The Homerton College Higher Education Access Course - Y12/S5

Find out more about the student experience at Cambridge

Applications for The Homerton College Higher Education Access Course 2024 are now OPEN. You can apply here.

As part of our commitment to diversity, we held a pilot of our Homerton Access Course in 2020, with over 250 prospective Oxbridge applicants enrolling on the course from state-maintained schools. In the Spring of 2021, we ran the Homerton Access Course for the second time — with almost 1,000 students applying to be on the programme — resulting in another hugely successful course.

We are delighted to announce that we will be running the Access Course again in 2023 and have now made the course a permanent fixture in our Access and Outreach calendar. We run the course in March and then a catch-up version of the course in September. 

If you are thinking about applying to Cambridge University (or another competitive university) in October, this course is for you. This eight-session course offers free weekly themed webinars, workshops and Q&A sessions, taking students through the Oxbridge admissions process and giving them an insight into the student experience at Cambridge.

These sessions will include:

  • Information on each stage of the Cambridge application process – from choosing the course to sitting an academic interview
  • A comprehensive explanation of student finance and additional financial support on offer at Cambridge
  • Personal statement workshops
  • Interview myth-buster guidance sessions and subject-specific interview workshops
  • Interactive chats with our Directors of Studies, Admissions Tutors, academics and current students

To apply for this programme you must be:

  • Thinking of applying to Cambridge (or another competitive university) in October
  • Be able to achieve the University of Cambridge entrance requirements

Also, students who meet any of the below criteria will be prioritised:

  • No parental history of higher education
  • Current state school student
  • Currently or previously living under local authority care
  • Eligible for Free School Meals (currently, or in the previous six years)
  • IMD deciles 1-3
  • Low school/college progression rates to higher education
  • Disability/extenuating circumstances which have affected study
  • Ethnicity: students who identify as from a racially marginalised group
  • Young carers
  • POLAR 4 classification 1 or 2

Students - keep an eye on this page, or follow our Admissions and Outreach Twitter account to be notified of updates to the Access Course.

Teachers and HE Advisors – subscribe to our teacher newsletter to be notified of updates to the Access Course, as well as other Access and Outreach activities being run by Homerton College.

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