Residential science courses for prospective Cambridge students
Royal Academy of Engineering Headstart courses - for Materials Science and Physical Sciences Year 12 students
Please note: applications need to made well in advance directly with Headstart at www.headstartcourses.org.uk
There are two Headstart residential courses, one held at in the spring and the other in the summer.
The spring Focus on Materials course introduces approximately forty Year 12 students to the way in which materials science is taught at the University of Cambridge. The students spend time attending lectures and practical sessions during their four-day residential course. There are additional sessions covering other aspects of university life. This course now is run annually in the spring, having run for the first time in 2010.
The SCIENCE@cam course also accommodates approximately forty Year 12 students but introduces them to the way in which physical sciences are taught during the first two years of a student's life within the University. The students spend time attending lectures and practical sessions in three departments (Materials, Physics and Chemistry / Biochemistry) during their four-day residential course. There are also additional sessions covering other aspects of university life. This course now is run annually in the summer, having started in July 2004.