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14 year old Nathan is flying high

Nathan Ridley made his first solo flight in a glider when he was 14, but his ambitions haven’t stopped there – he hopes one day to become an airline pilot

WHEN young Nathan Ridley flew abroad on holiday several years ago, he stared out of the window and marvelled at the world below him. And looking up the aisle towards the door of the cockpit – the exclusive domain of the captain and co-pilot – he made the decision that one day he would sit there at the controls.

Being able to fly is a dream many children have, but the Prudhoe High School student has already made it a reality. Last year, at the age of 14, he flew solo for the firstFrance, based on the opinions of international employers and academics in the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2014/15 are shown below:

INSEAD: The first MBA in France, launched at INSEAD in 1957, was also Europe’s first. It was also the first ever one-year program, arriving just three months after the Treaty of Rome, which was to establish the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner to the EC and today’s EU.

HEC Paris: Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris – more commonly known as HEC Paris – is one of France’s prestigious grand écoles and part of the ParisTech group of universities. French president, François Hollande, attended the school.

ESSEC Business School: Another grand école with headquarters at Cergy (30 km west of Paris) as well as a presence within the capital