The Hampton Extended Learning Project (HELP) is a programme of extended learning open to Hamptonians in the Second Year and above.
HELP aims to foster a love of learning, where pupils can pursue their academic passions free of curriculum and examination constraints. A pupil completing a HELP project pairs with a teacher supervisor who guides them through the process, providing useful mentoring on a one-to-one basis throughout the research and project-writing process. This gives pupils an invaluable opportunity to develop research, communication, and organisational skills. The only pre-requisite for completing a HELP project is that the topic must be genuinely outside the curriculum.
There are four levels of HELP: Level 1 – Second Year, Level 2 – Third Year, Level 3 – Fourth/Fifth Year, Level 4 – Sixth Form.
Prizes were awarded for the following Level 3 and 4 projects:
- ‘To what extent is a badger cull necessary in controlling Bovine Tuberculosis in England?’
- Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Assessing Present Challenges and Future Potential
- Disapproval Voting – What Electoral Reform Could Look Like
- Clive Wearing: Living in the Eternal Present
- What am I, who knows?
- Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for Data Extraction and Reading Comprehension
- Will Classical Chess Die Out?
- To what extent does the application of joint criminal enterprise liability differ between domestic and international criminal cases?
- Would the universe exist if there was nothing around to observe it?
Dr James Flanagan, Assistant Head and HELP Coordinator, congratulated the pupils on their achievement:
The opportunity for pupils to work on an academic project on a one-to-one basis with a teacher over an extended period of time is something that makes Hampton’s Extended Learning Project so distinctive. Every year, a wonderfully diverse range of Hamptonians’ academic interests are revealed through HELP and I’m grateful to the dozens of teachers that support Hamptonians in pursuing these passions.
The publication linked below showcases just some of the outstanding HELP projects produced by Senior Hamptonians this year:
Further information on HELP is available here.
