Through the University Area Links Scheme, Clare works particularly closely with schools and colleges in the following four regions:

• Coventry 
• Warwickshire 
• The London Borough of Hackney 
• The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

You can view the provision on offer for young people, teachers, and advisers in these regions in 2024-25 below. 

If you have any questions, please contact Emma Lézé, Schools Liaison Officer, at schoolsliaison@clare.cam.ac.uk.

Three free webinars on university admissions and student life in October 2024 for Year 12 students at schools in Coventry, Warwickshire, and the West Midlands region. 

Read more and register now on this page.

We send regular newsletters to teachers and advisers including details of upcoming outreach programmes, teacher CPD, and opportunities to visit the University. If you would like to be added to this mailing list, please contact Emma Lézé, Schools Liaison Officer, at schoolsliaison@clare.cam.ac.uk.

Emma, the Schools Liaison Officer, will be visiting Link Area schools in November and December to give talks to Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. These presentations will focus on demystifying university and introducing the University of Cambridge. Depending on the audience, content will include "why do people choose to go to university?"; "university mythbusting"; "post-16 choices"; and "how does paying for university work?". 

Dates: 

• London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets: 18th - 22nd November 
• Coventry & Warwickshire: 2nd - 6th December 

If you would like Emma to visit your school as part of her tour, we warmly invite you to email us with your request at schoolsliaison@clare.cam.ac.uk.

Visit Days at Clare are our primary form of Key Stage 5 outreach provision. These are multi-school visits, where each school can bring up to twelve students. We can host up to four schools at a time.

Our Visit Days are designed to inform and inspire Year 12s to apply to competitive universities such as Cambridge. Therefore, we encourage teachers to select the students whom they feel will benefit most from the day. We suggest using the following criteria:

• A strong academic record at GCSE, and A Level predictions in line with Cambridge minimum entry requirements (at least A*AA)
• Widening Participation characteristics

Visit Days will typically include the following:

• Information, advice and guidance talks on competitive universities, with a focus on the University of Cambridge
• Student ambassador Q&A
• Tour of the College
• Lunch and refreshments provided by the College
• Applying to Cambridge & writing a Personal Statement workshop
• Subject Taster session

Sessions will be interactive, so Year 12s are encouraged to ask questions and participate in discussion. 

The day will begin at 10:30 and finish at 14:45. The arrival window is 10:15 - 10:30. Schools will need to organise their own transport to/from College grounds. Travel information will be provided in the confirmation email.

The dates for the Visit Days are as follows:

• Tuesday 11th February
• Friday 14th February
• Tuesday 25th February
• Thursday 27th February
• Friday 7th March
• Thursday 1st May
• Wednesday 7th May

To sign up your school for a place on one of our Visit Days, please complete this form: Year 12 Visit Days Sign Up Form