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The Great North American Road Trip

Each year, the staff team from Reach Cambridge summer programs are lucky enough to travel the globe, visiting schools all over the world to tell students and teachers about the amazing summer school experience we offer. These trips are a real highlight for us – not only do they enable us to see a whole…

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A Midsummer Reach Dream: Theatre in the university and at Reach Cambridge

Cambridge University is famous for many things; its architecture, history, research and of course being the unofficial homeland of Harry Potter. Theatre in Cambridge is also one of its oldest traditions and the university has housed some of the world’s most renowned actors, actresses and directors throughout its illustrious 800 year history. Emma Thompson, Hugh…

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Chiara discusses her memories of Reach, and impression of the supervisors

Who Are We?... At Reach Cambridge our staff broadly divides into academic staff, senior staff and supervisors. But what, I hear you cry, is a supervisor!? The main role of...

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Sabrina remembers her time at Reach in July 2014

In this week’s blog, Sabrina remembers her time during the Reach course in July 2014… Enjoy! Why not? That’s the question I asked myself before signing up for Reach Cambridge. After this three week experience, I’m glad that I asked. Each week has been filled with a balance of enriching education and fun activities. The wide variety…

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Riwa talks about her experience of the July 2014 program…

Today’s blog comes from one of the students from our July 2014 program. Riwa has chosen to become a Reach Ambassador and has written all about her amazing Reach Cambridge experience! I feel really lucky to have been a part of the Reach experience; to have wandered the streets of an astonishing city and to…

Day 20: The Talent Show from a student’s perspective, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

Confessions of a Dance Instructor: My Experience preparing for the Talent Show at Reach When we’d first heard that we’d all be getting a chance to put up a performance over the course of the REACH Cambridge program, most of my schoolmates had grimaced, a definite look of resignation on their faces. Some had blanched…

Day 19: The Bronte Parsonage Museum from a student’s perspective, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

Bacon and eggs again. Later, an olde house upon a recluse hillside a galaxy away. Well, at least the air is warm with the glorious blaze of the sun. Across the globe however, the same flame-ball never fails to set alight my country Singapore. Seems like today is a miraculous, even mix of invisible snow…

Michelle from the July 2014 summer program talks about her experience…

Living in Hong Kong, an international community, I was already very much exposed to a variety of different cultures and believed that I had a brief understanding of them. Coming to Reach and being here for the past few weeks has made me realise that there was more to them than I initially thought. This…

A Summer of Football: FIFA World Cup and the Reach Cambridge World Cup!

Football fans around the globe are getting ready for something very exciting. For the last four years, preparations have been underway for the 20th FIFA World Cup. This years tournament will see the top players from 32 different nations compete for the honour of becoming the 2014 World Cup champions. The tournament, which will commence…

The Reach Cambridge Ambassador Scheme

In July 2013, Reach Cambridge summer school piloted an exciting new scheme – the Reach Ambassadors program. We asked our students if they would like to volunteer to promote Reach Cambridge in their schools and communities at home, and we were overwhelmed by the positive response. The role of the Reach Ambassador involves a number…