Students from the Herefordshire HE+ consortium enjoyed a two-day residential at Christ’s College
Students from the Herefordshire HE+ consortium enjoyed a two-day residential at Christ’s College
Students from Herefordshire HE+ consortium enjoyed a two-day residential at Christ’s College last week, including a visit to the Cast Gallery in the Museum of Classical Archaeology.
The 71 sixth formers came from Hereford Sixth Form College, John Masefield High School, The Chase High School and Dyson Perrins High School.
They are participants in the HE+ project, which aims to encourage and prepare bright students to become competitive applicants to selective universities like Cambridge.
During the residential, the students gained a flavour of university life through staying in college accommodation, attending lectures, undertaking tours of the University and visiting its museums and collections. The residential also included masterclasses led by Cambridge University academics.
Students also met current Cambridge undergraduates, including former Hereford Sixth Form College student, Joe Hooton, now a third year Natural Sciences student, who is one of the University’s CAMbassador team and works to encourage others from his home area to consider Cambridge.