Insight Team
E insightexplore@admin.cam.ac.uk
Insight is a multi-year intervention for Pupil Premium students in local schools. It seeks to raise academic attainment, directly through GCSE Tutoring and indirectly through Oracy development, development of metacognitive skills and building academic confidence. The intervention runs from Year 8–Year 11, and takes place on visit days to the University, at partner schools, and online.
Through a series of engaging workshops students will be supported in the development of study skills that will help them with their GCSEs and beyond. They will have the opportunity to explore academic subjects that are not taught at school, in addition to finding out about different career possibilities.
In addition to raising the attainment of participants, Insight seeks to develop university self-efficacy and empower participants and their supporters to make informed decisions about future pathways. Students will receive timely advice and guidance to support in their decision making with regard to A-Level options and will be introduced to the university admissions process, if this is something they choose to move on to. Throughout the programme students will have the opportunity to interact with academics and student ambassadors studying at university.
Insight works with students who attend selected schools in Cambridgeshire. If you are a school interested in taking part in the Insight programme see Insight for Schools for more information.
Selection criteria
The University of Cambridge is committed to widening participation to higher education. As part of this work, we would like to work with and support students who may have experienced either educational disadvantage or belong to a group that is statistically less likely to progress to higher education. On the Insight programme, we work with high prior attaining pupils from our partner schools who are eligible for pupil premium.