Cambridge colleges, departments, museums, academics & undergraduates joined forces to welcome children in care for a taste of university study.
Cambridge colleges, departments, museums, academics & undergraduates joined forces to welcome children in care for a taste of university study.
Cambridge colleges, departments, museums, academics and undergraduates joined forces in February to welcome children in care for a taste of university study.
February half-term’s events were organised as part of the collegiate University’s Realise project.
Realise works to encourage children in care to continue their education beyond school, and to offer advice on the financial and other support available to help them do so.
Each of the three days had a different theme.
Trinity Hall and the Sainsbury Laboratory hosted the students for Natural Sciences Day. Under the supervision of research scientists Thomas Rey and Sandra Cortijo, the Realise participants set up and ran an experiment using plant infiltration, a technique used by researchers and technicians daily at SLCU, to explore how plants react to drought conditions.