For more information contact:
Access Officer,
Cambridge University Students' Union
Old Examination Hall
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RF
Telephone: 01223 333313
Fax: 01223 333179
E-mail: access@cusu.cam.ac.uk
CUSU Shadowing Scheme 2012
Our shadows have been selected.
If you haven't received an email yet it means your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Due to a technical problem we haven't yet been able to send out a mass email, but it's on its way. If you don't have a place you may still be on the waiting list in case successful applicants drop out. There are many other ways you can interact with CUSU and with Cambridge University, so don't get too disheartened if your application was unsuccessful.
The Shadowing Scheme brings UK students from schools without a tradition of top university entry to Cambridge for three days in February. Prospective students come to Cambridge on the Thursday afternoon and stay until Saturday lunchtime. In that time you will spend time with a current undergraduate, studying a subject that you are interested in, who you 'shadow'.
Shadows will see everything the student does on a day-to-day basis: lectures, supervisions, playing sport, going shopping, socialising and so on. You will also be given a lot of information about the applications process by both students and Admissions Tutors. The scheme is open to Year 12 (England and Wales)/ S5 (Scotland)/ Year 13 (NI) students in the academic year 2011-12.
The idea is to give people with little or no experience of university a taste of student life at Cambridge, in real time, with real people. The whole trip is funded by CUSU, the University, and the Colleges – all accommodation and food is free, and travel costs to and from Cambridge may be reimbursed, on a needs basis.
The Shadowing Scheme is specifically for students with little family experience of university, students who have great reservations about applying to Cambridge or students whose school rarely sends students to University.
The Scheme is competitive; we receive more applications than places. As such, we ask that you are on track to achieve As in your AS levels (or equivalent).
If you already know that you want to apply to Cambridge or Oxford, or you have friends or relatives who have studied at Cambridge or Oxford, please come on an Open Day instead.
The 2012 Shadowing Scheme will take place on:
- Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 January 2012
- Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 February 2012
- Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 February 2012
NB: Those on the Shadowing Scheme must accept the Code of Conduct.
Questions or problems?
If you have any questions about the Shadowing Scheme, please contact the CUSU Access Officer via the details above.
Sometimes, due to the age of the data that Cambridge University has on UK, your school may not be recognised on our form. If this happens, please email the CUSU Access Officer (access@cusu.ac.uk) with your problem, including the name and place of the school that the form won't let you submit. We will get back to you when the problem has been solved. This won't affect the chances of you being chosen for the Shadowing Scheme!