Outreach, access and widening participation

At Churchill, we want to ensure that academically strong students who could thrive here have access to the best information about making competitive applications, regardless of their backgrounds. Widening participation is in our DNA, with – to quote a couple of stats – a home fees state intake that’s routinely above 75% and overall female:male parity at point of entry (an important equality measure for a college that comprises a high proportion of sciences students).

We welcome contact from students, teachers, and supporters at all secondary schools and colleges, especially those in our University-assigned link areas.

 

Meet our Outreach Team

Natalie Abbott – Widening Participation Officer

Natalie works in the Admissions Office, heading up the College’s work in outreach and widening participation. She’s regularly out and about visiting schools and colleges, working in person with students and their supporters. She also runs online resources like webinars and Q&As, to demystify university admissions and the Cambridge process in particular.

Contact Natalie if you’re at a Churchill area link school/college and want to organise a group visit to or from Churchill.

Contact Natalie

Open days and visits

 

Rachel Thorley – Community, Outreach, Recruitment in Engineering (CORE) Fellow

Rachel builds links within and across the Engineering community at Churchill and helps prospective students to understand what Engineering is and is about. You can find out more on the Engineering community page.

Contact Rachel

Engineering community

 

Dr Rachel Thorley CORE Fellow

Webinars and online Q&A sessions

Dates and times for our regular free online live presentations and question and answer sessions can be found here. These variously feature our Admissions Tutors, access and outreach team, and current undergraduates.

Everyone’s welcome. Sign up below to receive attendance details for upcoming sessions.

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TOPICFORDATETIME (UK)
Introduction to University StudyYears 10-12 in England and Wales, S3-S5 in Scotland and Years 11-13 in Northern IrelandWednesday 13th March 202417:00-18:00
Introduction to the University of CambridgeYears 10-12 in England and Wales, S3-S5 in Scotland and Years 11-13 in Northern IrelandThursday 14th March 202417:00-18:00
Post-16 Subject ChoicesYears 10-11 in England and Wales, S3-S4 in Scotland and Years 11-12 in Northern IrelandTuesday 19th March 202417:00-18:00
The Cambridge Application Process ExplainedYears 11-12 in England and Wales, S4-S5 in Scotland and Years 12-13 in Northern IrelandWednesday 20th March 202417:00-18:00
Student FinanceYears 11-12 in England and Wales, S4-S5 in Scotland and Years 12-13 in Northern IrelandMonday 8th April 202417:00-18:00
Making Competitive University ApplicationsYear 12 in England and Wales, S5 in Scotland and Year 13 in Northern IrelandThursday 11th April 202417:00-18:00
Supercurricular StudyYears 10-12 in England and Wales, S3-S5 in Scotland and Years 11-13 in Northern IrelandTuesday 16th April 202417:00-18:00
Making the Most of HE FairsAny year groupThursday 18th April 202417:00-18:00
Admissions Q&AAny year groupMonday 1st July 202417:00-18:00
Making Competitive University ApplicationsYear 12 in England and Wales, S5 in Scotland and Year 13 in Northern IrelandTuesday 16th July 202417:00-18:00
Personal Statement WorkshopYear 12 in England and Wales, S5 in Scotland and Year 13 in Northern IrelandThursday 18th July 202417:00-18:00
Personal Statement WorkshopYear 12-13 in England and Wales, S5-S6 in Scotland and Year 13-14 in Northern IrelandWednesday 4th September 202417:00-18:00
Admissions Q&AAny year groupTuesday 10th September 202417:00-18:00
Admissions Q&AAny year groupThursday 10th October 202417:00-18:00
Interview Workshop: AHSS SubjecsYear 12-13 in England and Wales, S5-S6 in Scotland and Year 13-14 in Northern IrelandThursday 17th October 202417:00-18:00
Interview Workshop: STEM SubjectsYear 12-13 in England and Wales, S5-S6 in Scotland and Year 13-14 in Northern IrelandTuesday 22nd October 202417:00-18:00

Note that we sometimes offer sessions on the same topic at different times because we know that no one time suits everybody. The content in such repeated sessions is the same so there’s no need to attend more than one, unless you want to.

Please note that our online sessions are not recorded by us and they should not be recorded or distributed by you (or anyone else).

 

School and college link areas

Churchill’s link areas in England are Sussex, Surrey, and the London boroughs of Merton, Sutton and Croydon. We are also the link area College for Mid- and South-Wales, and are the proud co-authors of the University’s Applying to Cambridge from Wales webpage.

We especially welcome contact from students, teachers, and supporters at all secondary schools and colleges in these link areas. However, we are – of course – open to all inquirers.

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