Day 9

Presentation and interview skills workshops took up the majority of the day today. In the presentation skills workshop students were challenged to design a radio station, including the concept, business model, average day's programming and even a jingle! They then presented their pitch to the group.  Ideas included a London underground station for deprived boroughs of London. The prize of fudge from The Fudge Kitchen was well earnt by the winning teams!

The interview skills workshop was run by an experienced human resourcer who has interviewed hundreds of candidates. Questions such as "who are you?" and "what is your greatest fault?" are very difficult to answer on the spot, yet often come up in interviews for a wide range of jobs. Students were encouraged to explore who they are as potential employees and students, as well as what makes them special.

Through this we learnt about Alex's experiences swimming with dolphins and Johanna's experience of living in a diverse range of countries!  Questions requiring candidates to give evidence of possessing a particular skill or experience, such as "give me an example of when you worked in a team were also explored. The workshop will prove very useful for upcoming university interviews, as well as job and internship interviews in the future.

After dinner at student favourite Noodle Nation, students assembled in the garden for the summer school's very own Alternative Olympics. The countries Narnia, Tommorrowland, Jonar, United States of Candy and Trashland courageously competed against each other. Events included eating a chocolate bar with a knife and fork, three-legged relays, eating polos with chopsticks, and forming a human pyramid.  It was a very close contest however the overall winners were Trashland, followed by Panam  and Jonar in 2nd and 3rd.