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Since 2005, Reach Cambridge has given thousands of young people from all over
the world the opportunity to prepare for the future in a university environment.
Based in the historic city of Cambridge, our exciting and varied program
comprises academic subject courses, group activities, lectures and excursions.
Our team is dedicated to offering our students the international experience of a
lifetime within a safe, positive and inspiring community. ‘Every year, we
receive wonderful testimonials and feedback from students, parents and teachers
about how reliable, enthusiastic, motivated and friendly our staff are. Our team
is 100% dedicated to helping young people find their place in the modern world
and, in the words of our Latin motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra – “Reach for the
stars.”’ Jon McGoh, Founder and Jenny Evans, Managing Director APPLY BEFORE 15TH
JANUARY AND SAVE £200 The Reach Team Our experienced and dedicated year round
staff team meticulously plans and prepares for our programs throughout the year.
Meanwhile our program teams ensure the safe and efficient running of the
programs. As well as ensuring the organisation runs smoothly, several members of
the year-round team also travel across the globe to visit schools and talk to
students and their families about our programs face-to-face. Let us know if
you’d like to receive a visit! Program Team Senior Staff Our experienced senior
staff work together with our supervisors and teachers to ensure that our
students have the opportunity to grow in confidence and enjoy their independence
in a safe and supervised environment. They are onsite and on-call to oversee all
aspects of the programme; their primary duty is to look after the health and
safety of everyone involved, as well as to ensure every student feels welcome,
and every program is enriching, inspiring and unforgettable. Academic Staff Our
inspiring team of teachers works closely with our Director of Curriculum to
provide the highest quality subject courses. Many of our teachers are working or
studying at high-level academic institutions such as Cambridge, Oxford or London
universities. They usually are Fellows, Professors, researchers or postgraduates
and specialists in their field. Here at Reach, our teachers have significant
autonomy in creating their courses so that they can utilise their expertise
fully. Supervisory Staff Reach Cambridge supervisors live on-site alongside the
students and are available 24 hours a day. Many of our supervisors are current
undergraduates and are the students’ first point of contact to attend to their
questions or concerns. Supervisors run an amazing schedule of daily activities
and take part in weekend excursions with the whole community of students. They
also look after a dedicated small group of students who live in the
accommodation with them. A look inside – Our Academic Courses Accreditation
Reach Cambridge is proudly accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC)
for Independent Further and Higher Education as a Short Course Provider. This is
an extract from our most recent interim report – “The senior leadership team is
cohesive, collaborative and responsive. Teaching and learning are of a high
quality, using highly qualified, experienced and engaging teachers. Programmes
are well-designed to offer participants a well-rounded mix of academic and
personal development opportunities. Programmes are designed to enable
participants to benefit from the wider learning and development that arises from
mixing with participants across a wide range of ages and cultures.” Education
experts from the BAC inspectorate assessed the institution against our standards
during a formal inspection visit. The Inspection team wrote a report for the
independent Accreditation Committee who subsequently awarded accreditation,
which is valid for four years. The inspection report is available in the
Directory and Inspection Reports section on the BAC website, where you can read
more about the BAC. Cambridge Cambridge is a prestigious centre of academia and
a beautiful place to live and study. The world-famous University of Cambridge is
over 800 years old, and has been home to some of the most respected authors,
scientists, thinkers, and even royalty. The city boasts some of the country’s
finest architecture, art galleries and museums, as well as a vibrant theatre
scene. Running through it is the River Cam: colleges glimpsed from the banks of
the Backs, students punting along the water, and rowers practicing at high
speed, are all part of the Cambridge experience. A Brief History of Cambridge
Before the University The Romans were first to build a town in Cambridge,
although archaeologists have found evidence of habitation as far back as 1500BC.
It was a convenient crossing point for the River Granta now known as the River
Cam. Throughout Anglo-Saxon and Norman times, settlements tended to centre on
what is now known as Castle Hill‚ for its fortification potential. William the
Conqueror was the first to build a castle on the hill and his son, Henry 1st,
gave the town its first charter. The oldest structure in Cambridge, St Bene’t’s
Church, dates from the 11th Century. The University It was in 1209 that
scholars, taking refuge from hostile townsmen in Oxford, settled in Cambridge.
Students soon flocked to Cambridge, although in its early years, these were
largely clerks or clergymen in holy orders of some sort. It was not until 1284
that the first Cambridge College (of which there are now 31), Peterhouse, was
founded. Colleges sprang up in the centuries to follow‚ the result of
benefactions from donors including King Henry VIII. The most famous structure in
Cambridge – King’s College Chapel – was built by a succession of Kings, starting
with Henry VI in 1446 and finishing with Henry VIII in 1515. Cambridge is the
top-ranked University in the UK and has produced 118 Nobel laureates and 15
British Prime Ministers. Famous Scholars In 1627, a clergyman by the name of
John Harvard entered Cambridge, before emigrating to America in 1638 and
founding Harvard University. Numerous other influential scholars have passed
through Cambridge: Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, William Wordsworth, Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron and Lord Tennyson, several signatories of the
American Declaration of Independence, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein,
F.R. Leavis, John Maynard Keynes, Crick & Watson, Sylvia Plath, Frederick
Sanger, Ted Hughes and Stephen Hawking to name but a few! All Reach Cambridge
students have the opportunity to live and study in this inspiring environment,
walking in the footsteps of great scholars who have changed the way we see the
world. Cambridge Gallery APPLY BEFORE 15TH JANUARY AND SAVE £200 Register Your
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