Residential study programs for 14-18 year olds in Cambridge, UK.
After a great weekend in Norwich and Brighton, our students were excited to return to their classrooms and get stuck into their new academic courses! This also gave Reach staff and students a chance to extend a warm welcome to the new school groups from Indonesia, Singapore and China. In the morning, all of the…
Read MoreReach Cambridge Global Leaders: Day 4
Reach got off to another great start today. Lectures started earlier this morning with Humanities students learning about a charitable program that Reach has been working with for the past six years, SABRE. Following on from last night’s talk about “Forgotten People” the students have been looking at the way that SABRE work to improve education for…
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 17
Today the students experienced two of the highlights of any Reach Cambridge program: Sabre Day and the ghost tour! The Community Outreach student team have been working alongside the wider student body...
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 16
With just a few days left of the Reach Cambridge July program, we’re making sure to pack in as many fun, interesting activities as possible. After classes today, many of the students had mock interviews, a useful way to experience what university applications may involve. As always, the supervisors who conducted the interviews were incredibly…
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 15
After a fun and very full weekend, during which everyone enjoyed the Fete of Fun and an excursion to London, the students were given a well deserved lie-in, with classes starting slightly later than usual. At noon, the Physics and Engineering class were taken on a trip to the Department of Engineering. Whilst there, they…
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 13
Today at Reach Cambridge our students got a reward for their wonderful participation over the last two weeks – a lie in! With a later breakfast and a few hours off in the morning, we kicked off the end of Week 2 with the Fete of Fun. The Fete of Fun was organized by the…
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 9
Another fun-filled, inspiring and unique day at Reach Cambridge has come to an end, with a jaw-dropping total of more than £2600 being raised for the charity SABRE during the charity auction this evening. Over the last few days, students and staff members alike have been signing up with promises or pledges to be auctioned…
Read MoreReach Cambridge July 2016: Day 8
Due to an extremely busy weekend, the students and staff were treated to a well-deserved lie in, with lessons being pushed back to 10am. However, there were also classes in the afternoon to make up for lost time on Thursday when we had been visiting Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick Castle, so the day was by no…
Read MoreReach Cambridge August 2015: Day 14
We’re just over half way through the August program and it’s been another cracking day at Reach Cambridge. Having spent yesterday evening decorating cakes with Ghana flags and making signs for a variety of stalls, today was finally time for the Fete of Fundraising! First, though, it was time for class and a few interesting…
Read MoreReach Cambridge August 2015: Day 13
So on to Thursday and a continuation of academic subject courses. The economics class enjoyed a guided tour of the Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum where they observed artefacts such as Egyptian mummies and Medieval European armour. Meanwhile, the students studying English as a Second Language experienced a variation of regional British accents courtesy of the supervisors!…
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