Bright teenagers from schools and colleges with little or no history of sending students to university are experiencing life as Cambridge undergraduates this month on Sutton Trust Summer Schools in a variety of academic subjects.

A total of 117 Year 12 students, aged 16 and 17, are attending schools in Engineering or Oriental Studies this week (11-15 July), or in English, Law, Music or Physics from 25-29 July.

The schools aim to give participants a taste of higher education, to show them what studying at Cambridge is really like and to encourage them to apply to the country’s top universities.

All the participants have 5 A*/A grades at GCSE and come from families with no experience of Higher Education.

As well as attending lectures, discussions and practicals in their chosen subject, they will experience the social side of undergraduate life by staying in Cambridge Colleges, enjoying a range of extra-curricular activities and attending a formal dinner.

The Sutton Trust Summer Schools are funded by the University of Cambridge, the Sutton Trust and the Ogden Trust.

The University of Cambridge also runs a summer school for students at Further Education colleges, the 'Going Further' summer school for adult returners to education, the HEFCE generic and medical summer schools for Year 12 students, and the GEEMA summer school for Year 11 ethnic minority students.


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