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Reach Cambridge August 2015: Day 12

Today the Reach students continued to enjoy their academic classes. Some of the highlights included a visit to Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam museum in International History and medical case study presentations in chemistry and Medical Sciences. At lunchtime the Global leaders students had an opportunity to further their plans for the SABRE charity event. This will be…

Reach Cambridge August 2015: Day 4

Today, the students continued with their Global Leadership classes, taking part in either Community Outreach or Economics & Leadership depending on what they had done the day before. The rest of the day was dedicated to our University Enrichment sessions, with the option to attend a Personal Statement Writing workshop in the afternoon – useful…

Reach Cambridge August 2015: Day 3

Monday marked the start of classes and of the academic program here in Cambridge for the Reach students. The first week entails the Global Leaders program to follow on from the previous evenings lecture. Half of the group undertook a morning session regarding the role of leadership within economics, whilst the others focussed upon community…

Reach Cambridge July 2015: Day 17

Today was what we at Reach Cambridge call “Sabre Day” – the culmination of fundraising efforts from our Community Outreach students to support the SABRE Charitable Trust. Here, the Community Outreach Coordinator Alex explains what the Community Outreach team have been up to during the July Program… The Community Outreach students work together to raise…

Reach Cambridge July 2015: Day 12

Today was a big day for the Community Outreach students as the sun shone down on the Sabre charity fundraising fete this afternoon. Apple bobbing, ‘soak the supervisor’, limbo challenge, face painting and dodgeball were just a few of the activities on offer to students after class with all the donated money going to Sabre…

Community Outreach: working with the SABRE Charitable Trust

Every summer, a number of Reach Cambridge students sign up to take part in our Community Outreach program. This is a great chance to learn valuable skills in teamwork and project management through charitable work. Every summer we are amazed by the Community Outreach students: their dedication and hard work encourages all of the students…

Day 14: Charity Auction

Day 14 sees us half way through the Reach program (for the school groups and newbie supervisors like myself) and how time has flown!! Despite some stormy summer weather, today was another fun-filled (albeit soggy) day. The students attended morning lessons followed by ‘corridor lunch’ – a weekly highly anticipated event whereby supervisors take their…

Day Seven: Community Outreach

All week, the Global Leaders students have been taking part in the Community Outreach program. We work with the charity SABRE, an education charity working in rural Ghana to build schools and train teachers. After hearing about the charity at the beginning of the week, the students have been planning ways to fundraise, which culminated…

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…