Student Blog
Reducing the stigma around mental health
Why is it important? Mental health, and in particular mental illness, has been incredibly stigmatised, with people who open up about struggling sometimes being seen as weak. This is particularly…
Brand new ‘Brampton College Mental Health and Wellbeing Guide’ for students, by students!
This week, in one of the ways the college is participating in mental health awareness week, the new Brampton College Mental Health and Wellbeing Guide has been released to students…
Exploring The Strength of a Different Kind of Mind: The Autistic Brain
A book review of the ‘The Autistic Brain’ by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek Temple Grandin is a professor, best-selling author, animal behaviourist, and faculty member with Animal Sciences in…
MODERN FEMINISM 101
Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women” – Maya Angelou How far has feminism actually come?…
Scholarship student fulfils her dream of studying at Oxford
My name is Eliana, and I studied GCSEs and A levels at Brampton from 2019 to2022. I achieved grades 999999999 in my GCSEs and A*A*A* in my A-levels and I…
Put your ‘self’ back into ‘self-care’
Self-care is a phrase you’ve definitely heard more than once; if not from your own mouth, then from a family member or a friend. In other words, self-care is becoming…
Top 3 places to eat near Brampton which you simply have to try!
1. MR BAKER Coming in first place we have, to no surprise, Mr Baker! Now I have yet to meet someone at Brampton who doesn’t like Mr Baker. I have…
A Day In The Life Diary of an AS (first year A Level) student- Wednesday 31st January 2024
I am studying Psychology, Chemistry and English literature. 9:00: English Literature lesson- on this side of the course, we are working through a poetry anthology, ‘Songs Of Ourselves’, exploring a…
Art and neuroscience – A book review of “Story of the brain in 10 1/2 Cells” by Richard Wingate
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells’ is a book written by Richard Wingate, published in 2023. Wingate is a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. He…
“The truth is, every one of us, no matter who we are or where we live, can and must play a part in restoring nature”- Sir David Attenborough
Despite the fact that there have been numerous warnings from scientists, doctors, environmentalists etc, most of us continue to ignore the enormity of the issue of climate change. Why is…
