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Day Six: Cabinet War Rooms and Houses of Parliament

We were all up bright and early despite most of the students’ energetic participation in the summer school disco last night! We grabbed some breakfast and jumped on a coach to London, making the most of the opportunity for a little extra sleep on the way! I was soon woken up by our absolutely lovely…

Day Five: CV/ interview practice and summer school disco

Not often do you wake up, have breakfast, then find yourself a few minutes later in a rounders game! However, that’s how day five started for some of us. At 9am, I took half the students with supervisors Billy and Lewis to the Downing Paddock where we set up a game of rounders, initially, supervisors…

Day Four: Punting

I’m Billy and this is my first time as a Reach supervisor and my first ever blog post! The weather has been glorious in Cambridge today and everyone has had a really great day. The students had lessons in either physics or economics today and came back really enthused. They were even able to use their…

Day Three: Leadership, Scavenger Hunt and SABRE

After a fun filled day at Hampton Court and an evening exploring essential university skills, such as revision technique and academic writing, the Reach Cambridge ‘working week’ got under way in style today. However, there were no Monday morning blues as the students experienced their first Leadership session. Negotiation, communication and cooperation was essential as…

August Program Day One: Arrival Day

It’s the beginning of our August summer program, and the start of our daily blogs from the summer school! Check in each day to find out how classes are going, what activities the students have been up to, and where the excursions have taken us Today was arrival day for the students who will be joining…

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…

Day 19: Harry Potter, Sabre Day and Talent Show

It is hard to imagine a day with more fun things packed into it! Friday began with final classes of the course – for the law students, this meant the mock trial they had been busy preparing. But this was no ordinary trial – Severus Snape was being tried for the murder of Albus Dumbledore,…

Day 11: SABRE Promises Auction

The Reach Cambridge Summer School for July has just passed the halfway mark and spirits are on a high! Some poor weather persisting throughout the day threatened to dampen our progress, however, rain or shine there is always lots to do here in Cambridge. With the outdoor sporting activities having to be cancelled they were replaced…

Day 8: Tour de France

Today we were lucky enough to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity – the famous Tour de France passed through the centre of Cambridge, and all of the students were released from class for the day to watch! The centre of Cambridge had been decorated with bunting and bicycles, and lots of the shops…

Day 6: Uni Advance

The students at Reach Cambridge are lucky enough to be able to strike a balance between intellectual and personal development. As an international summer school one of the other advantages is being able to introduce the students to the wide range of opportunities that England has to offer. Thus one of the additions to the…