A STUDENT at a school near Ludlow has been helped by one of the leading international astrophysicist’s.

Bedstone College Upper Sixth student Alan Guo has received advice from leading astrophysicist and senior figure in UK science, Professor Martin Rees.

Professor Rees is the son of the founder of Bedstone College and was Bedstone’s first student.

He is now the Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at Cambridge University and Baron Rees of Ludlow.

Professor Rees has made many significant, influential contributions to the field of astrophysics, including theoretical work on black hole formation and the end of the cosmic dark ages.

Alan has benefitted from a conversation with Professor Rees, an experience that few young physicists get to have.

They discussed Alan’s recent offer from Oxford University to study physics at University College. Alan was able to receive advice on the tutorial system he would study within at University, as well as what Professor Rees sees as the most important characteristics that make a successful physics researcher.

Alan, who wants a career in science, also asked what Professor Rees expects to be the most important areas of physics in the next ten years.