Springwest Scholars

Springwest Scholars is a co-curricular opportunity for students who have demonstrated high levels of motivation and academic achievement. It aims to empower students to develop their Intellectual Virtues: ambition, autonomy and curiosity. We do this through facilitating students to undertake extra research, exposing them to knowledge beyond the curriculum and enriching their cultural capital.

Autumn Term 2025

The aim of this term is to introduce students to challenge content to expand their knowledge and improve their questioning, debating and discussion skills. 

We will be looking at the following concepts: 

-Why do we see patterns in nature? Why are hexagons the most efficient shape for honeycomb? (Golden Mean, Fibonacci Sequence, Biomimicry)

- How 'I' is AI? (Chinese Room Experiment, Turing Test)

- Should we settle in space? (Tim Peake)

- What really separates a moth from a butterfly? (Lepidoptera, insect migration, wing patterns)