Outreach and widening participation
We want to ensure that academically strong students of all backgrounds have the opportunity to thrive here.
Our Undergraduate Admissions team works hard to make sure that the best information about making competitive applications reaches students, regardless of background.
Widening participation is at our heart, with 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 (Mid- and South-Wales, Sussex and Surrey, and the London boroughs of Merton, Sutton, and Croydon).
Information about upcoming events and open days can be found on our Tasters & Applicant Event pages.
Information for schools and colleges
We’re open to all enquirers but especially welcome contact from students, teachers, and supporters at secondary schools and colleges in our 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.
If you represent a school or college and want to arrange a group visit then contact our Outreach team.
If you’re a secondary school or college teacher and want to be informed about our latest opportunities for you and your students, sign up to our email list.
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Meet our Outreach Team
Isabel Grant
Outreach Officer
Isabel 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.
Rachel Thorley
CORE Fellow
Our 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.
STEM Outreach
STEM Smart
Churchill College is involved in STEM Smart, a programme run annually by the University of Cambridge, where Cambridge students mentor sixth formers through their school STEM courses.
Churchill College is involved in STEM Smart, a programme run annually by the University of Cambridge, where Cambridge students mentor sixth formers through their school STEM courses. The programme has now closed for 2023/2024 but you can read about Asmita Niyogi experience of mentoring, as a second year undergraduate at Churchill College studying natural sciences.
Sustainable Urban Futures
This residential is a fantastic way to learn how studying a whole variety of university degrees could empower you to make a difference to Sustainable Development, and find out more about studying at a top university. Students come together as part of a team, designing and building a temporary “home” based on informal settlement shelters. They learn about different cultures and work within budgets, designing and innovating to make the shelter a comfortable, practical space to live and work.
Climate Action Toolkit
CAT is a set of teaching resources for primary school teachers delivering climate lessons to Year 5 and 6 pupils.
5 hour-long lessons have been designed by experts from across the University of Cambridge and tested in primary schools.
Living Lab: Climate Action
A programme for pupils across the UK who are doing their own authentic research, exploring how to make their schools and communities save energy and reduce flood risk.
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