Ethnic minority teenagers from across the UK have been experiencing life as Cambridge undergraduates this week (14-19 August) on the annual GEEMA summer school.
Ethnic minority teenagers from across the UK have been experiencing life as Cambridge undergraduates this week (14-19 August) on the annual GEEMA summer school.
The Year 11 students (aged 15-16) are sampling university-style teaching in subjects including neuroscience, maths, murder law and politics, as well as enjoying social and extracurricular activities such as punting and the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival.
The week has been organised by the Group to Encourage Ethnic Minority Applications to Cambridge (GEEMA) within the Cambridge Admissions Office.
The 32 participants are all from the first generation in their families to go to university and/or from schools with little history of sending students to Cambridge.
The summer school is designed to encourage participants to view higher education as an achievable goal and dispel any misconceptions about the University of Cambridge.
GEEMA runs a wide programme for events for schools and colleges, including open days, aspiration visits and the annual summer school.
GEEMA was founded in 1989 by black and Asian students. It is now co-ordinated by the Cambridge Admissions Office and supported by the Cambridge Colleges.
Around 16% of current Cambridge students are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
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