Nearly 600 sixth form students from West Yorkshire experienced university study first-hand, with masterclasses covering everything from history to medicine. 

Selwyn Fellows and Master Suzanne Raine travelled to Greenhead College in Huddersfield on 15 April to deliver the day-long programme.

The visit is part of the College's Higher Education Extension (HEE) Programme, a Selwyn initiative running for several years with the aim of raising aspirations among 16 to 18-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds and encouraging applications to Cambridge.

Students chose from seven talks, each designed to stretch them academically and support future applications to Oxbridge and leading UK universities. Topics ranged from nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Hawaiian history to the forensic science of voice and reading poetry.

Afterwards, students met Selwyn Admissions Tutors in dedicated arts and STEM sessions to ask questions about university applications and life at Cambridge.

The HEE Programme runs as a series of sessions from January to May which means Selwyn can reach significantly more students than is possible during school visits to Cambridge.

The programme is part of Selwyn's wider commitment to access and outreach across the North of England.