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STIMULUS mentor, Alexander Simpson, with pupils at St Luke's Primary School, Cambridge.

Thirty years of maths support for local schools

07 Apr 2016

The University’s STIMULUS project has helped thousands of student volunteers to become teaching assistants in local schools.

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Fenland Engineering Taster Event in Chatteris

Local teenagers bridge the gap to a career in industry

18 Mar 2016

Students from six Fenland schools are taking part in a programme designed to encourage students interested in engineering and manufacturing.

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An experiment at the Cavendish Laboratory

Raising aspirations in local schools

09 Dec 2015

Members of a Cambridge University access group dedicated to raising aspirations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough state schools have arranged over...

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PhD student James Munro with HE Getaway students

Year 10s test drive maths at Cambridge

06 Aug 2015

A group of intrepid fifteen-year-olds recently visited the University’s Centre for Mathematical Sciences as part of a high-octane HE getaway.

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You are the Admissions Tutor

08 Jul 2014

Teachers and HE advisers from across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough stepped into the role of Admissions Tutor last week, reviewing real, anonymised...

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Higher Education Field Academy visits Rampton

07 May 2014

Rampton residents welcomed forty teenage archaeologists into their gardens for a three-day academic aspiration-raising Higher Education Field Academy...

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Ernulf Academy students explore university life

15 Apr 2014

Two teams from Ernulf Academy’s Year 10 were given the task of discovering what life is like for students at Anglia Ruskin and Cambridge University...

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Sun, moon, stars....what do astronomers do?

13 Mar 2014

Scott Thomas from the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy visited Sir Harry Smith Community College as part of the Science Festival...

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Comberton Village College students

Pembroke and St Catharine's welcome university explorers

24 Feb 2014

Pembroke and St Catharine’s Colleges welcomed almost 50 GCSE students from schools in Southwark, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire on...

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Students at North Cambridge Academy with undergraduates and staff from CRC, ARU and University of Cambridge

North Cambridge Academy hosts education and careers exploration days

12 Feb 2014

The University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and Cambridge Regional College have joined forces to deliver two days of careers and education...

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Taking maths outside the classroom

31 Jan 2014

Teenage mathematicians and their teachers were welcomed into the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Mathematical Sciences for two workshops...

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Young Composers

Pushing the frontiers of new music - the Cambridge Young Composer of the Year Workshop

04 Nov 2013

Eleven new pieces for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, viola and piano were premiered at a unique workshop held in the West Road Concert Hall as part...

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