Both universities run activities to encourage applications,but they are not leading to more admissions for comprehensive pupilsFrom the external, there's not much at Burnt Mill academy to suggest any connection with gleaming spires, and punting on the River Cam. The comprehensive,near a Harlow roundabout, is a shabby low-rise building with a weather beaten blue frontage.
Yet a cheerful group of Cambridge undergraduates are heading here this morning. Their mission is to inspire a group of 11- to 16-year-olds with the ambition to join them in the quadrangles of the ancient university. The project is piece of a £4m annual outreach programme aimed at encouraging applications from students in every social and economic course and ethnic group.
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Source: theguardian.com