The UCL Academy
Jasminka Connolly is an experienced educator in the field of food technology and special education. Currently serving as the Lead Teacher of Food at The UCL Academy since September 2017, Jasminka previously worked as a Food Teacher at Stormont House School, a secondary special school, from January 2017 to July 2017. Prior to that, from July 2004 to December 2016, Jasminka was a Food Technology Teacher at Queensmead School, teaching various levels including KS3 and KS4 food technology, KS3 textile technology, KS4 hospitality, and KS5 BTEC National CPLD. Jasminka holds a PGCE in Design and Technology from Roehampton University of Surrey and a Bachelor of Science in Food and Consumer Studies from London Metropolitan University.
The UCL Academy
The UCL Academy is an 11-18 Academy, sponsored by UCL and opened in Swiss Cottage in Camden in September 2012. UCL is an institution which was founded to ensure equality of access to education. It is therefore important to us that the UCL Academy supports students of all backgrounds and all abilities. The UCL Academy is not a selective Academy. The UCL Academy opened in 2012 with 180 students in Year 7 (we call this Foundation Level) and 125 Year 12 (we call this Level 3). We now have over 1100 students and nearly 200 staff. . We want the UCL Academy to fire the imaginations of its students and to support them to develop in ways which stand them in good stead for their future lives and responsibilities as individuals, employees and citizens. The UCL Academy has four key priorities: • High academic and personal standards for students and a commitment to developing individual potential; • Specialism in science, technology, visual arts, engineering and Maths (STEAM); • Languages at the heart of the curriculum; • A mission to provide ‘education for global citizenship’. The UCL Academy is an exciting, stimulating place to learn, with a curriculum which focuses on problem-solving, skills development and ‘real world’ issues and ideas. Students have the opportunity to undertake extensive project work, and to participate in community activities as well as internships and international exchanges.