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The students had a tour of two (out of the three) research centres within the School of Computing and Engineering (The Faringdon Centre - non destructive testing and remote sensing and the THRIVE centre - Medical AI). They were shown the equipment and their usage, with clear emphasis as to their…

All students arrived bright and early. Unexpectedly the fire alarm went off in the morning, so they experienced the full evacuation process before the lectures began; an unexpected but useful introduction to campus procedures.

They were taken on a short tour around the campus, followed by…

All students attended and observed a Data Science and Visualisation lecture, followed by a Probability and Statistics session. They participated in a probability experiment, and also discussed career pathways and women in STEM.

They were then given a cryptology challenge to decode, which they…

Today was the first day of the two week T Level placement at University of West London (UWL).

The day ran smoothly, with a welcome talk from Professor Anastasia and then some circuit building, with sensors in the electrical engineering lab. The students were paired them up (one Digital with one…

Our Year 9 girls enjoyed an inspiring half‑day visit to the IBM Innovation Studio, where they explored cutting‑edge technologies and engaged with IBM professionals to learn about a wide range of career pathways.

During the visit, students experienced demonstrations of the Mayflower…

On this #TLevelThursday day we are sharing an update on the T Level placements our students have recently been on.

Lorenzo & Mohammad have both completed excellent placements at Muddy Barkers. These placements have given students an insight into how an exciting start-up business operates.…

Year 12 students took part in an exciting and highly informative visit to The Doctors Laboratory at the HALO Building in Euston on 3 February 2026. They were warmly welcomed and introduced to the organisation, its work (this is a medically led laboratory with a reputation for excellence in…

Last Friday, a group of Year 11 students had an exciting opportunity to visit the IBM Innovation Studio, located in the IBM London Offices in Waterloo. They explored emerging technologies, developed new skills, learned about agile methodology, and met IBMers to discuss careers in the tech…

Last Thursday, a large number of IBM volunteers came to Ada Lovelace to deliver a workshop to all Year 10 students. The subject was 'Lifelong Learning'. The workshop focussed on the importance of effective presentation and communication skills, and aimed to help students to understand positive…

Ada Lovelace is happy to further its partnership with the Goethe Institut to teach our T Level students the German language. This will help strengthen their cultural awareness and their employability as they move into careers in Science, Tech and Finance.

Ada Lovelace CofE High School has been offering T Levels in Digital Software Development and Laboratory Science for the past two years.

This September we launched our third T Level – Accounting, and we were thrilled to welcome 23 students into Year 12 to study this T Level – not only our newest…

Our valued partner IBM joined us once again to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day this year. Lots of IBM volunteers kindly gave up their time to come and deliver an action packed schedule for all our lucky students. Year 7 took part in the always popular Agile Workshop which involved them making paper…