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Visit Queen Mary University of London's East End Campus by attending our Open Day's and Campus tours. Discover undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at a Russell Group University.

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Come to one of our virtual events to get to know us better and explore whether York is for you.

Upcoming events

Our Online Open Days will be taking place from 9am to 6.30pm on:

Bookings are now open. Sign up and we'll keep you updated with lots of useful information about the events to help you make the most of your online visit.

Our events will include a range of live talks, live chats and Q&A sessions.

You'll get the opportunity to connect with your academic department and explore your course. You'll find out about the support on offer at York, and we'll cover a range of topics from applying and finance to careers and student life.

Our current students will be on-hand to answer your questions and tell you all about what it's really like to study and live here.

New on-demand content coming soon!

Don't worry if you can't attend a live session there will also be a chance to re-watch materials when it suits you. Look out for our new on-demand virtual open day available here from 17 June. You'll be able to delve into your subjects of interest, find out more about university life and get advice from our experts about applying, student support and accommodation.

Visit days for offer holders

If we make you an offer, you'll be invited to a visit day for offer holders . These events take place between December and April each year.

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Come to one of our virtual events to get to know us better and explore whether York is for you. Our Online Open Days will be taking place from 9am to 6.30pm on: Bookings are now open. Sign up and we'll keep you updated with lots of useful information about the events to help you make the most of your online visit.

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2 and 3 July - 10 September - 8 and 9 October

Our 2022 Open Days will be taking place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July, Saturday 10 September, and Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October. In the meantime, you can watch recordings of our latest online talks, or register your interest for alerts about the upcoming events.

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2 and 3 July - 10 September - 8 and 9 October Our 2022 Open Days will be taking place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July, Saturday 10 September, and Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October. In the meantime, you can watch recordings of our latest online talks, or register your interest for alerts about the upcoming events.

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Year 12 Taster days at Surrey University

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Year 12 subject-specific taster days

These on campus events take place during school holidays and invite you to explore a subject in more detail and discover what it might be like to study at university in addition to the potential careers that it could lead on to. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from some of our prominent University of Surrey academics who will introduce their subject and research through an interactive timetable. Our inspirational student ambassadors will also be available to talk about their experience and what it's like to study at university.

These free and fully funded subject-specific taster days are a great way to sample different courses that you may be interested in studying at university. You will be provided with everything that you need for the day. The University of Surrey is also able to cover transport costs to ensure you are able to visit our campus in Guildford.

Eligibility

To be accepted onto the subject-specific taster days, you must meet one of the following eligibility criteria:

You live in an IMD decile 1 or 2 postcode*

You live in a POLAR4 quintile 1 postcode*

You have received free school meals within the last six years

You receive a 16-19 bursary

You are a young carer - you care for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without your support

You are care experienced - you have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children's home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.

You are a forced migrant - you are a refugee or an asylum seeking young person

You are from a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showpeople or Boater community.

*Indices of multiple deprivation are commonly used datasets to classify the relative deprivation within smaller areas of the UK. POLAR4 classifies the progression rate of young people in higher education within local areas across the UK. We confirm eligibility by using the publicly available look up tools. However, if you would like to check your eligibility before applying, you can find the look up tools using the shared links above.

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Our free subject-specific taster days allow sixth form and college students to get to grips with a subject at undergraduate level.

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London School of Economics and Political Science

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This year's Politics Conference will be delivered via Zoom and will take place on Wednesday 16 June 2021 at 4.00pm.

This year's event will explore the lessons learnt from the Trump administration.

It will be run in partnership with the LSE Department of International Relations.

The event will include:

an introduction to LSE and the Department of International Relations

interactive seminars

opportunities to engage with eminent LSE academics

LSE students sharing their experiences of university

All LSE staff and students involved in the sessions receive appropriate training. Staff or students working directly and regularly with young people attend specific training in line with our Safeguarding Guidance and Procedures. They also undergo an appropriate level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To be eligible, students must be in year 12 and attending a non-selective 6th form or college in the UK.

Students who apply should also be interested in studying a politics-related subject at university (eg, government, international relations, history etc).

If oversubscribed, we may prioritise students who meet specific additional criteria outlined in our application form.

Interested students should complete the EventBrite application form.

The deadline is 23:59 on Sunday 16 May 2021.

Following the deadline, successful applicants will be contacted by the LSE Widening Participation team with further details and next steps.

If you have any further questions, please contact us at widening.participation@lse.ac.uk

Cancellation Policy

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The Management Masterclass will be delivered via Zoom and will take place on Wednesday 2 June 2021 at 3.00pm.

This event will include:

an introduction to LSE and the Department of Management

a Management taster lecture led by inspiring academics

specialist admissions advice

an insight into careers after studying Management

a Q&A led by current LSE students

All LSE staff and students involved in the sessions receive appropriate training. Staff or students working directly and regularly with young people attend specific training in line with our Safeguarding Guidance and Procedures. They also undergo an appropriate level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To be eligible, students must be in year 12, studying A-level mathematics (or equivalent) and attending a non-selective state school/college in the UK.

Students who apply should also be interested in applying for management, economics, business or a related subject at university.

If oversubscribed, we may prioritise students who meet specific additional criteria outlined in our application form.

Interested students should complete the EventBrite application form.

The deadline is 23.59pm on Sunday 9 May 2021.

Following the deadline, successful applicants will be contacted by the LSE Widening Participation team with further details and next steps

If you have any further questions, please contact us at widening.participation@lse.ac.uk.

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UK University & Apprenticeship Search Virtual Fair

Join us for a new UK University & Apprenticeship Search Virtual Fair on Wednesday 26th May 2021, taking place from 12:00 to 18:00 (GMT/UTC). Following the success of our virtual events during lockdown, we are bringing our highly interactive fair back for even more students to experience, with a wide range of universities, colleges and apprenticeship providers joining us.

This event will allow you to explore all your post-18 options in one place, with a huge range of exhibitors coming along. Universities will include Russell Group, red brick, modern and specialist institutions, as well as colleges and apprenticeship providers. You'll be able to explore exhibition stands, live chat with admissions officers, student ambassadors, academics and recruitment teams to ask any questions you have, view virtual campus tours, prospectuses and information, and take part in 10 live and interactive webinars in the auditorium.

This event is for students, teachers and parents from London and the South East and West of England, and international students looking to study in the UK. The event is completely free of charge for students, parents and teachers. Our events are designed to make researching your post-18 options really engaging, there will be lots of interactive elements for you to explore virtually whilst at school or at home. The event is ideal for Year 12s to explore all the fantastic higher education and career options available, as well as being a fantastic way for Year 11s to gain motivation and inspiration. We also recommend attending if you are currently in Year 13, and undecided about your post-18 options. The event will allow you to consider the universities you can apply to during Clearing or explore apprenticeships if you are looking to take that path.

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Law at Cambridge: Webinar with St Catharine's College

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St Catharine's College is collaborating with Brasenose College (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of free webinars in 2023 for Year 12 (or equivalent e.g. S5) students at state schools in the UK.

Liza Zhabina and Joe Organ (outreach staff at the two Colleges) will be delivering sessions with Oxbridge academics and students to:

Introduce life and learning at Oxbridge

Dispel common myths about the two universities and address prospective students' concerns

Give in-depth guidance on the Oxbridge application process

Provide strategies for looking after mental wellbeing

Give insights into studying subject(s) of interest at university

Provide information on and opportunities for subject exploration outside of the curriculum, including taster lectures and Q&As

Please see this page for more information about how we run our webinars.

Upcoming webinars

Personal Statement Workshops | June 2023
How do you build up a personal statement? What does a typical Oxbridge personal statement look like?
We will run two sessions looking in depth at real recent examples of personal statements - critically evaluating them and then asking attendees to discuss ideas for their own draft paragraphs. Current Oxbridge students will reflect on and provide insights from their own personal statement writing experiences. This webinar is aimed at students applying to Oxford, Cambridge or other selective universities.

Arts & Humanities subjects: Tuesday 6th June, 6pm | Sign-up here

Science subjects: Wednesday 7th June, 6pm | Sign-up here

Medicine Taster Afternoon | 26 June 2023

Are you interested in studying Medicine at Cambridge University? If so, come along to our Medicine Taster Afternoon to hear from staff & students about the course. Professor Stefan Marciniak will start off by talking about admissions to Cambridge and how students can best prepare themselves for applying. We will then hear from current students about the pre-clinical and clinical portions of the course. Students will have the chance to ask questions about the course and admissions at the end of the session. Come along to ask your burning questions and hear all about the Medicine at Cambridge.

The structure of the webinar will be as follows:

15:30-16:00: Admissions Talk by Medicine Fellow Professor Stefan Marciniak

16.00-16:15: Talk about pre-clinical studies at Cambridge University

16:15-16:30: Talk about Clinical years at Cambridge University

16:30-17:00: Q+A with admissions staff and current students

Sign-up here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_glTGvM6USvOy_CuESqaICw

Mailing list

Sign up to our mailing list here to keep informed about upcoming events and future opportunities from St Catharine's College and the University of Cambridge.

Webinar recordings

These are recordings from the 2021-22 webinar series.
Introducing Oxbridge | Subject Exploration Webinar | Recording available here Recording available here Managing Mental Wellbeing while preparing for University Applications | Recording available here
Sciences Personal Statement Workshop | Recording available here

Humanities Taster Lecture (Philosophy: What Physics Cannot Do) | Recording available here

Student life session | Recording available here Access Passcode: N1wP!x#v

Contact

If you have any questions about this event, please email:

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Cambridge events for potential applicants

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College open days and events are an excellent opportunity to get a sense of what College life is like, to chat with College staff and current students, and to learn more about our courses and the admissions process. They cover all subjects offered by the College unless otherwise indicated. Please note that for the foreseeable future, all events will take place online.

2021 College Events

Below is a selection of virtual events hosted by or involving the Cambridge Colleges in 2021. The list is by no means exhaustive and students are encouraged to check College websites for further events and information.

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Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel all our in-Cambridge Open Days for 2020, and only deliver virtual events. The University of Cambridge has also cancelled the in-person University Open Days in July and September, and will be offering virtual alternatives. We will review future events in due course, and update the website.

Additionally, the College is not currently open to visitors. We will reopen when we are able to do so, and will update the website accordingly.

Virtual Tour

Whilst we'd love you to come to one of our Open Days, we know that that might not be possible, so we've put together a short virtual photo walkthrough of some areas of the College. We hope this is helpful and gives you the chance to get a feel for Pembroke!

Click here to see the virtual walkthrough.

Open Days

Whilst Pembroke is disappointed to not be able to welcome visitors to the College for any open days in 2020, we are pleased to be participating in and offering virtual events. We hope that these will still show prospective students, parents, carers and teachers what we are like as a College, and give you a chance to see if we might be the place for you.

Open Day Dates and Bookings 2020

Below are listed the 2020 dates.
Please note that schedules and subjects offered are provisional, and may change.

Thursday 2nd July 2020

University of Cambridge and Pembroke College Virtual Open Day: All subjects

12 or equivalent
Click here (pdf)
Bookings available via the
University of Cambridge website

Friday 3rd July 2020

University of Cambridge and Pembroke College Virtual Open Day: All subjects

12 or equivalent
Click here (pdf)
Bookings available via the
University of Cambridge website

Wednesday 15th July 2020

Pembroke College Virtual Open Day: All subjects

12 or equivalent
Click here (pdf)Click here to book

Friday 18th September 2020

University of Cambridge and Pembroke College Virtual Open Day: All subjects

13 or equivalent

TBC

Bookings not yet open

Visiting Us

If you are unable to visit us during an open day, then you are still welcome to come and look around Pembroke to see if we are the place for you, once we have re-opened following the COVID-19 lockdown. Please email us, and we will be able to let you know further details - either information regarding self-guided tours, or whether we are able to arrange a tour for you.

Events for Schools

Each Cambridge college is linked to specific areas in the UK. Pembroke offers a range of events for students from its link areas:

Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

Leicester and Leicestershire

Northamptonshire

London Borough of Southwark

Scotland (shared with Homerton College)

Once we have publicised our events to schools in our link areas above, we're always glad to consider applications from other state schools. If you're a teacher or advisor and would like to hear more about these opportunities, please contact us.

We also have a monthly e-newsletter; if you are a teacher and would like to find out about upcoming opportunities for your students then please do sign up!

Self-guided tours

Following the COVID-19 lockdown, you will once again be very welcome to come and look around the Pembroke College grounds any day between 9am to 5pm. We are only closed to visitors during the exam period in May and June, and on occasional weekend days for events such as weddings.

We encourage schools and colleges to arrange small group visits.

Contact our Schools Liaison Officers or Admissions Officer to see if a visit is possible.

Travel

Cambridge is a wonderful place to explore but its winding historic streets can be congested. Cars have limited access to the city centre and parking can be challenging, so we suggest you consider other forms of transport.

Plan your trip using and get visitor tips from the Tourist Information Centre.

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Introducing Oxbridge: Webinar for Prospective Students

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Our Open Days and Campus Tours are a great opportunity to see our beautiful campus, take a tour of our stunning accommodation, and meet staff and students from the course you are looking to study. Open Days and Campus Tours are open to all so we look forward to welcoming you soon.

Can't make our next Open Day? We have further Open Days throughout the year:

*Bookings for these events will open in the summer.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about our Open Days or other opportunities to visit us our team are here to help, you can send them an email.

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Open Days and Campus Tours - University of Winchester

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3-7th July - opportunity to get a huge range of advice - sign up to receive the information after the event.

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We are pleased to offer our Insight Week designed to support your decision making as you consider your university possibilities. Insight Week will be delivered online from Monday 5 July - Friday 9 July 2021 and you will have access to an exciting programme of live activities.

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Opportunities at Sheffield - Computer Science, Engineering, Maths and Sciences.

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Our online taster sessions help Year 12 students experience what it is like to study at the University of Sheffield. On The following taster sessions are aimed at any Year 12 pupils who have not yet submitted their UCAS form, and are therefore not holding any offers with the University of Sheffield.

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Taster sessions from the university of Bristol

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Ever wondered what it's like to study at the University of Bristol? Want to know more about the subjects that are taught?

If so, come along to our virtual Explore events to get a taste of what life is like at the University of Bristol!

Our Explore events offer students the option to attend subject taster sessions in a range of subjects, allowing them to, for example, discuss maths equations with a lecturer or talk about essay writing skills with a History student ambassador! The events are academic taster sessions for Year 12 students. There will be over 20 taster sessions across a variety of subject areas through the week. Students accepted onto the course will receive preliminary material to explore in their own time the week before the events, in order to help prepare you for the seminars.

The events are running with 2 sessions each day starting at 4.30pm and 6pm.
Apply here!
Click here to find out more from one of our current students!

Due to a limited number of places available, we may have to limit numbers to the sessions and will prioritise applications from students who meet our widening participation criteria. These include, but are not limited to, being eligible for Free School Meals, being Care Experienced and attending a state school.

Explore events are running the week before our University open week, so it's a great opportunity to find out about specific subjects before you come along to our Open Week events to find out more about life as a student in Bristol.

If you have any questions email uob-tasterevents@bristol.ac.uk.

Apply for Explore June 2021 here.

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Interested in becoming a vet? Not sure what the next steps are or which university to apply to? Come and explore some of the UK's vet schools at our first ever National Virtual Vet Taster event being held on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 between 16:30 and 18:30.

You'll have the fantastic opportunity to hear live talks from staff and students from seven of the UK's vet schools. We'll also be hearing from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the British Veterinary Ethnicity & Diversity Society (BVEDS) on where a veterinary degree can take you.

Following our talks, you can join a live Q&A where you'll have the unique opportunity to chat to Student Ambassadors from the participating vet schools, all in one place! If you're curious about what university life is really like for current students, this is your chance to ask them all about topics such as student life, courses, societies, work experience and why they chose to be a vet.

Seven of the UK's vet schools are attending - Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Surrey.

The event is FREE to attend and is aimed at Year 12 students from UK state schools and mature learners (aged over 21). You must fulfil certain Widening Participation eligibility criteria to sign up.

Click here to apply today!
Applications close on Tuesday 4 May.
If you have any questions about the event or how to apply please email Lindsay, one of the event organisers at outreach-healthsci@bristol.ac.uk

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Widening Participation (WP) Vet Schools Network: National Virtual Vet Taster Event

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Please register below to attend our 2021 Undergraduate Open Days.

Our next Open Days will take place on 30 June and 1 July 2021. These Open Days will take place online.

Our final Open Day for this year will take place on 17 September, either online or in Oxford. More information will be available on our website shortly.

Registration for our Open Days is not compulsory, but by entering your details below you will be eligible to receive lots of useful information about the event and about applying for undergraduate study at Oxford.

You will automatically receive our prospective applicants' newsletter, Choosing Oxford.

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Mary Jean Chan

London-based poet Mary Jean Chan is originally from Hong Kong. She has studied a range of subjects including political science, international development, English literature, and creative writing. Her first poetry publication was the pamphlet A Hurry of English (2018). Her debut poetry collection, titled Flèche was published by Faber and Faber in 2019. The collection won the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2019 and was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, the Jhalak Prize, and the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize. Her poetry is marked by themes of love, loss, cultural difference, sexuality, and the challenges of maintaining different kinds of familial relationships. Chan's Chinese cultural inheritance and her relationship with her parents and partner influence much of her work, such as in the poem ' Field Notes on a Family Meal'. A passion for language, and a perceptive awareness of the range of different ways in which English is spoken and written, is expressed in her poetry. For example, the title of her debut collection, Flèche, plays on the multiple meanings of the word such as the fact that it is an aggressive offensive fencing technique. The skilful art of fencing is used as an extended metaphor in Chan's work for the complex balancing act in maintaining different parts of your identity as an individual, a member of a wider community and your cultural identity. Notably, she draws "on the idea that [there is a] conflictual yet intimate relationship... between two fencers, who are each other's opponent, yet you are also in relational combat. You have to watch each other and read each other's movements and respond accordingly."

The poems we'll be focusing on:

Names
The mother finds her own wild, lost beginnings deep within the body of her daughter
Caleb Femi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZBicPStpuM

Caleb Femi was named the first Young People's Laureate for London in 2016. This role has subsequently been held by the poets Momtaza Mehri (2018), Theresa Lola (2019), and Cecilia Knapp (2020). After finishing a degree in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London and a teacher training course at King's College London, he briefly taught at a secondary school. Femi is not only a poet but also a photographer and filmmaker. His debut collection Poor (2020) contains his own photographs arranged alongside the text of the poems. These pictures, as he explained in a Guardian interview, were necessary because they hold a responsibility: he "wanted to police [control] the imagination of readers whose attitude to urban black youth is shaped and coloured by news photography." His poems and other multimedia work express how class, gender and race shaped his experience growing up in London's North Peckham estate. While the housing estate he grew up in stands out as a backdrop to his debut collection, he is frequently drawn to how a lack of access to safe and healthy infrastructural designs limits the quality of life for much of London's urban poor. This concern features strongly in his poetry. His work also shows how stereotypes are linked to continued race-based inequality and anti-Black violence in urban spaces. He has achieved many successes for his hard-hitting poetry and performances. He won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2015, and has been an invited speaker at high-profile events at the Tate Modern, the South Bank Centre, and TEDx. His unique performances, which combine different media content, challenge and extend the boundaries of this type of poetry in the time of the internet and social media.

The poems we'll be focusing on:
My father's son
A tale of modern Britain

Moniza Alvi

Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan but accompanied her family to England when she was barely a few months old. She first started seriously publishing poetry in 1991, after her work appeared in the collection Peacock Luggage (with Peter Daniels). Her first collection, The Country at My Shoulder was published in 1993. Alvi went on to produce eight more collections of poetry, the most recent of which Blackbird, Bye Bye was published in 2018. Her poetry is informed by her Pakistani ancestry and her interests in music, art, and culture. She frequently draws on the rich works of artists and musicians such as Joan Miro, Mozart and Marc Chagall, to shape her own writing. Famous poems she has written directly inspired by art and culture include, 'I would Like to Be a Dot in a Painting by Miro' from Split World (2008) and 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' from Souls (2002). She has won many prestigious poetry awards over the last two decades. She has been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize twice. She received the Poetry Business Prize in 1991, the Whitbread Poetry Award in 1993, and the Cholmondeley Award in 2002. As the titles of many of her poetry collections reveal, the themes of 'splitting', migration, nostalgia (a longing to return to a past time), and self-discovery, run through her work.

Image credit: Moniza Alvi, 2016, Poets & Players (CC BY 3.0)

The poems we'll be focusing on:
The Sari

The journey to finding yourself

Through their poetry, Moniza Alvi, Caleb Femi, and Mary Jean Chan share their experiences of growing up in Britain. While they each draw from different cultural heritages-Pakistani, Nigerian, and Chinese respectively-their poetry speaks of the variety of identities that make up the UK. They each skillfully present how difficult it is to think of belonging and identity in just one way.

The Sari by Moniza Alvia

Alvi's poem, ' The Sari' demonstrates the uncertainty of identity that has marked her own personal experience. Namely, growing up in a part of England, which "didn't seem very multi-cultural in the nineteen fifties and sixties". ( source)

In this poem, she fantasises about what it might have been like to be raised in Pakistan. Something that stands out is the contrast (juxtaposition) between the number of different people in the Pakistani context and the sole English grandmother who takes a telescope to gaze "across continents" (i.e. Europe and Asia). The distance between the two continents is showcased here as a difference of community. The sense of being surrounded by a community of close ones seems emphasised in the Pakistani context. However, this sense is challenged in the next stanza where a connection is established between Lahore, Hyderabad, "across the Arabian Sea," and seemingly also to Britain from where her English grandmother peers.

Image credit: Baljit Johal via Pexels.

The sari becomes a motif (reoccurring idea or symbol) of cross-cultural connection. Helped by its flowing and flexible shape, it becomes a metaphor for Alvi's ever-changing self which finds itself fluttering between different cultures.

Alvi seems to imply in the poem's final lines, that it's possible for your identity to be rooted in your body rather than any specific part of the world: "Your body is your country". Plus, it's the love and understanding of Alvi's family-her father, Grandmother etc -that allows her to think about herself both through her family and as an individual.

Caleb Femi's poetry

The themes of travel and belonging to multiple places at once that we encounter in 'The Sari' are repeated in Caleb Femi's poem, 'A Tale of Modern Britain', commissioned by Heathrow Airport. In a filmed version (see below), Femi performs the poem whilst video footage of people moving through the airport (arriving, departing, and greeting loved ones in intimate moments) plays. These actual journeys symbolised by travellers at the airport provide the substance of Femi's ideas about how the self is made and unmade by movement. Femi describes the emotional impact of travelling: "You arrive at the end of the horizon/ standing at the tarmac mouth of home/ lighter if you left it all behind - heavier if you brought it all with you".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_apMKa2c0

The video demonstrates how different multimedia (visuals, music etc) can interact to bring a poetry performance to life. Femi's poem also offers insightful commentary about the different identities that form "this marketplace of modern British culture." He even includes some amusing references to a few stereotypes associated with British identity: "We're not all about tea and crumpets - well some of us are."

Similar to how the sari becomes a physical object that allows new ways to imagine the self and belonging in Alvi's poem, the airport terminal performs the same function in Femi's performance. Femi asks listeners to "Imagine a terminal as a portal to a new version of yourself," showing how the airport becomes a place not just to mark physical journeys, but also a door to new worlds of the self.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alUNmjY_YfQ

The "runway tarmac of Heathrow airport" reappears in another poem about identity and familial belonging titled 'My Father's Son' (see video above). The room where Femi waited to get a phone call from his father, who had left Nigeria and flown to London, smells of the airport to Femi. He describes his father's voice as booming like the thunderstorms that disrupted playtime at school -- demonstrating the power of the voice in Femi's consciousness at a very young age.

At the end of the poem, Femi imagines seeing himself in puddles and associates his self as an offshoot of his father. Here Femi is formed in his father's image; or rather, he sees himself as giving shape to the power of his father's voice.

Mary Jean Chan's poetry

The theme of family also features in Mary Jean Chan's work, where she repeatedly imagines her selfhood and identity through her relationship with her parents, particularly her mother. In the poem 'Names', Chan talks about the difficulty of talking about her queer identity and gaining acceptance from family. The challenges of maintaining tense relationships is highlighted further in the poem entitled: ' The mother finds her own wild, lost beginnings deep within the body of her daughter'*. The title of the poem and much of its imagery implies that the relationship between the mother and daughter in the poem shape each other. Their relationship is not always ideal, and often messy and painful.

This poem is highly intertextual as it draws on the work of the theorist and academic Jacqueline Rose and the Chinese-American poet Chen Chen. Chan's poem is, in many ways, a response to a line from Chen Chen's poem ' Poplar Street': "Sometimes, parents and children become the most common of strangers. Eventually, a street appears where they can meet again." Through this line, and the motif of the street, Chan imagines the daughter in the poem reconnecting with her estranged parent through her "acumen for/ language." Her poem is similar to Femi's in thinking of the daughter as "born/ into the slip-/stream of your mother's unconscious." The image of the slipstream (a current of air behind a quickly moving object) helps to think about the mother as a person who has a lot of power to determine the kind of person the daughter will eventually become. The daughter benefits from the possibilities generated by the mother's personality and life, but at the same time, can be a stranger to the older generation's thinking and habits. In this context, the street, like the terminal in Femi's poem, and the sari in Alvi's, becomes a symbol of hope. Chan notes: "I wrote/ to find/ the street/ where we/ might meet/ again."

This brief analysis of these three poets' work highlights questions about how family relationships and intergenerational similarities and differences can take centre-stage in poetic form. The poets frequently use the imagery of travelling and streets to think about how the journey to understanding yourself is not an easy one. In their poems, they trace how it is frequently marked by difficulties, uncertainty, interruptions and pain, as much as by joy.

*This poem was published with the Academy of American Poets as part of the "Poem-a-Day" series.

C. S. Bhagya is a DPhil candidate in English at Merton College, University of Oxford. She has MA and MPhil degrees in English from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her doctoral dissertation is on "Tropes of Exception: Representations of the Emergency in Indian Writings in English." Her academic writing has appeared in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Oxford Research in English, Queen's Political Review, and the open educational resource hub Writers Make Worlds.

"The Sari is a poem all about a person's identity and the connection between 2 countries. As an Indian person, this poem really speaks to me because when I wear a sari, it's how I represent my country. This poem does a good job of portraying that message of pride within one's nationality. It gives inspiration to embrace your culture. I think this is a beautiful poem." - by Shreeya, Fitzalan High School
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The National Heart and Lung Institute, the British Heart Foundation's Centre of Research Excellence at Imperial College London offers the 4 th Annual "Science in Medicine School Teams Prize" to engage sixth form school students with science in medicine.
The aims are to encourage students to:

stretch beyond the school curriculum, think outside the bubble of traditional biomedical fields, and learn about the excitement of research.

consider how trends in science and engineering will impact on health and medicine in the future.

understand the importance of a multidisciplinary approach and teamwork to effective research and development for improvements in public and individual health.

forward think realistically by realising the importance of affordability, availability and acceptability in translating inventions towards a reduction in inequality-related poor health outcomes.

appreciate the importance of effective communication in rolling out scientific developments, with an emphasis on art and design.

Any educational organisation in the UK with sixth form students may participate and collaborations within the UK or between a UK organisation and an equivalent organisation outside the UK are welcome. This year there are five separate team contests. Schools can have one team, or be part of one collaborating team, in each contest and may need to conduct an internal selection process. Each team should have no more six members and should be made up of members with varied interests to demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach. Examples of possible student scientific interests include biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, maths, computing, data science, social science, and economics. Judges will be looking for communication skills and a team member(s) with art or design interests is recommended.

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Awards:

Prizes for each contest are £3000 - 1st, £2000 - 2nd and £1000 - 3rd and are intended for supporting science-related activities in the winning schools.

Shortlisted teams will be offered the opportunity for online mentoring session with an academic.

Prize-winners may be invited to submit blogs on their submissions.

All team members will receive personal certificates of participation.

Participation can help strengthen university or job applications and prepare for interviews.

The five contests are:

The British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Prize. This year submissions can focus on any topic relevant to cardiovascular health. Suggestions include interfaces with other systems (e.g. nervous, immune, respiratory, and endocrine systems), nutrition, the application of artificial intelligence, and telemedicine. This prize is supported by the Cardiovascular Theme of the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and the British Heart Foundation's Centre of Research Excellence at Imperial College London.

The Lung Prize. Submissions can focus on any aspect of the prevention or treatment of respiratory disease. This prize is supported by the National Heart and Lung Institute and the Respiratory Theme of the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research Centre.

The Scleroderma and Raynaud's UK Prize. Teams should provide a novel vision on how to promote the health and well-being of individuals with scleroderma. Possible topics to focus on include early diagnosis, disease monitoring, drug treatment and non-pharmacological measures. Teams may gain ideas from visiting the Scleroderma and Raynaud's UK website. This prize is supported by the Immunology Theme of the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and sponsored byScleroderma and Raynaud's UK.

The Vasculitis UK prize. The challenge is to provide a novel vision of how science can improve the health and wellbeing of patients with vasculitis. The focus can be on a particular subtype of vasculitis or on vasculitis in general. There is no fixed topic, but suggestions include: helping earlier diagnosis; providing effective disease monitoring; reducing infections and/or improve patient response to vaccines whilst on drugs that suppress the immune system. Teams should research the disease using reliable sources. Help understanding the patient's perspective can be gained by visiting Vasculitis UK. This prize is supported by the Immunology Theme of the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and sponsored by Vasculitis UK.

The Global Health Prize - Teams are invited to submit a vision of how health science and technology can protect the health of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and / or refugees in the weeks and months following a major natural or human-made disaster. Teams are advised to focus on a specific aspect of communicable or non-communicable disease relevant to the type of disaster chosen. Proposed solutions can be at the level of the individual or seek to address wider determinants (such as water, sanitation, and hygiene). Teams may benefit from viewing the websites of appropriate aid organisations for ideas. This prize is supported by the Imperial College School of Public Health.

Instructions:

Teams should submit an ePoster demonstrating an innovative idea(s), a striking ePoster design and original illustrations.

The poster should focus on a particular topic rather than the disease area in general.

Teams can choose whether to address a local, national, or global issue.

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Students should be less than 19 years old at the start of the school year (September 2023)

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The submitted version without the identification of the educational organisation will be scored by the short-listing panel.

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Submission deadline Monday 1st July, 5 pm. For any queries, please email school-teams-prize@imperial.ac.uk

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Are you in Year 12 or 13? Join us for a taste of what it's like to study Geology, Geophysics or Earth and Planetary Science at Imperial College London.

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We are running a series of free online maths Taster sessions. These will include Taster Lectures, and Popular Maths Talks.

Taster Lectures give you a taste of what a maths lecture at the University of Nottingham is really like, often based on content that we teach our first-year students. These are mainly suitable for Year 12/13 A level maths students.

Popular Maths Talks give you the opportunity to hear one of our university teachers talk about an exciting mathematical topic, and how it links to the maths we teach at Nottingham. This could range from how to use mathematics in the fight against Covid-19, to climate change predictions. These are still most suitable for Year 12/13 A level maths students. Younger pupils such as Year 10-11 GCSE maths students who are considering taking maths A level will also find them of interest.

These taster sessions will take place live using Teams Live Events, and will also be available later on demand. The sessions will last up to one hour and will typically include a maths talk and some interactive mathematical activities.

You can find out about our courses and there will be a Q&A session where you can ask about anything that has been covered. Some of our current maths students will be present for the Q&A sessions. They will answer your questions about the experience of studying maths at Nottingham.

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Taster lecture on Calculus

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To enjoy and understand this talk fully, students should have some basic familiarity with the notion of differentiation, and with the exponential and logarithmic functions (exp and log).

Popular maths talk

Using maths in the fight against Covid-19

Over the past year we have seen many predictions about how Covid-19 will affect us. Some of these theories have been based on pure speculation whilst others involve significant mathematical modelling. Are you curious about how these modelled predictions can be used? During this lecture you will discover some of the approaches that have been taken to model the pandemic.

You'll learn why our ability to mathematically model epidemics is so critical for today and for future generations. There will be plenty of opportunities to test your knowledge with several scenarios to think about too. You will also find out how you can learn more about mathematical modelling at the University of Nottingham as part of a maths degree.

Taster lecture on Probability

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Taster lecture on problem solving

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Taster lecture on Pure Mathematics

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Taster Sessions - The University of Nottingham

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Subject webinars

Our programme of upcoming subject-specific webinars aims to support students applying to any of the following subject areas:

Choosing your STEM Course – Thursday 29 April – 6-7pm

Applying to Veterinary Medicine – Wednesday 5 May - 6-7pm

Applying to Medicine – Thursday 6 May 6-7pm

Applying to Engineering – Thursday 13 May – 6-7pm

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Year 12 Subject Taster Sessions at University of Sheffield

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Our online taster sessions help Year 12 students experience what it is like to study at the University of Sheffield.

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The following taster sessions are aimed at any Year 12 pupils who have not yet submitted their UCAS form, and are therefore not holding any offers with the University of Sheffield. Any pupils who are offer holders and book onto a taster session will instead be invited to join us for our Virtual Applicant days from December to April.

Further information

If you have any questions about Taster days then email us directly at tasterdays@sheffield.ac.uk

UK universities, including the University of Sheffield, are currently responding to the global outbreak of coronavirus. Our top priority is always the wellbeing of those who make up our wider community across the globe, and that includes students looking to study at the University of Sheffield in the future.

In the event that there are more applications than there are available places, the Taster day team will assess all application forms and make decisions on the most suitable candidates based on predetermined scoring criteria.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Careers in Healthcare and Engineering: Exploring Medical Device Development (Oxbridge Yr 12 Taster Session). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Essay competition - medical and veterinary medicine students - have a look!

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The Prize

As a College, we aim to tackle the pressing issues of the twenty-first century, and we have designed this year’s questions to get to the heart of the most important issues affecting Medicine and Veterinary Medicine during this extraordinary time.

Students in Year 12 (S5 - Scotland, Y13 - N.I.) attending a UK state school are invited to choose one question from either Medicine and Veterinary and submit an essay of between 1,000-1,500 words by the 6th June 2022.

We will award one £100 first prize and two £50 second place prizes in both Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Both Medicine and Veterinary Medicine will also have an unlimited number of highly commended prizes available.

Questions

Select only one question and answer from either a medical perspective or a veterinary perspective, or a perspective that considers both:

1. Assess how successfully the government has mitigated the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the profession and the sector.

2. There is a strong ecological case for becoming a vegan. Consider the implications if everyone did.

3. ‘Diet plays a far greater role in determining health than we like to admit. Practitioners should be far more honest about this, and far less concerned about causing offence.’ Discuss. If discussing from a veterinary perspective, consider within your answer the recent increase in popularity of raw meat-based diets (RMBDs).

4. Should people who refuse vaccination for themselves/their pets be denied treatment for any associated illnesses they develop?

5. ‘The fact that we can prolong life does not mean that we always should.’  Discuss.

6. Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality. How should we reduce our dependence upon antibiotics?

How to Enter

Read our guidance document for full details on the Cottrell Essay Prize 2022

All completed entries must be received no later than 9am on Monday 6th June 2022. Your entry must be verified by your teacher by 9am on Monday 13th June 2022.

Once you are ready to submit your entry, you can do so using the link below. Please ensure you have fully read and understood our guidance document before writing and submitting your essay.

Submit your essay

Support Sessions

This year, we are running a programme of support sessions to provide guidance to students entering the Cottrell Essay Prize. These sessions will offer you the opportunity to develop your essay-writing skills and gain an insight into university-level study. The live sessions have now taken place, but recordings and slides for each session can be found in the dropdown boxes below.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with our Outreach & Admissions Team at outreach@lucy.cam.ac.uk.

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Year 12 Enhanced Open Day Webinar

Wednesday 1st July

The Enhanced Open Day Webinar is a brilliant opportunity for Year 12 students in the UK who are interested in applying to study at the University of Cambridge. The webinar involves a variety of sessions that will help students prepare for the application process including: an admissions overview, personal statement workshop, and interview advice. The webinar will be ran by members of the admissions team and current undergraduate students, who will provide advice and answer questions.

Timetable

10:00am - Welcome and Downing History

10:10am - Downing Virtual Tour

10:30am - Cambridge Admissions Overview

11:10am - Break

11:20am - Student Life Talk

11:40am - Student Finance and Budgeting

12:00pm - Lunch Break

1:00pm - Personal Statement Workshop

1:45pm - Break

1:55pm - Interview Advice

2:40pm - Q&A

3:00pm - Finish

The webinar is not subject focused and will provide general advice for applying to the University of Cambridge. It is advised that Year 12s interested in applying to Cambridge attend one of our subject admissions webinars, if their subject is available, for subject specific advice. As well as speaking to the department.

Register your interest for the webinar here.

How to apply

To apply for this event you must be:

A current year 12 student in the UK

Be able to achieve The University of Cambridge entrance requirements.

Students who meet any of the below criteria will be prioritised:

No parental history of higher education

Current state school student

Currently or previously living under local authority care

Eligible for Free School Meals (currently, or in the previous six years)

IMD deciles 1-3

School/college progression rates to higher education

Disability/extenuating circumstances which has affected study

Ethnicity: BME students

Young carer

POLAR 4 classification 1 or 2

You can also sign up to other University of Cambridge colleges events being put on for year 12.

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The Enhanced Open Day Webinar is a brilliant opportunity for Year 12 students in the UK who are interested in applying to study at the University of Cambridge. The webinar involves a variety of sessions that will help students prepare for the application process including: an admissions overview, personal statement workshop, and interview advice.

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At UCAS/Discovery you can explore all kinds of possibilities. Get stuck in and open your mind to a world of opportunities.

This is an unmissable chance for you to explore your options and decide your future.

Join us live between 10:00 and 18:00 (UK time) to:

explore over 100 UK universities

get inspiration and explore different career opportunities

understand if an apprenticeship is right for you

take part in live sessions and get your questions answered by the experts

get practical help on personal statements, accommodation, student loans, and more

hear from real students

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'Taking control of your future' with Dr Alex George

Hear how Dr Alex's life decisions and challenges led him to Love Island, the frontline, and now Number 10 Downing Street.

Whatever you're thinking, Dr Alex will be joining us live to help you break it down by reflecting on his life decisions, how he overcame the challenges he faced, and why it's so important to look after yourself along the way, wherever life takes you next.

Listen in, ask questions live, and start to take control of your future.

'What I wish I knew when choosing my uni' with YouTuber and Oxford Uni student, Eve Bennett

From A levels to the University of Oxford, an internship in Berlin, and now aspiring journalist. Eve will be reflecting on the decisions she made after school and college - the highs, the lows, and how they have led her to today. But most importantly, what advice she would give her younger self if she was to do it all again. A tell-all session and must-see for those of you about to embark on your journey to university.

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University of Suffolk - Applying to Uni Webinars

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Join us to find out more about how to apply and prepare for university with our live Applying to University sessions. Our Preparing for Uni sessions will go through everything you need to know about preparing to start at university this year. If you haven't applied for your course yet, it's not to late. Join us for Making your Application and Clearing 2021 to learn how you can still apply for your university course and get answers to all of your questions from University of Suffolk staff. We'll also be running sessions for International Applicants looking to study in the UK hosted by the experts in our international team. Mature students (over 21) can find out how to make the most of their university experience in our Studying as a Mature Student session. All of our sessions are live and start at 5pm. More information on all of the sessions can be found below and you can register by clicking here

Contact schools@uos.ac.uk with any questions or for further information.

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Join us to find out more about how to apply and prepare for university with our live Applying to University sessions. Our Preparing for Uni sessions will go through everything you need to know about preparing to start at university this year. If you haven’t applied for your course yet, it’s not to l…

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Range of talks, seminars and open days. Sign up and include your subject to get regular updates, includes medicine and midwifery.

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These are the types of reply you can make.

Firm acceptance - this is your first choice.

If it's an unconditional offer, the place is yours! So that course provider will expect you as their student.

Or if it's conditional, the place is yours if you meet the offer conditions. So just in case you don't, you can pick a second offer as a backup - your insurance acceptance.

Insurance acceptance - the back-up choice to a conditional firm acceptance.

If you're choosing an insurance, go for something with lower offer conditions - make sure it's somewhere you'd still be happy to go to though.

That way, if your results are lower than expected, you might still meet the conditions at your insurance choice; then you'd have your place confirmed there.

Remember, you'll only attend your insurance choice course if you don't meet the conditions of your firm choice, but you do meet the conditions of your insurance. You can't choose between your firm and insurance when you get your results, so make sure you're happy with which is your firm and which is your insurance before you reply.

Decline - you'll need to decline any other offers you get.

However, if you decide you don't want to accept any of the offers, you can decline them all and add more courses in our Extra service. Alternatively, you can see what courses still have vacancies later on in our Clearing service.

You can only accept one firm choice and one insurance choice (if you choose to have one). You must decline all other offers.

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Once you've had decisions from all the unis and colleges you applied to, you'll need to respond to those that made you offers using Track. Read on for info on what to do.

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Find out all you need to know before embarking on your journey into higher education. Gain vital advice with your application, make sure you have the knowledge you need to choose the most suitable courses and see which university or college will suit you best.

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Pearson College London is a boutique institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, degree apprenticeships and short courses which are "designed, developed, delivered by industry."

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Tour around the University using 360 technology. Also opportunities for talks and seminars.

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Explore interactive content and experience our University wherever you are.

There is so much for you to discover at Manchester and we've created a host of virtual content that allows you to explore the University at a time, place and pace that suits you.

As our on-campus events remain paused due to COVID-19, this is the best way for you to enjoy all that Manchester has to offer until we can safely meet in person.

Self-guided tours

Visit UoM app

The University of Manchester app gives you the chance to take a self-guided tour of campus. In addition to the tour, you'll find student profiles and course information.

Download the app on the App Store or Google Play.

Talks, events and resources

What's your area of interest? Choose from the below categories.

Undergraduate Postgraduate International Schools

Join our next undergraduate virtual open day

Register your interest and be the first to find out more about the event, including when the booking form opens.

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Introducing Oxbridge: Webinar for Prospective Students

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Join London's campus-based Russell Group university with a difference. See below for ways you can get in touch or join events and activities designed for you.

There is still time to apply for September 2021, but we understand that you may need more information about the application process and our Russell Group learning community.

Our events and activities below include an On-Demand Open Day.

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The University of Suffolk is offering a special practical virtual Architecture taster session on 4 May from 11.00am-12.30pm. Students will be able to access the session from home or if circumstances permit in a classroom group setting.

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Light and Experience: The hidden materials of the architectural process. Architecture virtual taster session.

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The University of Suffolk is offering a special virtual Architecture taster session on the 4th of May at 11.00 until 12.30. Architecture is one of the most complex and beautiful design disciplines, yet when we look at the finished building, we often see only an arrangement of bricks, mortar, and glass.

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Explore the University of Sheffield's facilities, meet our students and learn more about the university through our interactive Virtual Tour.

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Chat to a student at Sheffield University about any issues: transition, applying for university, student life, accommodation and so on...

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We're hosting regular Sheffield Live sessions to help you choose your course, make the transition to university and discover more about Sheffield.

We're hosting regular live sessions throughout the week to help you make the transition to university and discover more about Sheffield. You'll get an insight into career opportunities, study skills and support. Our team will be on hand at each session to answer your questions.

Our library

Alison Little, Associate Director of Learning Strategy and Student Engagement at the University Library will share information about the various support and spaces available to students through our world class library service.

Recent graduates of the University will also join the session to share how they used the library services during their studies and how they benefited from the study support offered through the library.

Virtual campus tour with live Q&A

Wednesday 14 April, 6pm-7pm

Have you ever visited our campus? Let us show you our campus and some of the places that will form part of your university experience.
Join a Campus tour

You can also access this content on demand and ask our team any questions.
Join a Sheffield Live session
Have you applied for an undergraduate course at Sheffield and want to find out more?

We're offering you the chance to book a 15-minute chat with a recent graduate to discuss all things student life, accommodation or living in Sheffield.

Available exclusively for UK based applicants, see below to book. All sessions are recorded for safeguarding purposes.

Ben studied for an MSc degree in Human and Molecular Genetics.

Ben is happy to help with any questions you have about student life, accommodation, the transition to university, and living in Sheffield.
Book a chat with Ben
Ellie graduated in July 2020 with an MEng in Chemical Engineering.

You can ask Ellie anything about attending University, UCAS applications, or Student Life in general!
Book a chat with Ellie

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Sheffield Live: discover the University of Sheffield

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We're hosting regular Sheffield Live sessions to help you choose your course, make the transition to university and discover more about Sheffield. We're hosting regular live sessions throughout the week to help you make the transition to university and discover more about Sheffield. You'll get an insight into career opportunities, study skills and support.

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King's College - Pre-university online summer school

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Birmingham Uni - National Access Courses

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Benefits of taking part in the National Access Summer School

If you successfully complete the programme and apply to the University of Birmingham, you will:

Receive a Pathways to Birmingham offer which is typically a reduction of up to two A level grades (e.g. BBB rather than AAB)*

Be guaranteed interviews for Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Pharmacy

Be eligible for financial support

By participating in the National Access Summer School, you will also benefit from:

First-hand experience of academic learning at a research-led institution

Experience of living in university accommodation and socialising with like-minded students

Support from current undergraduates via e-mentoring

Support with the decision-making process

An invitation to attend an enhanced induction day before the start of the academic year (Kick-Off Day)

Becoming a Birmingham Scholar when you start your degree

The National Access Summer School is suitable for Year 12 students who have a strong commitment to study at the University of Birmingham and who are studying relevant qualifications for accessing degree programmes here. You must meet the Pathways to Birmingham criteria.

In addition to this, you must have achieved the minimum academic requirements for the university; please check the University of Birmingham course pages for more information. There are separate academic criteria for Medicine and Dentistry applicants.

Due to the competitive nature of this programme, applications will be selected based on the socio-economic criteria listed for the Pathways to Birmingham programmes, and potentially on academic grades in line with our entry requirements.

If you are a Realising Opportunities student hosted by a university other than Birmingham, you may apply for the summer school if your home postcode is in a POLAR 4 Quintile 1 area.

Are you a teacher or adviser supporting a NASS applicant?

NASS applicants must be studying at one of our partner institutions and have a nominated teacher to support their application. Read our Pathways to Birmingham (P2B) coordinators guidance for more information.

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Explore a range of topics from Kissinger's foreign policy to violence in Colonial Kenya from Durham University.

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Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for Doctoral Training

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Low Carbon Energy

Friday 26th March, 10am

Saturday 27th March, 10am

Learn more about the many different forms of low carbon energy, including wind turbines, solar panels, nuclear power and hydropower plants.

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Cambridge Festival 2021 - Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for Doctoral Training

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Lecture: 4pm 22nd April by Prof Tom Welton OBE

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Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions

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If you're interested in food, nutrition or food writing, the British Library is running talks:

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Food Season is back with a mouth-watering menu of digital events inspired by the cookbooks, recipes and culinary stories in our collection. Founded and curated by food historian and British Library curator Polly Russell with award-winning food writer Angela Clutton as Guest Director, the season features an array of chefs, historians and food writers for a series of live conversations that you can tune into wherever you are.

Speakers include Madhur Jaffrey, Raymond Blanc, Calum Franklin, Tom Kerridge, Ruby Tandoh and we'll be covering topics from manuscript cookery sources, food and machismo, the cheese history of the UK, Caribbean cooking and restaurant criticism. See below for the full menu of events.

Food Season is generously supported by KitchenAid, and this year we're teaming up with them to give you the chance to win a stylish set of KitchenAid cordless appliances, a virtual cooking class with Chefs for Foodies and a signed copy of Calum Franklin's book The Pie Room. Find out more and enter the competition.
Food Season supported by: The British Library is a charity. Your support helps us open up a world of knowledge and inspiration for everyone. Donate today.

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Food Season is back with a mouth-watering menu of digital events inspired by the cookbooks, recipes and culinary stories in our collection. Founded and curated by food historian and British Library curator Polly Russell with award-winning food writer Angela Clutton as Guest Director, the season features an array of chefs, historians and food writers for a series of live conversations that you can tune into wherever you are.

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Introducing Oxbridge: Webinar for Prospective Students

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University of Cambridge Undergraduate Prospectus 2022

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The University of Suffolk’s ‘Making a Difference: Health and Social Sciences Conference’ will take place virtually on Wednesday 26 May 2021, 10.00am – 2.30pm.

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Do you want to learn more about people and their behaviour? Would you like to have a career helping people? Have you ever wondered how you could make a difference in the world?

Our virtual Making a Difference: Health and Social Sciences Conference will take place on 26th May 2021, 10.00 - 14.20 will give you the chance to find out what it would be like to study and work in a whole range of people-related areas.

You could choose to explore how psychologists, sociologists and criminologists try to explain why people behave the way they do. Or you could learn what it's really like to care for people in an ambulance or on a hospital ward, or learn how children's early experiences shape their adult lives.

During the day, you will experience taster sessions in your chosen subjects, and hear from our staff and students about studying at the University of Suffolk.

Taster sessions will take place in the following subjects:

Adult Nursing
Children's Nursing
Mental Health Nursing
Diagnostic Radiography
Therapeutic Radiography
Midwifery
Paramedic Science
Childhood
Psychology
Sociology
Criminology
Social Work

The programme for the day is as follows*:

10.00-10.15 Welcome

10.15-11.00 Academic Session 1 - attend an interactive taster in your preferred subject (please make your choice on the booking form)

11.00-11.10 Break

11.10-11.55 Academic Session 2

11.55-12.20 Lunch Break

12.20-13.00 Student Panel - hear from some of our current health and social sciences students about study and student life at Suffolk, with a chance to ask questions

13.00-13.30 Health Interviews - one of our admissions tutors will share advice on how to prepare for and make the most of your interview

13.30-13.40 Break

13.40-14.10 NHS: Values and a Day in the Life - a practising nurse will explain the importance of NHS Values and talk you through a day working for the NHS

14.10-14.15 Goodbye

*programme may be subject to change

If you are a teacher wishing to make a booking on behalf of a school group, please note that we do require each student to complete the form individually for GDPR purposes and in order to select their preferred sessions.

Please use the form below to book your place and contact schools@uos.ac.uk with any questions.

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Webinar run by the University of Sussex - 30th March - 4-4.30

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student finance iag webinar: tuesday 30th march

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Student Finance IAG Webinar: Tuesday 30th March, 4 - 4.30pm

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Eventbrite - University of Sussex WP presents Student Finance IAG Webinar: Tuesday 30th March, 4 - 4.30pm - Tuesday, 30 March 2021 - Find event and registration information.

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Future Students Hub from Queen Mary's London

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Wide range of resources to support you with university applications and considerations.

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Join London's campus-based Russell Group university with a difference. See below for ways you can get in touch or join events and activities designed for you.

There is still time to apply for September 2021, but we understand that you may need more information about the application process and our Russell Group learning community.

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St Catharine's College, Cambridge Webinars

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A range of webinars to help you get ahead with your application.

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Overview

St Catharine's College is collaborating with Brasenose College (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of free webinars in 2021 for Year 12 (or equivalent e.g. S5) students at state schools in the UK.

Kathryn Singleton and Joe Organ (Schools Liaison Officers at the two Colleges) will be delivering sessions with Oxbridge academics and students to:

Introduce life and learning at Oxbridge

Dispel common myths about the two universities and address prospective students' concerns

Give in-depth guidance on the Oxbridge application process

Provide strategies for looking after mental wellbeing

Give insights into studying subject(s) of interest at university

Provide information on and opportunities for subject exploration outside of the curriculum, including taster lectures and Q&As

Registration

The registration links for webinars for which booking has opened can be found in the programme below. Students from our outreach 'Link Areas' will have priority, however, we anticipate most of the webinars will have plenty of spaces for students from across the UK. The St Catharine's and Brasenose Link Areas are:

North Yorkshire (Catz and Brasenose)

Suffolk (Catz)

Rutland (Catz)

East Berkshire (Brasenose)

Webinar Programme
Introducing Oxbridge | Jan 30th 2021 | Recording available here
We'd recommend watching this recording before joining later events as the webinar: introduces Oxbridge and the College system; breaks down myths about Oxbridge; gives an overview of the application process; and introduces the kinds of things you can start to do in Year 12 to prepare for a strong university application in Year 13.
Subject Exploration | March 26th 2021, 6-7pm | Register here
We hear of super-curricular research all the time - and that it can help students gain a fascination for a subject and bolster university applications. But what exactly is a super-curricular activity and how is it done? Find out more in this session which covers where to find inspiration at home, at school, and, once pandemic restrictions are loosened, at museums, art galleries and elsewhere. We will also cover thinking critically and building up intellectual ideas and arguments.

Registration for students outside of the two Colleges' outreach Link Areas will open on Mon 15th March.
Taster Lecture Series | April 2021 | Registration to open shortly
Building on from the subject exploration session, we will run a series of lectures (with Q+As) delivered by Oxbridge academics - aimed at sparking and maturing academic interests and intellectual curiosity.

There will be regular evening sessions across Arts, Social Science, Life Science, and Physical Science subjects. Students may be asked to conduct some preliminary research or do some reading (lightweight and unassessed - just to provide background knowledge and help instil curiosity) beforehand. This page will be updated with more information soon.
Transitioning to University | April 21st 2021, 6-7pm | Registration to open shortly
Mary Simuyandi, the College's experienced Welfare Officer, will lead a session on mental health coping strategies, balancing academic workloads, and making post-18 decisions during turbulent times. We will be joined by current Oxbridge students who will be speaking about their experiences of studying A-Levels and applying to university during the pandemic.
Personal Statements Sessions | May 2021 | Registration to open shortly How do you build up a personal statement? What does a typical Oxbridge personal statement look like?
We will run a session looking in depth at a real recent examples of personal statements - critically evaluating them and then asking attendees to discuss ideas for their own draft paragraphs. Current Oxbridge students will reflect on and provide insights from their own personal statement writing experience.
Admissions Q&A Sessions | June 2021 | Registration to open closer to the time
Two admissions sessions (one for Arts/Humanities and one for Sciences) will give prospective students the opportunity to ask questions directly to Admissions Tutors on any aspects of the Oxbridge admissions process. Advice will be given on how prospective applicants can prepare over the summer, before the mid-October Oxbridge application deadline.
Open Days | June - September 2021 | Registration to open closer to the time
Throughout this period, we encourage Year 12-13s to take part in the huge variety of events offered by Oxford and Cambridge, whether in person or online. These large-scale events are an excellent way for applicants to engage with current students, tutors and staff from across the colleges and departments at both universities.
Interview Workshops | October - November 2021
We will run a series of interview workshops for Year 13s applying to Oxford or Cambridge - providing authentic insights into the interviewing process. Using current students to help us, we will run subject specific interview topic discussions to help reassure applicants. We anticipate that these webinars will be filled by students from the St Catharine's and Brasenose outreach link area schools (see the 'Registration' section above). However, if spaces become available, we will open registration for non-link-area students and allocate places based on Widening Participation criteria.

Webinar logistics

The majority of our sessions will take place using Zoom's webinar function. You will receive an email from Zoom once your place on a webinar has been confirmed. This email will include the link for the session. Just before the session is due to take place, you will need to click the link in the email to join the webinar.

Your camera and audio will be disabled during the session but the Q&A feature will allow you to type any questions you have. These questions can be anonymous if you prefer. We will answer the majority of questions aloud but some answers will also be typed by the panel.

If you have concerns about having access to the internet, please be reassured that the majority of these sessions will be recorded. Links will be uploaded to this webpage in due course.

Our events are not due to be live-captioned. However, if you need a BSL interpreter in order to take part, please email Kathryn Singleton at s lo@caths.cam.ac.uk at least 5 working days before an event. St Catharine's will then provide an interpreter (free of charge).

Contact

If you have any questions about this event, please email:

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in which to learn and find yourself

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Here you will find information about events & opportunities organised across the University of Cambridge - by us at Emmanuel, partner organisations, the University, and by other Cambridge colleges.

Events Organised by Us!

Events Organised by other Cambridge Colleges & Faculties
Downing College: Taster Series, Year 11 & 12
On Wednesday afternoons throughout May, June, July and August the admissions team at Downing College will be running subject based admissions webinars for students interested in studying at the University of Cambridge. These will include an overview of the Cambridge undergraduate admissions process from a member of Downing College admissions staff, a summary of the course from the Director of Studies and an introduction to student life from a current undergraduate student. Find out more here: Subject Admissions Webinars | Downing College Cambridge
St Catharine's College: Oxbridge Webinar Series, Year 10-11
St Catharine's College is collaborating with Brasenose College (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of free webinars in March - July/August 2021 for Year 10 and 11 students (or S3 and S4 students in Scotland) at state schools in the UK. The sessions will:

Introduce key ideas about Higher Education and making post-16 decisions

Offer advice on how to research university and course options

Provide information on the finances involved in attending university, addressing school students' concerns honestly and openly

Outline life and learning at Cambridge and Oxford, breaking down some common myths

Provide strategies for looking after mental wellbeing

Offer advice for making strong post-16 subject choices

Find out more & register here: Oxbridge Webinar Series: Year 10 & 11 | St Catharine's College, Cambridge

St Catharine's College: Oxbridge Webinar Series, Year 12-13
St Catharine's College is collaborating with Brasenose College (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of free webinars in January - November 2021 for Year 12 (or equivalent e.g. S5) students at state schools in the UK. The sessions will:

Introduce life and learning at Oxbridge

Dispel common myths about the two universities and address prospective students' concerns

Give in-depth guidance on the Oxbridge application process

Provide strategies for looking after mental wellbeing

Give insights into studying subject(s) of interest at university

Provide information on and opportunities for subject exploration outside of the curriculum, including taster lectures and Q&As

Find out more & register here: Oxbridge Webinar Series: Year 12 | St Catharine's College, Cambridge

Trinity College: Litmus Creative Writing Project, Year 9-11

The Litmus Creative Writing Project 2021, in collaboration with renowned author Ali Smith, is an opportunity for year 9-11 students currently attending a state school (or on a full scholarship to a fee-paying school) to submit a short piece of writing of under 500 words in poetry, prose or any other format (including artwork) based around a theme for publication. There will also be free creative writing workshops in the last two weeks of February during which students at participating schools will have the opportunity to try new things, learn techniques and gain confidence. For more info have a look here: The Litmus School Writing Project - Trinity College (cam.ac.uk)

Robinson College: New Directions Composition Competition, Under 18s

The New Directions competition is an opportunity for budding musicians to try their hand at composing a piece of music, and consider its role in bringing communication and creativity to life. The competition is open to anyone below the age of 18 and compositions can be from any style or genre: a song, an instrumental work, a piece on Logic - the more inventive, the better! Winning entrants for each age category will receive £50, and have the chance to attend a Music masterclass hosted by expert musicians at Robinson College, University of Cambridge (dates dependent on COVID guidelines). Further details and the competition brief can be found on the Robinson College Music Society website: https://robinsoncollegemusicsociety.co.uk/outreachprojects/. The submission deadline is 19th March 2021.
Downing College: Year 9 Taster Webinar
Downing College invites Year 9 students across the UK to take part in a webinar to help them think about their future. Students attending the webinar will have the opportunity to find out about the University of Cambridge and explore what opportunities are available for them in the next few years. The aim of the webinar is to encourage students to think about higher education and what they can do now to support their future. Apply by Tuesday 23rd March; event Wednesday 24th March. More info here: https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/outreach/year-9-university-taster-webinar
Cambridge Festival: Black Mathemiticians at Cambridge
What does a mathematician do? What does a typical mathematician look like? If the first image that pops into your mind is a white man with wild hair, beavering away at scribbling formulae and quite oblivious of the real world, be prepared to change this image radically. When asked about famous Cambridge mathematicians, everybody can mention Newton and Steven Hawking, perhaps Ramanujan, but what about James Ezeilo, Abdus Salam, Kate Okikiolu, Chike Obi, Caucher Birkar? There many others, and we invite you to join us in listening to past Black graduates from Mathematics in Cambridge in conversation, talking about their careers in areas you may not expect, and how their work has influenced governments, shaped future leaders, created wealth, and made a real difference to the world. Hidden Figures in Cambridge Mathematics | Cambridge Festival
Jesus College: Essay Competition Y12 & 13
Jesus College's annual essay competition, the Lord Toulson essay prize in Law, is now accepting entries. The 2021 topic is '"The government should take control of unoccupied homes and allocate them to the homeless." Discuss.' Please note; the citation of English case law is neither required nor expected. This is a reflective, philosophical exercise, not a research project. The word limit is strictly1,500 words in length. Footnotes should be kept to an absolute minumum.The deadline for entries is Friday 30 April 2021. For more info see: Essay prizes | Jesus College in the University of Cambridge

BAME Student Life webinar: Robinson College
Saturday 20 March, 1-2pm
Sign up here: https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0OqyvlGAzwbUs7Q
A webinar panel of current and recently-graduated BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) students will discuss their experiences of student life at the University and at Robinson College. The session will explore both general student life, as well as experiences specific to students from BAME backgrounds, with discussion chaired by the current Robinson Students' Association BME Officer. A member of the Admissions Team will be present to answer any admissions queries. The session is open to all years, but will be most relevant to Year 11 and Year 12 students. Find

Robinson Access Programme (RAP)
Deadline for registration: 1 April
Sign up here: https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d70QsBRjHH2BL1QThe Robinson Access Programme is designed to encourage and support students to apply to highly-selective universities. RAP is a free online programme that consists of monthly sessions for Year 11 students, intended to continue into Year 12. Sessions will introduce students to what university is, how it works, and what it's like to be a student, alongside content designed to develop independent study skills. Find out more here: Robinson Access Programme (RAP) | Robinson College (cam.ac.uk)

Women in Science Festival
Monday 19 April - Thursday 22 April
Sign up here: https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_37VBiok9MpiOOdERobinson College's annual Women in Science Festival will take place online for the first time this year, open to both Year 11 and Year 12 (or equivalent) female students at UK schools. Various sessions will take place live afterschool or as pre-recorded releases each day, with content including subject taster lectures across various scientific fields, information on the application and admissions process to the University, an opportunity to hear about student life as science student. There is also a chance to develop your science communication skills by taking part in our science poster competition. Find out more here: Women in Science Festival | Robinson College (cam.ac.uk)

Events Organised by Other Organisations
Cambridge Language Collective
Cambridge Language Collective Writing Competition is an opportunity for students to explore language - via essay, video or creative writing! You can work in groups or individually; if you're looking for some inspiration, these recommended texts may be helpful (but don't have to be used). You can also look on the Cambridge Language Collective blog for inspiration! Deadline Friday 9th April, 5pm.

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A friendly and healthy environmentin which to learn and find yourself Rachel, 3rd Year Here you will find information about events & opportunities organised across the University of Cambridge - by us at Emmanuel, partner organisations, the University, and by other Cambridge colleges.

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These packs are produced by Durham to help students with the transition to university. Things like what to expect and what to take with you are all included.

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At UCAS/Discovery you can explore all kinds of possibilities. Get stuck in and open your mind to a world of opportunities.

If you’re from the South East of England this is an unmissable chance for you to explore your options and decide your future.

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At UCAS/Discovery you can explore all kinds of possibilities. Get stuck in and open your mind to a world of opportunities.

We're available on-demand until 4 June.

Although the live event is over, you can still sign up to:

watch seminars on student essentials, including subject-specific sessions, applying to uni, and student finance

pick up prospectuses and check out over 100 UK universities

get inspiration and explore different career opportunities

understand if an apprenticeship is right for you

contact course experts

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Find out about what Durham University can offer from our courses, student experience and career pathways.

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Covid and the Life Sciences with University of Bristol

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biological sciences: what makes insects so successful? - bristol

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Free advice and guidance from the Sussex careers guidance programme

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Join us to discover all aspects of our award-winning early years degree and diploma

We know that attending an open day is a significant part of your decision to study at Norland. Whilst we are unable to welcome you to our campus at this time, we are delighted to invite you to join our open morning on Saturday 8 May, 10am-12pm via Zoom.

During this two-hour session, principal Dr Janet Rose and vice principal Mandy Donaldson will provide a comprehensive live tour of Norland, giving you the chance to explore our campus and see where our TEF Gold-rated degree and integrated diploma training takes place.

The second half of the morning will feature a live Q&A session, where you'll have an opportunity to meet our friendly team and ask students and staff those all-important questions about studying at Norland. So whether you have a question about admissions, fees and funding, student support or advice on how to settle in, your questions will be answered during this insightful session.

We very much look forward to seeing you there!

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Run by UK Uni Search on a variety of useful topics!

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We're pleased to announce we'll be bringing Webinar Wednesdays back in March so you can find out all you need to know about your post-18 options from the comfort of home!

We're running three free webinars with universities and apprenticeship providers from across the UK, each webinar will be followed by a Q&A session so you can get answers to all of your questions.

You can register for the webinar you're interested in simply by clicking on the webinar title below. All webinars will be recorded and available to stream on our YouTube account.

You can also see a full list of different university webinars on Universityfinder.org.uk

Choosing Your Next Steps - Originally Aired: Wednesday 3 March 12:00 - Available on Demand

The Choosing Your Next Steps webinar will explore how you can choose your next steps after school or college, considering the university and apprenticeship opportunities available. The webinar will be split into 4 sections, followed by a live Q&A session.

1. Types of University (Russell Group, Red Brick, Modern and Specialists) - Presented by The Northern School of Art

2. Choosing a University Course - Presented by the University of East Anglia

3. Location, Location (including Studying Abroad) - Presented by ESCP Business School

4. Exploring Apprenticeships - Presented by Education Development Trust

You can stream the recorded webinar here.
Applying to University (UCAS Personal Statement) - Originally Aired: Wednesday 10 March 12:00 - Available on Demand

Discover how you can make your personal statement stand out from the crowd at the Applying to University webinar led by experts from St Mary's University Twickenham. The webinar focuses on how you can craft the perfect statement, covering structure, academic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and work experience. The webinar will be followed by a live Q&A session with university admissions experts.
You can stream the recorded webinar here.
Applying to Creative Courses (Portfolio Advice) - Wednesday 24 March 12:00

If you're considering studying art or design at university make sure you don't miss the Applying to Creative Courses webinar delivered by the University for the Creative Arts. Find out how you can showcase your talents in your portfolio, which you'll need to submit as part of your university application. The webinar will be followed by a live Q&A session with university admissions experts.
All webinars will be recorded and available to stream on our YouTube account. If you have registered for the webinar you will receive an email linking you to the video once it's uploaded.

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Join us for a new UK University & Apprenticeship Search Virtual Fair on Wednesday 17th March 2021, taking place from 12:00 to 18:00 (GMT/UTC). Following the success of our virtual event in January 2021, we are bringing our highly interactive fair back for even more students to experience, with over 100 universities, colleges and apprenticeship providers joining us.

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Webinars to sign up for that introduce studying in Scotland

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We know that your next step in education is a big one. UK University Search will enable you to find your perfect university course. By following our simple step-by-step search tool you'll be able to easily find which courses suit you best and compare them. You'll also be able to find your UCAS tariff points, book a visit using our open days calendar and read vital blogs covering a whole range of topics including finance, clearing and the UCAS application process. You can also explore all of the UK's universities and colleges courses using our directory. The site also enables you to apply for hundreds of apprenticeships run by the UK's most prestigious companies.

In addition to this we host a number of large scale university and apprenticeship fairs across the country. We have welcomed thousands of students to our events, and host them at some of the UK's most iconic stadiums, including the Emirates Stadium, Old Trafford, Anfield, St James' Park, Elland Road and many others.

2020 Fairs

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Southampton Science and Engineering Festival

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Southampton Science and Engineering Festival | SOTSEF - Timetable

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5 - 14 March 2021 | SOTSEF Goes Digital: free online events and interactive activities to discover the amazing at Southampton Science and Engineering Festival.

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Interesting Law writing opportunity.

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Jesus College currently offers one annual essay prize to potential students.

The Lord Toulson Essay Prize in Law

This annual essay prize is awarded to a secondary school student who shows an outstanding understanding of, and ability in, law.

The Lord Toulson Essay Prize in Law, in honour of the late Lord Roger Toulson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, is sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills. It is intended to give students a chance to engage with important legal debates and to explore the kind of issues that they would be exposed to in a Cambridge law degree. Each candidate is assessed on their ability to think critically about the question and on the quality and originality of the argument made.

The prize is open to students worldwide who are in their final or penultimate year of school. The next prize will be awarded at a ceremony hosted by Jesus College in summer 2021.

Prizes

First Prize: £300

Second Prize: £200

Third Prize: £100

These prizes can be shared, at the discretion of the Law Fellows.

Up to ten candidates may also receive an Honourable Mention certificate and be invited to the prize ceremony at Jesus College.

Topic

The 2021 topic is '"The government should take control of unoccupied homes and allocate them to the homeless." Discuss.'

Please note; the citation of English case law is neither required nor expected. This is a reflective, philosophical exercise, not a research project. The word limit is strictly1,500 words in length. Footnotes should be kept to an absolute minumum.

Candidates may discuss the subject matter of the essay with other students and teachers at their school; however, the formulation of the argument and the writing of the essay must be the work of the student alone.

Submission

Entries should be sent via email to law@jesus.cam.ac.uk and should include the completed cover page as a single document. Please name the file with "TEP2021 [Surname_FirstName]".

The deadline for entries is Friday 30 April 2021. Late entries will not be considered.

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Woolf Information And Questions 2021
In 1928, Virginia Woolf addressed the Newnham Arts Society on the Subject of 'Women and Fiction', and from this talk emerged her seminal text, A Room of One's Own. Newnham is very proud of its place in the history of women's education, and we are delighted in the continuation of the Woolf Essay Prize. A Room of One's Own raises a number of questions surrounding the place of women in society and culture, and the competition allows students to contemplate these themes and ideas while developing the independent research and writing skills essential to university-level study.

This prize may be of particular interest to those studying English Literature, History, Politics, Philosophy or Sociology, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects. Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Woolf Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out more about studying English Literature at Cambridge University Meet Shakespeare scholar Dr Bonnie Lander-Johnson Winners of the Woolf Essay Prize 2020
Second Prize: Eleanor Clark

Joint Third Prize: Clementine Read

Joint Third Prize: Fiona Zeka

Highly Commended: Lauren Bailey, Liberty Brignall, Isabella Dodd, Edith Gilmour, Sofia Mori, Victoria Paynter, Catalina Taylor

Commended: Charlotte Aspden, Prina Bharadia, Charlotte Dinwiddy, Jess White
The Archaeology Essay Prize Archaeology Information And Questions 2021
The Archaeology Essay Prize is new for 2021. As Archaeology is such a broad subject spanning both the arts and humanities and the sciences, this prize may appeal to students studying a range of subjects - from History, English and Sociology to Biology and Chemistry. We welcome entries from students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Archaeology Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Archaeology at Cambridge University. Meet archaeologist Dr Emma Pomeroy The Biological Sciences Essay Prize Biological Sciences Information And Questions 2021
This prize may be of particular interest to those studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Biological Sciences Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Biological Sciences at Cambridge University. Meet biologist and Director of Studies Dr Barbara Blacklaws. Winners of the Biological Sciences Essay Prize 2020
Joint First Prize: Bella Laxton

Joint First Prize: Suzune Mishima

Second Prize: Amy Bowler

Third Prize: Reina Zheng

Commended: Anna Brewer, Sophia Chau, Isha Harris, Noor Khan, Julie Lavollee, Natalia Nieora
The Classics Essay Prize Classics Information And Questions 2021
The Classics Essay Prize is designed to give students the opportunity to think and write about the literature, history, society and culture of the ancient Mediterranean and the societies of the Roman and Greek worlds, while developing their independent study and writing skills.

This prize may be of particular interest to those studying classical subjects, including Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Latin and Greek; but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects. Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Classics Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Classics at Cambridge University. Meet Newnham classicist Prof Mary Beard Meet Director of Studies Dr Carol Atack Winners of the Classics Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Polly Shorrock

Joint Second Prize: Susannah Hirst

Joint Second Prize: Anna Peterson

Third Prize: Noelle Nunes

Highly Commended: Viola Alishah, Esme Goodwin, Matilda Jackson-Long, Charlotte Kemp, Megan Latham, Hannah Mawardi, Nia Morris

The Computer Science Essay Prize
Computer Science Information And Questions 2021
This prize may be of particular interest to those studying Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Computer Science Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Computer Science at Cambridge University. Meet computer scientist Luana Bulat Winners of the Computer Science Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Preya Thaker

Second Prize: Lily George

Third Prize: Tiffany Leung

Highly Commended: Amiruthavallii Karthi Kumar, Nitya Manish Katkoria

Commended: Alina Imykshenova. Emily Roberts
The Engineering Essay Prize Engineering Information And Questions 2021
Newnham is offering an annual prize for a submission on Engineering, intended to encourage students to think creatively about how some of the scientific knowledge gained at school may be applied in later life, in particular in industry, so as to improve matters (the aim of most engineers). The prize also aims to recognise the achievements of high-calibre students and those who teach them, and also to encourage more girls to study Engineering at University.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Engineering Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Engineering at Cambridge University Meet sustainability engineer Dr Claire Barlow Meet civil engineer Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran
First Prize: Liberty Tucker

Second Prize: Virginia Lawrence

Third Prize: Alice Barrell

Highly Commended: Joanie Easton, Jessica Folwell, Kate Lucas

Commended: Sophie Hannon, Danielle Senanu
The History Essay Prize History Information And Questions 2021
The Newnham History Essay Prize may be of particular interest to those studying History, Politics, English Literature, Philosophy or Sociology, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'History Information and Questions 2021′.
Find out about studying History at Cambridge University Meet historian of science Dr Emma Perkins Winners of the History Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Georgina Underwood

Second Prize: Amelia Watmough

Third Prize: Halcyon Matthews

Highly Commended: Antara Singh, Fariya Umer
The Philippa Fawcett Mathematics Essay Prize Philippa Fawcett Mathematics Information And Questions 2021
The Philippa Fawcett Mathematics Essay Prize is named after the former Newnham student who in 1890 was the first woman to obtain the highest mark of all candidates for the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos.

The prize may be of particular interest to those studying Mathematics, Statistics or Further Mathematics but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects. Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Philippa Fawcett Mathematics Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Maths at Cambridge University Meet mathematician Dr Maria Ubiali Winners of the Philippa Fawcett Mathematics Prize 2020
First Prize: Miranda Conn

Second Prize: Kate McGarva

Third Prize: Isabel Greenslade

Highly Commended: Hannah Angress Sparn, Mary-Beth Kogbe, Amelia Ng, Amy Xu

Commended: Jessica Casey, Agata Rigo Saitta, Natalie Shapiro, Anika Suye
The Modern and Medieval Languages Essay Prize Modern And Medieval Languages Information And Questions 2021
This prize may be of particular interest to those currently studying languages, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to the question set out in the 'Modern and Medieval Languages Information and Questions 2021'. Essays should be written primarily in English.
Find out about studying Languages at Cambridge University Meet Director of Studies Dr Jenny Mander Winners of the Modern and Medieval Languages Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Ursula Gerhard

Second Prize: Scarlett Schutte

Third Prize: Blessing Verrall

Highly Commended: Lynette Huo, Venetia Poultney, Sophie Wrigglesworth
The Music Essay Prize Music Information And Questions 2021
This prize may be of particular interest to those currently studying Music or History, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to any one of the questions set out in the 'Music Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying music at Cambridge University Meet music historian Dr Delphine Mordey Find out about music at Newnham Winners of the Music Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Mika Curson

Second Prize: Elizabeth Corbett

Third Prize: Eloise Toone

Highly Commended: Medomfo Owusu, Charlotte Pollard
The Philosophy Essay Prize Philosophy Information & Questions 2021
The Newnham Philosophy Essay Prize is designed to give students the opportunity to think and write about philosophy and philosophical matters in the broadest sense, while developing their independent study and writing skills. This prize may be of particular interest to those either currently studying, or considering studying, Philosophy, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to the question set out in the 'Philosophy Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying Philosophy at Newnham Meet philosopher Prof Rae Langton Winner of the Philosophy Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Darcey Snape

The Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Essay Prize Psychological And Behavioural Sciences Information And Questions 2021
This prize may be of particular interest to those studying Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, or Sociology, but we welcome entries from interested students studying any combination of subjects.

Entrants are invited to submit a response to the question set out in the 'Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Information and Questions 2021'.
Find out about studying psychology at Cambridge University Meet psychologist Prof Claire Hughes Winners of the Psychological & Behavioural Sciences Essay Prize 2020
First Prize: Cora Harvey Braddick

Second Prize: Ella Jack-kee

Third Prize: Alicia Slack

Highly Commended: Lucy Nunn

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Subject Admissions Webinars 2021

On Tuesday afternoons throughout March, April, May and June the admissions team at Downing College will be running subject based admissions webinars and live subject Q&As for students interested in studying at the University of Cambridge.

The subject admissions webinars will include an overview of the Cambridge undergraduate admissions process from a member of Downing College admissions staff, a summary of the course from the Director of Studies and an introduction to student life from a current undergraduate student.

The live subject Q&As are an opportunity for students to speak to the Director of Studies and a current student for their subject. Students are expected to watch the subject admissions webinar recording from last year on YouTube before attending the Q&A session where they will be able to get all their questions answered. Please find the recordings here.

The webinars will take a different subject each week but always start at 4pm. The subject admissions webinars last for an hour and a half whilst the live Q&As are an hour. ​ If you have a question, please email: access@dow.cam.ac.uk

How to apply

To apply for this event you must be:

A current year 11 or 12 student in the UK (Year 12 will be prioritised)

Be able to achieve The University of Cambridge entrance requirements

Students who meet any of the below criteria will be prioritised:

No parental history of higher education

Current state school student

Currently or previously living under local authority care

Eligible for Free School Meals (currently, or in the previous six years)

IMD deciles 1-3

School/college progression rates to higher education

Disability/extenuating circumstances which has affected study

Ethnicity: BME students

Young carer

POLAR 4 classification 1 or 2

Subject admissions webinars in 2021

Register here:
Chemical Engineering - Tuesday 9 March Philosophy & Theology (Joint Session) - Tuesday 16 March History of Art - Tuesday 23 March Linguistics - Tuesday 30 March
More subjects and dates being added in April soon.

Live Subject Q&As

Register here:
Law - Tuesday 11 May Economics - Tuesday 18 May
Natural Sciences - Tuesday 25 May
Human, Social and Political Science (HSPS) - Tuesday 1 June Engineering - Tuesday 8 June History - Tuesday 15 June Medicine - Tuesday 22 June

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Choosing what accommodation you live in for 1st year always seems like an incredibly daunting task because a lot rests on this decision; it's easily one of the most common questions I am asked as a student ambassador. That being...

When choosing your accommodation, here are some things you might want to consider: Do you want to live close to where you'll be studying? When I was choosing my accommodation, I knew I wanted to be near the law building...

I've been through the process of looking for accommodation twice now, in slightly different circumstances. In my first year, like most students, I lived on-campus in accommodation owned by the University. My choice of accommodation would also determine what college...

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A range of job profiles for degree apprenticeships.

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Money Matters - Student Support and Advice

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The new, interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival (replacing the Cambridge Science Festival and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas) will take place from 26 March – 4 April 2021.

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A multidisciplinary event open to the public. Our themes: Society, Health, Environment, and Explore!