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12 Days of Reach

5: TWELVE DAYS OF REACH – What Makes Us Unique

Here at Reach Cambridge we make it our business to ensure that when students arrive in Cambridge, they get a truly transformative experience. The student experience is not something we take for granted; in fact, we make sure that we tailor our programmes to ensure that the needs and desires of our amazing students are…
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Fun in the summer

8: TWELVE DAYS OF REACH – Eight Student Perspectives

It’s Day Eight of our Twelve Days of Reach countdown. So far we’ve brought you our ‘Sounds of Twelve Summers’ playlist, 11 fun facts about Cambridge, 10 favourite photos, and a photo gallery focusing on the 9 courses available during our Spring program. Today, you’ll hear directly from students who have joined us over the years,…
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10: TWELVE DAYS OF REACH – Our Ten Favourite Student Photos!

We absolutely love seeing the wonderful photos that students take during their time with us. Sometimes, we love these photos so much that we repost them on our Instagram page! So here are our top ten favourite reposts. You can see more on our Instagram page. Especially over this next ten days, we want to…
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Weekend Excursion

Tailor Made Course | SCGS 2017: ‘World Readiness’

What a fortnight! From 11th to 20th November, twenty-four students from Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS) descended on Reach Hall in Cambridge for a tailor-made academic course exploring topics within three key themes: society, culture and ethics. Through lectures, debates, group work, individual work, and fieldwork, the students expanded their understanding of the world and…
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In Cambridge, Fun, Reach Students, Student Life
Departure Party

‘A Life-Changing Summer’

We were thrilled to see this wonderful review on the travel site Go Abroad… so much so that we had to share it! It was written by Yasmeen, who is from Jordan and attended one of our Summer programs. You can see all our reviews by clicking here. ‘During the Summer of 2017, I attended…
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In Archived, Summer 2017 Daily Blog, Summer 2017 Daily Blog Program 1
Instagram scavenger hunt

Program 1: Explorer 2017 – Day 1

Today was our first full day of the Reach Program – and we had so much fun! The day began with a lovely breakfast in the fancy college dining halls. Students then were able to explore their subject in the first classes of the program. From psychology to economics, the students spent the morning doing…
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In Archived, Spring, Spring 2017 Daily Blog
Final night dinner

Spring Program: Day 14(?!?)

The dreaded day has finally arrived. How is it the last day of the Spring program? The morning began with breakfast in Reach Hall, followed by a Humanities & Leadership workshop. This set the tone for the afternoon, when the students prepared two-minute presentations on leaders that inspired them. These presentations were delivered to a…
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In Archived, Spring, Spring 2017 Daily Blog
Big Ben

Spring Program: Day 12

No visit to the UK would be complete without a trip to London!  First stop of the day was the Houses of Parliament. The students had a guided tour around the corridors and chambers where UK policy is discussed and made. We hope the trip has inspired them for their debate in the Cambridge Union chambers tomorrow! From…
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Hard at work

Spring Program: Day 7

How is it the end of Week 1 already?! It was yet another jam-packed day for the Reach Spring students; and, for some of them, their last day on the Reach Spring program. The day’s classes were on the theme of ethical leadership. In the morning, the students considered the interplay between ethics
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Cambridge Union

Spring Program: Day 6

We started our day by walking down to Côte Brasserie on Bridge Street, a local restaurant for a delicious Full English breakfast. Leaving with very full tummies, we headed back to Reach Hall, where our very own Director of Curriculum Monika gave students a very important lesson on interview techniques. This included the opportunity to practise honing their own…
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Reach classroom sign

Spring Program: Day 4

After a relaxing and sophisticated candlelit dinner last night at Downing College formal hall, we’re sure our students were feeling newly motivated when they headed to class this morning! As you can see on our Instagram story, the pre-lunchtime slot was dedicated to a study skills workshop. ‘Study skills’ can sound like a bit of a wishy-washy…
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