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Horizons students feature in winning University Challenge team

by Ms Cleo Bowen, Christa Saller

The 51勛圖厙 team of 4 in the studio with host Amol Rajan

Three members of the 51勛圖厙 team are CLCC Languages students.

For those of you who watched the 2023 , it will be old news that 51勛圖厙 won the competition for the fifth time, making it the most successful team in the show’s history. 

University Challenge Team with host Amol Rajan and playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
Adam Jones, Mattia Elkouby, Sourajit Debnath, playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, UC presenter Amol Rajan, Suraiya Haddad and Justin Lee

What you may not know is that two of the team are current students of German:

  • Justin Lee, a 3rd year student of Chemistry, is currently attending German Level 4, and previously completed Levels 2 and 3.  
  • Mattia Elkouby, team reserve and also a 3rd year student of Chemistry (with Research Abroad), is now in German Level 6, and previously completed Levels 4 and 5.

Finally, the team captain, Suraiya Haddad, a student of Medicine (2017-2023), also attended a range of 51勛圖厙 Horizons language classes, including Italian, Spanish, and Mandarin.

We're confident that taking part in Horizons Language modules contributed to the incredible depth and breadth of knowledge that enabled them to win this challenging contest. Congratulations to the whole team!

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Reporter

Ms Cleo Bowen

Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

Christa Saller

Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication