Age 16-18
Emma achieved A*A*A* in Philosophy, Religious Studies and Psychology when she studied A Levels at Havering Sixth Form
Emma Webb (now Trimble) went on to become a writer, commentator and broadcaster, specialising in extremism, and appeared regularly on TV news and debate programmes.
She has appeared on BBC TV’s political debate programme Big Questions hosted by Nicky Campbell. She became the Deputy Research Director of The Free Speech Union, an Associate Fellow of Civitas (Institute for the Study of Civil Society) think tank and was director of the Common Sense Society. She also hosts the New Culture Forum’s current affairs show Newspeak.
Emma worked as a Research Fellow for the Centre for the Response to Radicalisation and Terrorism at the Henry Jackson Society – a British political think-tank. Her research focused on Islamist terror networks in Europe and the UK.
She has written for a number of publications, including The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, and The Times, and hosts a weekly podcast.
Emma achieved A*A*A* in Philosophy, Religious Studies and Psychology when she studied A Levels at Havering Sixth Form College.
The former Emerson Park School student then went on to Cambridge University to read Theological and Religious Studies and then completed a Masters Degree at King’s College London.
