Regent Independent College

On 29th January 2020 the RIC A-Level Biology students delivered a presentation on current biological issues. The students focused on two subjects rooted in biology, which are currently receiving a large amount of press coverage.

The first being the spread of the coronavirus from Wuhan, its symptoms and comparisons with previous epidemics such as SARS.

The students also spoke of the recent bush fires in Australia outlining the damage caused to animal life and vegetation and discussed the time frames by which the land affected was likely to recover.

Regent Independent College is a member of the Council for Independent Education (CIFE). Each year CIFE invites the College to nominate an outstanding student to attend the annual awards ceremony. Nominees and their families enjoy a spring afternoon of tea and sandwiches overlooking the Thames in the Cholmondeley Room of the House of Lords. In April 2019, the College’s Head of Economics accompanied Ramya Logeswaran, her mother and sister to the CIFE Academic Awards, hosted by Lord Lexden, OBE. Lord Lexden is an educationalist, historian and writer. He presented Ramya with an award for her academic progress and commitment to study. The recognition of students’ efforts in this and other ways is a hallmark of our work at Regent, and provides not just motivation for students but happy memories, too.

We were delighted to see Alinah Yar receive a 2017 CIFE Award this April for her exceptional contribution to life at Regent College. She received the award from CIFE President Lord Lexden at a ceremony in the House of Lords.

Alinah joined Regent College in 2014 and is currently studying English and Art at A-Level. Alinah has worked particularly hard in her Art lessons over the last eighteen months. She has found a way of expressing herself through her poetry and has started combining her art work with her words. This has been a turning point in her working approach and has generated an enormous potential for future work. Her words have become part of her art and her art is her words. Alinah has a painting on display in a café gallery. She has also produced a website for her art and her poetry has been accepted onto an online poetry site. We are very proud of her achievements.

We’re pleased to announce that Regent College student Shaina Haria received an award at the 2016 CIFE Prizes ceremony, hosted by CIFE President Lord Lexden in the House of Lords in March 2016.  Shaina is an outstanding student. She is one of the most mature, polite and respectful young ladies you are ever likely to meet. Her commitment to her studies is extraordinary. She has an ambition to study law and become a barrister. What makes Shaina so remarkable is that she is debilitated by chronic, brittle asthma – although she will never use or even mention her illness as any form of excuse. One incident stands out that typifies her – she was discharged from intensive care after a very serious crisis and came straight to college to sit a mock exam and achieved an A-grade.

Shaina with her mother at the CIFE Awards ceremony.