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Staff News from the Mathematics Department
06 July 2009
Dr Pullen has continued his involvement in research at postdoctoral level. Along with his collaborators based at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, he has published a paper entitled, ‘Global controllability with a single actuator', in the Physical Review A, a journal of the American Physical Society. This paper is the latest in a series of papers on the subject of Quantum Control published in journals including the Journal of Optics B and the Journal of Physics A. In addition, on the professional front, Dr Pullen has been approved as a Chartered Mathematician (CMath). This follows Dr Pullen's election, in 2006, as a Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (MIMA).
GCSE Results
Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.
Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.
Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.
Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.
I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.
Julie Eldridge
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