NULC students take part in summer school programme

Over the summer of 2014, three NULC A Level students took part in the Sutton Trust Summer School. The programme gives over 2,000 young people each year a taste of university life. The one week taster isn’t all about lectures and seminars but also social activities to give participants and idea of life as an undergraduate at a research-led university.

The students involved in this year’s programme were Megan Allingham who studied law at Durham, Scott Huson who studied Physics and Astronomy at St Andrews and Jacques Dunn who studied Chemistry at Cambridge during the programme.

Scott Huson student at NULC said: “The Sutton trust summer school gave me an opportunity to experience first-hand every aspect of university life. It also allowed to me gauge whether I would enjoy studying at St Andrew’s.”

 

“I met a wonderful group of people who I hope to remain friends with.”

 

Founded in 1997 by Sir Peter Lampl, the aim of the trust is to improve social mobility through education, giving all students the same advantages regardless of their background. The summer schools are free, with subject-specific courses for Year 12 students from UK state-maintained schools and Colleges. The result is to demystify top universities and equip the students with the knowledge and insight to make high quality applications to those universities.

Scott added: “I met a wonderful group of people who I hope to remain friends with”. The students have gained a real insight in to what life as a university student will be like as well as experiencing the campuses and teaching of some of the United Kingdom’s best universities.

 

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