An online outreach programme for young people interested in pursuing university study in biological or medical sciences.
This programme has finished for 2023-24 and will be updated in due course for 2024-25. Applications are likely to open in early 2025 for the next stream of the programme.
Which subjects are covered in the programme?
Thursday 14 March, 5-6pm
Admissions Talk: Applying to biological and medical courses at Cambridge
Libby Beckett, Outreach and Admissions Officer, and Dr Andrew Carter, Admissions Tutor for the Sciences
Thursday 21 March, 5-6pm
Workshop: The role of speech language therapists in dementia care and research
Shalom Henderson, PhD student in Medical Sciences, Clare College
Thursday 28 March, 5-6pm
Workshop: Cellular signalling and What Happens when it Goes Wrong: Introducing Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressors
Amelia Barclay, PhD student in Cancer Research, Clare College
Thursday 11 April, 5-6pm (updated date and time)
Workshop: Medical Informatics
Tom Edinburgh, PhD student in Mathematics and Medical Informatics, Clare College
Thursday 18 April, 5-6pm
Guest Lecture
Professor Anna Philpott, Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology and Fellow of Clare College
Read more about Anna's research here.
Thursday 25 April, 5-6pm
Workshop: Medical Anthropology
Evelyn Hoon, Master's student in Medical Anthropology, Clare College
Who is this programme aimed at?
This online programme is aimed at students who hope to study a course related to biological or medical sciences at university and who enjoy being stretched and challenged outside the classroom. The programme is free of charge.
The programme is open to all students who are in Year 12 (England/Wales), S5 (Scotland) or Year 13 (Northern Ireland) at a state (non fee-paying) school or college and who are taking at least two of the following subjects at A Level, IB Higher Level or Scottish Advanced Highers:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Further Mathematics
- Physics
Please note: students must obtain parental/guardian permission to take part in this programme.
Widening participation criteria
In the event of over-subscription, places will be prioritised for students who meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Are care experienced
- Have been eligible for Free School Meals (at any point in the last six years)
- Are, or have been, an asylum seeker or refugee
- Have significant caring responsibilities
- Are estranged from close family members
- Live in an area of low progression to higher education (POLAR4)
- Live in an area of high deprivation (IMD)
- Attend a low-performing sixth form
- Attend/attended a low-performing GCSE school
- Are from an under-represented ethnic group, these include:
- Black African and Black Caribbean
- Pakistani and Bangladeshi
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller
- Are from any background or region of the UK which is under-represented at the University of Cambridge
How do I apply for this programme?
Applications for this programme are now closed for 2024.