Articles about 'access'

A new five-year project aimed at developing the skills of sixth-form physicists has been awarded a £7 million grant by the Department for Education.

Carly Walsh is the Access Officer for St John’s College. As part of the Cambridge University Area Links scheme, each College is responsible for developing good relationships with local schools in particular areas. Two of St John’s areas are Shropshire and Telford. This is Carly's diary of a recent schools tour.

The challenge: provide an experience of university in just two days - with the help of The Cat in the Hat, a millet seed and Thetford Forest.

Thirty sixth formers from state schools all over the UK, including many from Magdalene College’s link areas, have been staying at the college for an intensive Sciences Residential.

Christ’s College welcomed almost seventy Herefordshire sixth-formers for Hereford HE+ Consortium’s first visit to Cambridge.

Cambridge in Numbers, one of a series of films demystifying Cambridge admissions, teaching and student life, has won an IVCA Gold Award for Best Post Production.

Exeter College, Exeter, this week celebrated 10 years of hosting its annual Oxford and Cambridge Information Day, bringing admissions tutors and undergraduates from both universities to Devon so that local students can hear direct from the experts.

Year 10 students from Cromwell Community College and Neale Wade Community College enjoyed a day developing their engineering skills at Metalcraft in Chatteris organised through the University of Cambridge’s HE Partnership project.

Over 110 of the brightest sixth-formers from across Huddersfield visited Selwyn College, Cambridge this week for a day finding out more about student life, visiting University departments and museums.

Michelle Tucker, former mature student at Cambridge University took part in Waltham Forest College’s Progression Month sharing her experience of studying as a mature student at the University of Cambridge and to encourage others to follow her lead.