Carfax College Pupil, Mark Rappoport, recently returned from attending a prestigious
political conference, hosted by Yale University, in the historical city of Budapest.

Mark is an A-level student who is studying Politics, along with History, History of Art
and Sociology.

The Yale Model Government Europe (YMGE) brings together students from all over
the world to simulate political discussions relating to the future of Europe. The aim
of the conference is to provide an opportunity for pre-university students to get
together and participate in high level politics.

Talking about his experience of the conference, Mark says that it was great to have
the chance to interact with students from a wide range of countries and get their
views on different political issues. He also felt that he learnt a lot about the structure
of European government. Would he like to become a politician some day? Probably
not, but he remains very interested in the issues.