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This special episode of The Global Assembly comes from Sir Anthony Seldon. Sir Anthony is well know to the Wellington College Education network as the 13th Master of the College, and Founding Director of the network. He is also a renown British contemporary historian and educator. He is known for his [...]

Welcome back to Insight Into. In this special episode Teniola is joined by Anton Hur, International Booker Prize Judge and Author, to discuss his work, judging the Booker Prize, and advice for Wellington College Students. Enjoy!

This episode of the Global Assembly is led by Christine Haslett, a passionate educational leader with a track record of fostering excellence in international education. She is the Founding Head of School at Wellington College Independent School Jakarta, the next school to open in the Wellington College Education network. Christine’s educational values align [...]

  Jo, Leo and Charlie return for more Premier League chat in the latest episode of the Outside The Box podcast. Today’s topic for debate: who is the greatest Premier League player of all time?

  On the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty for independence, Mr Gutteridge from the History department talks with teachers from both sides of the border, Mr Hendrick and Mr Dunne. They discuss both the treaty itself and the historical and political context of it, as well [...]

  In a special Premier League-focused episode of Outside the Box, Jo, Leo and Charlie take a deep dive into this weekend’s fixtures, as well as picking out their team of the week.

  Pia returns with the second episode of the DukeBox International Committee. This time she interviews Freddie about German culture, including notable figures and Christmas markets.

Returning after half term, Leo and Jo discuss the biggest talking points from the world of sport, including the sudden surge of sackings in the Premier League.

  In the first episode of the DukeBox International Committee, hosts Pia, Giulia and Ottavia discuss Italy and Italian culture. Topics include food, fashion, and the ever-controversial football.

  Ms Knight from Academic Support hosts this podcast in celebration of Dyslexia Awareness Week. With the theme of “invisible dyslexia”, she talks about stigmas and strategies for living with and identifying dyslexia, including interviews with members of staff who have dyslexia. With thanks to George (Stanley) for editing the [...]

Jo, Charlie, Balthazar and Leo return for the sixth episode of the Outside The Box podcast. They review their predictions from last week, as well as yet another chaotic race in the Formula One.

  Baltazar, Charlie, Leo and Jo return with the fifth episode of sports podcast Outside The Box. Topics for discussion this week include yet another crash between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in the Formula 1, alongside Champions League previews and Premier League predictions.

Leo, Charlie, Jo and Balthazar return with the fourth instalment of Outside the Box. They catch up on the sporting events of the summer, including the Tokyo Olympics, so-called ‘silly season’ in Formula One, and an outrageous transfer window in football.

Jane Sharp is Head of Senior School at Wellington College International School Bangkok. Hear her talk about the expectations she faced, how to challenge them, trust your instincts and follow your heart.

  As part of the third form enrichment week, Jack and Luca have a sneaky look at the round of 16 from Euro 2020 and share their thoughts on it so far. All music used in this podcast is covered under educational use.

  In a new series for DukeBox, third formers Harry, Ralph and Max interview various figures throughout Wellington College, digging into their backgrounds and asking the eternal question: if you were stranded on a desert island, what would you want to bring with you? For the first podcast of the [...]

  The Outside the Box boys return to take a look at how the Euros are shaping up so far. Leo, Charlie, Oscar, Balthazar and Jo discuss the England performance against Croatia and their frontrunners for the tournament, as well as the heroic actions surrounding the Christian Eriksen incident.

Outside The Box returns to dissect the sporting events of the past week. Leo, Baltazar, Charlie, Jo and Oscar share their thoughts on the squad selection of England for Euro 2020, as well as the unexpected turn of events for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Formula One.

  We are delighted to announce Jonas Nagel CEO & Founder of 4 different companies in various fields, as the host of our first Life Beyond Wellington talk of the Summer term. This session is aimed at anyone wants to find out more about a career within the digital marketing [...]

  Natasha started her career at a small publishing business straight from university in the early ’90s. After 5 years she moved to Emap to run the commercial part of women’s magazines division, including brands like Elle, Red and Heat.  After having her sons she then moved to the business to business [...]

Marty talks to student council member Kevin Yin about the new student voice initiative that has recently been implemented at Huili school Hangzhou.

  Mark Milliken-Smith, Q.C. specialises in criminal, regulatory and sports law, is our Law career opportunity group leader and Governor and he hosted a fascinating session alongside 3 brilliant OWs; Chris Macfarlane: VP, Associate General Counsel at Peloton Interactive, Harry Orpen-Smellie: Dispute Resolution Associate at Seladore Legal and India Flanagan: [...]

  Are you potentially interested in a career relating to the Medical and Health professions? If so, we would recommend you listen to this pre-recorded ‘In Conversation’ session with OW Eleanor Downey who talks us through what she has been doing since Wellington and her medical career. Eleanor’s passion and [...]

AJ Stark Ordish, Chaplain at Wellington College and Wellington College Prep curates the Global Assembly. In this episode he delivers the assembly himself, about this most British of topics.

  In an interview with station manager Lucas Ferguson, one of the incoming Deputy Heads of College Ned talks to DukeBox about his experience with the Hidden Figures event at Wellington College, as well as his own thoughts on diversity and inclusion, both within the College and the world at [...]

  In the first episode of the new student sports podcast Outside The Box, the hosts – Charlie, Joe, Oscar, Leo and Balthazar – discuss the sporting news of the week, from Formula One to the final day of the Premier League.

  In preparation for the Hidden Figures event at Wellington College on Wednesday 26th May, DukeBox proudly presents the Hidden Figures Omnibus, made up of the Hidden Figures podcasts recorded by Lower 6th students in the Lent term.

  In preparation for the Hidden Figures event on Wednesday 26th May, DukeBox and the Global Citizenship present an overview of the course on Post-Colonial Perspectives offered to students by EduSpots in the Lent term.

  In this episode Ned and Matilda tackle Franz Kafka via two of his short stories, “Investigations of a Dog” and “The Metamorphosis”. In this accidentally animal-themed episode, they try to capture the essence of the Kafkaesque, giggle at the word “dogdom”, and attempt to stay cheery amid the identity [...]

Marty talks to school councilor Daisy Zhang in episode 1 of the new Wellbeing podcast series. They discuss Daisy’s Edfest presentation, five key points to decode adolescent communication, “STAGED”. In this podcast Daisy explains the idea behind her Edfest presentation, what “STAGED” is and discusses ‘S’ in detail, ‘Significance’.

Marty talks to head boy Andy Wu and head girl Sharon Qian about how the head boy and head girl are chosen and the spring activity days.

A brand new literature-based podcast comes to DukeBox, presented by students Matilda and Ned! This inaugural episode of Live, Laugh, Lit focuses on Jane Austen’s first major novel ‘Northanger Abbey’, and includes almost an hour of (somewhat) literary babble from co-hosts Matilda Braje and Ned Chapman. Have a listen if [...]

Huili school students Kingsley, Lena and winner Mia read speeches from the grade 3 English talent competition with reactions from their teacher Hamish Williams.

Marty is joined by Richard Armstrong director of Co-Curricular activities at Wellington College Hangzhou to talk about the upcoming Education Festival, EdFest.

AJ Stark Ordish, Chaplain at Wellington College and Wellington College Prep curates the Global Assembly. In this episode Students and Heads of College Emily and Harry, speak about why service is important to them.

Marty talks to student council member Jerry Li about what’s going on around the school in this weeks student council catch up.

Baz Reilly talks to Miss Ma about the Li House charity event for world Down Syndrome day.

Huili Schools Li House Charity Event For World Down Syndrome Day With Performances From People With Down Syndrome. Recorded in the theatre the sound quality isn’t the best but please enjoy.

Student Council Catch Up Ep 1 Marty talks to student council members Coco Li and Icy Wang about what has been going on at school. Student answers are in both English and Mandarin.

Baz Reilly talks to head of science Mr. Duggan about science week and all of the activities that will be going on in Wellington College International and Huili School Hangzhou.

Kingsley Chen from class 3C returns to talk to Baz Reilly about his new essay on whether junk food should be served in school canteens.

  As part of the ongoing Book of the Week series between DukeBox and the Wellington Library, the Head Librarian Lucy Atherton recommends Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth Of Humankind, a graphic novel by the Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari.

  In the latest of the Hidden Figures from the Wellington College enrichment class, Matilda examines some of the non-white influences in the tap dancing scene, focusing on African-American communities and people.

  Has podcasting caught your eye or ear? At DukeBox, we know all about that feeling! In this short introduction to the technical side of podcasting, we cover basic starting points such as which microphone to use, through to adding more audio and editing your sound. Soon you’ll have highly-polished [...]

  In the first of the new Book of the Week series, a collaboration between DukeBox and the Wellington Library, student Emilie recommends Delia Owens’ novel ‘Where The Crawdads Sings’.

  To celebrate World Book Day 2021, Wellington Library has been looking at recommendations from members of the Wellington Community as part of its Book Bites mini-series. Student Flo brings her own recommendation to Book Bites this time, with Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’.

  To celebrate World Book Day 2021, Wellington Library has been looking at recommendations from members of the Wellington Community as part of its Book Bites mini-series. Today, both student and staff alike – Seb and Teacher of English George Bilclough – come together to recommend Bill Bryson’s ‘One Summer, [...]

  The football podcast formerly known as Welly 3-2-5 returns after a slice of orange and a fresh coat of paint over half term! Rahul, Alex, Costi and special guest Jack pass judgment on a crazy couple of weeks of football, and there’s also a special look at the fortunes [...]