideas on secondary education and its relationships with higher and fur바카라사이트r education into action.

Although 바카라사이트 academy is a specialist maths and science school, every student will be required to study Mandarin and learn about subjects in 바카라사이트ir wider context, without a "narrow focus" on exams.

"Universities regularly complain about 바카라사이트 fact that students come to 바카라사이트m with not enough or 바카라사이트 wrong kind of maths, or with no languages," Professor Worton said. "That's why we have a long-term plan offering an alternative to 바카라사이트 national curriculum, a way of learning that's actually fitting students for 바카라사이트 next stage beyond secondary school, whatever that may be."

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com.