(lively music)
- Cambridge as a university
has an impact on the world.
We are a global centre for
research and for education.
- We're really excited
to have the opportunity
to share that with an
international audience.
- This is a very diverse programme.
We have students from so
many different countries,
coming from all different walks of life.
- One thing that ties us all together
is we really like just learning.
- The programme really gives
the students a flavour
of what university-level education
at any leading university might look like.
- It's introducing them to university life
but it's also introducing universities
to a new generation of students
who are really switched on.
We are looking for those people
who are bright, who have potential
and enthusiasm but crucially,
regardless of the background
from which they come.
- With the lectures, we
had a very broad range
of subjects and experts
mostly from Cambridge came in
and spoke to us.
- They're extremely passionate about it
and I think even more importantly,
they're able to communicate
it so clearly and effectively
that you end up understanding
particle physics
like the same way I can (you know) read a map.
It's just amazing.
My seminar leader asked me
to articulate my argument
so I could really hear my own thoughts
during that process.
- It's always fun to have
a small group of students
and to be able to talk
through issues with them
in a really detailed and exciting
and engaged way.
When you come on a course like this,
just finding different ways
of thinking and different perspectives,
is really important.
- And I think that does
reflect the kind of work
they would do at university.
- It's been fantastic for our students
to have the opportunity
of staying in a College
which is such a central part
of the Cambridge system.
- Everyone is super inclusive.
We've been able to do things
like a lot of museum visits,
we've been able to see
the University's Institute of Astronomy.
- We went punting, it
was a very fun event.
It was so scenic, and really beautiful.
- It's great to sort of explore the city.
We're not just doing lectures and stuff,
we are actually in Cambridge
and it's been great.
- Three words I would use to
describe the programme would be.
- Lively.
- Stimulating.
- Fun.
- Intensive.
- Academically challenging.
- International.
- And fascinating.
- It's been such a pleasure to meet all
of these incredibly talented students
from around the world.
- From this pre-university summer programme,
I've definitely learned
a lot about myself.
- I think as a group,
they worked really, really well together,
made lots of friends I
think probably for life.
- It's got me thinking a lot more
about what I want from a university.
- Every day I woke up
with a smile on my face
and I went to bed with an even bigger one.
