Residential study programs for 14-18 year olds in Cambridge, UK.
The course I was teaching for Reach Cambridge in 2016 covered the introduction to politics and political thought. In order to give students an idea of why we need to study past thinkers to understand politics today, we were reading primary texts by major figures that are at the core of the politics curricula at…
Read MoreTrinity remembers her time at Reach Cambridge 2016
As I arrived at my accommodation in Cambridge, I was instantly made to feel at home, as I was shown to my room and got a first look at my surroundings for the coming week. Though the grounds and buildings were beautiful, I was still nervous about meeting my course mates. It was as we…
Read MoreStudent Tim looks forward to Reach Cambridge 2016
Ever since I was a little kid growing up in a small town on the east end of Slovakia, my grandmother – a confectioner in a local candy-store and an enthusiast of literature – has been fond of telling me about universities like Cambridge described in Jeffrey Archer’s books. “Tim, you must go to Cambridge…
Read MoreStudent Trinity looks forward to Reach Cambridge 2016
My name is Trinity, and I am attending the Global Leadership Program in July. I am very excited about this and I am finding it hard to wait until then! The Global...
Read MoreReach Cambridge 2015: Esther’s experience
In this blog, Esther looks back at her time in Cambridge on our 2015 summer program: Most students talk about how Reach Cambridge has made them better people or more prepared for University. That’s exactly what I’ll do too. Most of this character building comes due to the fantastic amount of work put in by…
Read MoreReach Cambridge 2015: Kiara’s experience
In this blog, Kiara looks back at her time in Cambridge on our 2015 summer program: Spending three weeks living in Cambridge with Reach was undoubtedly one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had, and one that even months on I’m still reeling from. First and foremost, Cambridge is an unbelievably beautiful historical city….
Read MoreReach Cambridge 2015: Gerald’s experience
As more than a month has passed since I said goodbye to Cambridge and my friends from Reach Cambridge, I am now in a better shape to calmly reflect on my experience. I am so grateful to have been selected as a scholarship recipient to the program, which gave me the unique opportunity to experience…
Read MoreWilliam Shakespeare and Reach Cambridge excursions
The first weekend of Reach Cambridge Summer School is approaching and everyone is excited about the trips we’re going to take! Here’s a little trailer about what Reach is planning around William Shakespeare… Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, writing at the end of the 16th century, and is widely regarded as the greatest…
Read MoreStudent Leen looks forward to Reach Cambridge 2015
“Maybe you’ll learn how to read minds,” was what my cousin told me when I broke the news of me going to study psychology at Reach Cambridge this August. Ever since the first Harry Potter movie came out, my cousin had been a Hogwarts fanatic, and me going to a university that resembles Hogwarts made him…
Read MoreStudent Gerald looks forward to Reach Cambridge summer school 2015
I am delighted to be attending the Reach Cambridge Program in July. The subject I applied and was accepted for is Physics & Engineering, which is one of my favorite subjects, but I’m looking forward to being challenged on another level. In the school where I study there are no physics laboratories, so everything that…
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