News from Bellerbys London
Bellerbys Students Lay the Foundation for a Bright Future!
What a summer we've had for Foundation students! Although this was a competitive year for university entrance, we are really proud to say that Bellerbys London students achieved results high enough to gain places on a wide variety of degree courses at top UK universities. Our students have managed to get into some fantastic courses all over the UK thanks to their outstanding performance at Foundation level.
With so many outstanding scores of 70%+ across our various Foundation pathways, Programme Manager Chris Hovell has no doubt that our students are going from strength to strength.
"Not only are their results improving all the time," says Chris, "but they are also taking more time and care over their university applications to make sure they choose the course and university that is right for them. They are seeing that you don't have to just study business at university; there are all kinds of wonderful and specialised courses out there and if they work hard enough our Foundation pathways can enable them to get onto these courses at high-ranking universities."
Looking at some of our best students' results and university placements, it is easy to see what Chris means: 
Foundation Law
- Tan Yang (Singapore) 80%
- Sim Ambrose Liwen (Singapore) 79%
- Hoe Nigel Ee Chuan (Singapore) 80%
- Choo Qi (Singapore) 81%
- Thng Chong-Li (Singapore) 85%
All of these students will now be studying on the very highly-rated Law programme at University of Bristol.
Foundation Media
- Ksenia Lukina (Russia) 83% Media & Communications at Goldsmiths University (picture 1)
- Po Man Fu (Hong Kong) 82% Psychology at York University
- Leyla Garaeva (Russia) 79% Media & Communications at Goldsmiths University
- Yui Ching Yu (Hong Kong) 75% Film and TV Production at Kingston University
Foundation Business
Amos Deyao Chia (Singapore) 92% Banking & International Finance at City University (picture 2) - James Haochuan Tan (Singapore) 91% Actuarial Science at City University
- Hong Rui Poh (Singapore) 85% Economics at the University of Bristol
- Mohd Aliff Mohd Hamidi (Malaysia) 83% Economics and Management at the University of Bristol
- Thanyatat Sukvitchai (Thailand) 80% Real Estate Finance & Investment at City University
- Lok Yin Chan (Hong Kong) 75% Management at the University of Manchester
Foundation Engineering
- Daniyar Issayev (Kazakhstan) 92% Computer Science at University of Bristol (picture 3)
- Khalid Asgarzade (Azerbaijan) 86% Electronic Engineering at University of Bristol
- Ahn Huy Le (Vietnam) 75% Chemical Engineering at University of Sheffield
- Arman Ghezelbashan (Iran) 74% Civil Engineering at University of Bath
- Mawda M Ahmed Awag (Libya) 72% Petroleum Engineering at University of Leeds
Foundation Science
- Talha Basheer (Pakistan) 90% Master of Pharmacy (4 years) at the School of Pharmacy, University of London
- Nurgul Imangali (Kazakhstan) 81% Biotechnology at University of Manchester
Foundation Art 
- Karalay Praliyeva (Kazakhstan) 75% Architecture at University of Liverpool
- Behnaz Beikzadeh (Iran) 70% Architecture at the University of Manchester
- Yang Qian (China) 68% Fashion Portfolio at University of the Arts London
These results are just a sample of our students' achievements this summer! We are extremely proud to have helped them get to their desired universities and we hope they will inspire future generations of Foundation students at the college.
We should also mention how important IELTS results are these days and our students did amazingly well here too, with many scores of 7 and quite a few 7.5s and 8s. Most university courses require IELTS 6.5 so it is very pleasing to see our students are excelling the requirements.
Big thanks are also due to our University Placement Team - Alex Coombes and Cath James. They have been working together for many years use their extensive knowledge of UK universities to provide students with invaluable help and guidance throughout the year. We are sure the students would be the first to thank Alex and Cath for all their work.
All in all, it has been a very rewarding year, but there's not much time to sit back and enjoy it... the new term starts soon in mid-September and we have work to do if we want to match (or surpass!) this year's achievements with next year's Foundation results!
GCSE Students Set New Levels of Excellence!
Numbers of GCSE students at Bellerbys London is growing all the time and we are extremely happy to report this month that their success is also growing at an impressive rate.
This summer’s GCSE group recorded the best overall scores we’ve had here at Bellerbys London with many A and B grades to be proud of. We even had a larger number of A* grades than ever before. These students clearly have bright futures ahead of them and now the road ahead leads to A Level and Foundation courses from September (after a well-deserved break!).
GCSE Programme Manager Erin Robinson could not hide her delight when she found out the students’ results. “I’m really happy for them all because they have achieved wonderful results”, said Erin. “They were strong in all their different subjects and worked really hard, especially to improve their English in the early months of the course”.
It is not easy at all to study in a second language, but Bellerbys students don’t give up! The GCSE group always put the work to build their skills step by step. For example, Muslim Beksultanov from Russia managed to get A grades in English and Maths, as well as an A* in Psychology, even though he struggled a little with his English at the beginning of the course. Similarly, Yu Ting Chen from China had some problems with her written English at first, but ended up with all A and B grades, along with an A* in Maths.
Other notable students included Phung Pham My Linh from Vietnam with As in English and ICT, and Bs in Maths and Science. Linh’s classmate Julia Wieckowicz from Poland was the overall star of the group however, with A*s in English and Psychology, an A in Economics and Bs in Business, Science and Maths. Wonderful results!
So, how does Erin think these excellent GCSE students will do in their future studies? “I am very confident they will continue their success at A Level and Foundation”, says Erin. “They are already used to being in the UK and being at Bellerbys now and that will help them deal with the challenges that lie ahead. Also, they are a great bunch of young people with a mature approach to their studies”.
We’re sure you’ll be hearing more about these students in the near future on the Bellerbys London news pages. For now, let’s toast their great achievements and wish them a great little holiday before it’s back to business in September!
Find out more about studying GCSEs at Bellerbys College
Bellerbys’ Top Students Win Well-deserved Prizes
The Bellerbys London teachers have had a few sleepless nights recently. They had a lot on their minds and some tough decisions to make. Is it because this is the time of year when they have to mark the students' exams and coursework? No, it wasn't that at all. The reason they have had a tough time is that each teacher had to choose their best students to be awarded prizes at the annual prize-giving ceremony. To only choose one student from each class when we have so many great young people in every class was an almost impossible task!
Anyway, after a lot of thinking the teachers did choose the students they felt had performed outstandingly throughout the year. One extra special person was selected from each Foundation, A Level, Pre-Masters, GCSE, and ELPP group in the college. The prize-giving ceremony itself was held in a large hall at the University of Greenwich, with students, teachers and the college’s management team walking down together in the morning sunshine.
With all the students packed into the hall, eagerly awaiting the announcement of who would be the best student in their class, the teachers came up one by one and called the top students to the stage to receive a special certificate and an academic book selected especially for them. The teachers also made a little speech each, celebrating the hugely impressive qualities of these students. From a high level of personal ambition and drive, to a real curiosity for their subject, each of them demonstrated something special in their studies this year and it was great to get a chance to really give them the credit they richly deserve.
During the ceremony, college Principal Andy Quin and Academic Director Paul Langman also made memorable speeches. Andy told the students how proud he was of them for taking on the difficult challenge of living and studying abroad, and succeeding brilliantly. He even told some funny stories of when he was in Italy as a young man, making some silly cultural mistakes as he initially struggled to learn the language and customs! As Andy highlighted, our students do deserve a great deal of credit for having the positive personalities to really make studying abroad such a rewarding experience for themselves.
What would you do if you had the keys to the world’s most powerful computer? This was the question Academic Director Paul asked the students during his speech. Paul’s point here was that the students really do have the keys because the world's most powerful computer is the human brain! This was an inspirational idea that reminded our learners of the need to fulfill their potential and realise how they are capable of academic excellence, both at Bellerbys and once they go off to university.
Unfortunately, the list of prize-winning students is too long to publish here. But their names will be up in lights soon as they will no doubt keep working towards further outstanding achievements in their fields of study. Besides this, there were also so many of their classmates who didn’t win prizes on this occasion, but also performed tremendously throughout the academic year just gone. Year after year the Bellerbys students are making it harder and harder for their teachers to choose only one winner from a class of champions. It looks like more sleepless nights for the teachers again next year!
Read our Life After Bellerbys College blog and see how some of ur graduates are doing at university
Bellerbys London 2010 Graduation Ball Boat Party
It looked just like an exclusive premiere for a Hollywood film... elegant dresses, slick and stylish suits, cameras flashing everywhere and lots of lovely smiling faces. However, the stars of this party were not Hollywood's A-list celebrities, but Bellerbys London's A-list of students and staff! This was one of the highlights of the year – the 2010 Graduation Ball to celebrate the achievements of students finishing their A Level, Foundation, and Pre-Masters courses.
As always, everybody made a wonderful effort to look their very best and both guys and girls impressed with their stylish suits and dresses. The ball took place on board a boat the college had hired for the evening and we cruised romantically along the River Thames for a great early summer evening under the stars.
The students provided some fantastic entertainment in the form of dances and musical performances, highlighting again their creativity and energy. The creativity and energy we will miss as many of them will now be leaving to start their new adventures at university.
It is always sad to say goodbye to our students when they leave, but what a great way to do it! To share an evening like this together and create memories that all of us will be able to look back on fondly. Business Foundation student Tatiana from Russia, who helped to organise the event along with teacher Sara Bewes, said "It was such a special evening. Everybody looked amazing and just getting us all together like this makes you realise what a great little family we've had here at Bellerbys".
It's great for the teachers too to be able to take off their strict and professional faces off for a few hours and just hang out with their great students! Economics teacher Rene Bradford certainly values this. "It's just lovely to spend time together and relax after all the hard work everyone has put in throughout the year", says Rene. "I'm definitely going to miss these guys – as well as being excellent students, they are truly lovely people that have given a lot to the school".
Pre-Masters student Pouria from Iran, who will also be leaving Bellerbys to start a Business Masters in September, shares Rene's sentiments. "There are a lot of cool people here", says Pouria. "The boat party was an excellent way to let our hair down and hang out together before everyone does their own thing after the summer break".
Maybe a boat party is perfect in another way too – just like water, everyone's lives need to keep flowing in new and exciting directions. We will miss them tremendously, but can't wait to see them when they visit us next year. We are also already looking forward to next year's celebrations for the next generation of cool, Hollywood style Bellerbys celebrities! After all, this is the most exclusive club in town!
London Media Student Takes Prize in Film Competition
The first Bellerbys College Student Film Competition was recently held across our four colleges. The students were given the brief of making a film on the subject of; "A Day in the Life of a Bellerbys College Student" and were given free reign to be as creative as possible.
The aim of this competition was two-fold: to give our creative students a platform for exercising their film making skills and also to demonstrate to new students what life is a like as a Bellerbys student - as told from their perspective.
In addition, the competition also offered the winner and two runners-up prizes of Amazon vouchers (totalling £350) as well as the prestige of having their work showcased on the web.
The panel of judges were extremely impressed with all the students' creativity and enthusiasm.
Ngo Hong Vinh from Vietnam, an 18 year Media Foundation student at Bellerbys London produced an innovative and humourous film and took the second prize in the competition.
Vinh said: "It was great fun to be involved in the project and it's cool that I get a prize even though I didn't finish in first place! It was pretty challenging shooting the whole thing from a first person point-of-view (POV) style as I couldn't always get realistic angles. I got around that obstacle by sticking the camera into a box and putting the box on my head! I'm now known as Mr. Boxhead! I think the film gives a good picture of how dynamic Media Studies can be. It's really creative and it's cool to be able to see your finished ideas."
Bellerbys London Media Foundation teacher Rui da Silva said: "I'm really proud of Vinh. He is an awesome student; always full of ideas and always extremely funny too! When he first came to me with the idea of shooting a POV film, I told him it would be challenging, but I think he more than met the challenge and created a great little film. It's really fun and shows the character of our students here. I can't wait to see Vinh's future projects!"
Vinh plans to study Media & Communications at the renowned Goldsmith's University in Greenwich, London.
Well done to all the students who took part in the competition. See Vinh's entry below:
Bellerbys College Student Film Competition - One Day in Bellerbys
Watch more videos on the Bellerbys College YouTube channel
Chinese Students can see more videos on YouKu
Foundation Success Rewarded in a Prize-Giving Ceremony
On June 4th, just ahead of their final exams, students studying on Foundation programmes that started in September 2007 were rewarded in the annual Prize-Giving Ceremony. For each subject, the Foundation teachers decided on one student who had really excelled in their class. Sometimes it was a student who got the highest mark, sometimes it was a student who had a natural talent for the subject, and sometimes it was a student who had worked the hardest, or been the most pleasant student to teach.
At the ceremony, the teacher who chose each student to win a subject prize gave a little speech about the student, before giving the student his or her award – a certificate and book token. The subject prize winners were:
Accounts - U Kam Pio from Macau
Art - Mariya Kolesnychenko from Ukraine
Biology - Ufuoma Ederewhevbe from Nigeria
Business Mathematics - Zhuang Zhijie from China
Business Studies - Maria Sokolova from Russia
Chemistry - Nurlan Asylbekovitch Mansurov from Kazakhstan
Economics - Lee Ka Yan from Hong Kong
English (overall) - Mihaela Zop from Romania
English (most improved) - Kim Hyeong Gyu from Korea
Information Technology - Ji Guseon from Korea
Mechanics - Gulperi Yurt from Turkey
Media Studies - Alexandra Chervotkina from Russia
Physics - Muumin Amur Al-Hajri from Oman
Psychology - Cheryl Fernandez from Malaysia
Pure Mathematics - A Ram Jeon from Korea
As well as subject prizes, special awards were given to three students who had done exceptionally well all round. These students also received a certificate and book token as well as a special commemorative cup, and were as follows:
Most Improved Student - Jang Kyoung Jin (Aster) from Korea, pictured right
Most Conscientious Student - Kuan Ka Wai (Dorothy) from Macau
Principal’s Prize for Best Student - Tang Siu Wai (Alan) from Hong Kong
All these students were studying Foundation Business. The ceremony began with a few words from the school Principal Andy Quin, and after the prizes were given out, Academic Director Paul Langman made a short speech, wishing students luck for the future, and reminding them to come back and tell us how they’re getting on! After this, students and teachers made their way to the courtyard outside the school for heartfelt goodbyes and photographs.
Read more about the Business Foundation course
Further Accolades for Maths Whizz Thien
Having sat the second round of the national “Senior Maths Challenge” competition, and following his success in the first round, Thien Phung has achieved further glory by gaining the highest mark in the country – thirty out of a possible forty.
This competition, open only to the UK’s top student mathematicians, is designed to find candidates for the British team to take place in the British Maths Olympiad. The competition
is open to all students studying in the UK, sadly only students with British nationality can take a place on the Olympiad team.
Having gained a higher score than anyone else entering the competition this year, Thien
would certainly have been first choice for the team had he been eligible. Thien’s Maths teachers, Dr John McDarby and Clive Cubitt have been working with Thien to prepare him for the competition, and are of course staggered by the fantastic results that Thien has achieved.
贝勒比斯学院伦敦分校2007年颁奖典礼
贝勒比斯学院伦敦分校颁奖典礼在2007年6月7日举行。
校长Andy Quin为以下最优异的学生颁发了奖项：
Anastasija Buldokova 来自爱沙尼亚—最佳英文奖
Andrey Belizky 来自乌克兰—经济学奖
Dimitri Ginzburg 来自俄罗斯—工程学奖
Dinara Dyussenova 来自喀萨克斯坦—纯数学奖
Jeslyne Ang 来自新加坡—科学奖
Koo Ji-Eun 来自韩国—艺术奖
Leopold Singer 来自德国—英国文化奖
Liu Yi Fei 来自中国—媒体研究奖
Lu Yat Sie —核心数学奖
Mehkti Sadykov —最快进步学生奖
Oleg Gerasimenko 来自拉脱维亚—商务研究学奖
On Ki Hung 来自香港—校长奖
Perizat Kurakbayeva 来自喀萨克斯坦—法律学奖
Pham Tran My My 来自越南—英文最快进步奖
Sibe Zykaj 来自阿尔巴尼亚— 最尽职学生奖
Victoria Akinlabi 来自尼日利亚 —心理学奖
Yoon Yong 来自韩国—会计学奖
祝贺所有的学生！