Schools Liaison Officer Olivia O'Neill leads on our work with schools in Kent, Medway and Havering.
Schools Liaison Officer Olivia O’Neill leads on our work with schools in Kent, Medway and Havering.
To discuss how we can best support your school, or to sign up for our Link Area Schools newsletter, please get in touch via slo@queens.cam.ac.uk.
Support for schools in Kent, Medway and Havering includes:
Queens’ College regularly hosts multi-school outreach days for groups from Kent, Medway and Havering. Visiting a college can be a great way to get a taste of university life and debunk some of the myths surrounding Cambridge.
These visits can include lunch, a tour, presentation on applying to Cambridge, and guidance on personal statements and post-16 subject choices.
These visits are advertised on our schools newsletter. To sign up, please contact slo@queens.cam.ac.uk.
Olivia is available to visit schools and deliver talks, presentations and workshops for groups from KS3 to KS5. Please get in touch to discuss your school’s needs.
Queens’ College runs an access roadshow in our link areas every year in March. During the roadshow, current undergraduates travel to Kent, Havering, Medway to visit schools, give presentations and host Q&As about Cambridge University and their experiences as students. If your school would like to get involved, please email slo@queens.cam.ac.uk.
Schools Liaison Officer Dr Cathy Wardle is based in Bradford, leading on our work with schools across Bradford, Keighley and Ilkley.
To discuss how we can best support your school, or to sign up for our Bradford newsletter, please get in touch via slo-bradford@queens.cam.ac.uk
Support for Bradford schools currently includes:
1.In-school Assemblies, Presentation and Workshops: Cathy is available to deliver talks, presentations and workshops in school, for both sixth form and KS3/4.
2.UCAS and schools careers fairs: As well as attending the Leeds UCAS discovery days, subject to capacity Cathy is also happy to attend Bradford school careers events on behalf of the University of Cambridge.
3. KS4 Access Visits to Queens’: Thanks to the generous support of our alumni donors, each year we are able to offer fully-funded places to a small number of schools via our Bradford KS4 Outreach Days.
For Bradford schools able to provide/fund their own transport, we aim wherever possible to support visits to Cambridge: please contact us to discuss potential dates and what we can offer. Dependent on capacity this may include: tours of Queens’ and/or other colleges, Q&A session with Student Ambassadors, Admissions Talks and support to book facilitated sessions or self-guided tours in the University Museums. Please note that we are unable to welcome any visitors into College during our exam term (late April to late June).
4. Bradford Student Ambassador Roadshow: Each March a group of our Student Ambassadors visit Bradford schools to give presentations and host Q&As about their experience of university life.
5. Bradford Oxbridge Interviews Conference: Bradford Schools with Oxbridge applicants in Y13 are invited to take part in the Bradford Oxbridge Interviews Conference, held in November.
6. Bradford HE+: Queens’ supports the Bradford HE+ programme, providing in-person events in Bradford and a Cambridge trip for programme participants.
“The students had a wonderful day, and it was such an incredible opportunity (with some of them never having visited a university before!). When speaking to students on the way back, many of them said they could see themselves studying at Cambridge in the future.”
7. Bradford ParentPower: Queens’ is proud to work together with the Brilliant Club and Dixons Academies Trust to support the Bradford ParentPower chapter, empowering parents to support their children’s journey towards Higher Education, including welcoming the group into Queens’.
“I was impressed with the facilities available, especially for Muslims, and how much student support is available”
8. IntoUniversity Bradford East: Queens’ is proud to be the long-term supporter of the IntoUniversity Centre Bradford East
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