“Give it some welly,” may not be a traditional rallying cry for those considering applying to university, but the Higher Education Getaway is not a traditional programme.

The University of Cambridge and national education charity Villiers Park Educational Trust, which is based in Cambridgeshire, are developing stronger links to encourage able students from backgrounds under-represented in Higher Education to aspire to university.

“I believe there are Cambridge graduates in their 30s saying to each other, “thank God I passed the hippo test!”

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.

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.

“Boom! I win!” shouts one of the boys in Class 9KAB. He’s just guessed correctly that the number of higher education courses available in the UK is almost 55,000. It’s a lively, interactive session hosted by Sir Harry Smith Community College in Whittlesey and steered by Matt Diston, HE Partnership Co-ordinator at the University of Cambridge.

Twenty-one disabled students have volunteered to share their stories in a new set of films designed to challenge the barriers which can deter disabled young people from aiming high in their university ambitions.