School Liaison Initiative

We host a variety of events specifically for teachers. These include workshops on admissions basics (choice of course and college, admissions requirements, application form, interviews, finance), as well as subject-specific talks with an admissions slant (e.g. What makes a good medic/vet?). Click on the links below to find out more and contact us if you would like to book.

Teachers are also warmly invited to telephone (or e-mail) the Admissions Office at any time to discuss specific applicants or for a general chat about students applying to Cambridge.

Looking for up-to-date admissions advice to pass on to your students? Newnham's Admissions Tutor, Directors of Studies and current students offer teachers a wealth of information on:
• choosing a college
• applying for non-school subjects
• entry requirements
• writing references
• interview preparation
• conditional offers
• the Inter-Collegiate Pool

The day also includes lunch, with an opportunity to meet current students as well as Fellows, and a guided tour of Newnham's beautiful buildings and gardens, or a chance to attend one of Newnham's famous Pudding Seminars.

Date: March 2013 (date to be confirmed)
Time: 11.30am - 4.00pm
Registration: Places must be booked in advance (please download the form below or contact the Admissions Office by phone or email)
Cost: Free

For booking form, click here.

Programme (Friday 9 March 2012):

11.30	Arrival, registration, refreshments
11.40	How we assess our applicants and how you can support your students during the admissions process Dr Sam Lucy (Admissions Tutor)
12.20	Lunch with Senior Members in College Hall
13.00	Pudding Seminar: Supporting Attachment, Responsiveness, and Confidence in pre-term families in the neonatal intensive care unit: the value of early intervention Christine Bartram, third-year undergraduate in Politics, Psychology & Sociology
14.00	What’s new? Changes to Cambridge courses and focus on AS in assessing applications Dr Sam Lucy (Admissions Tutor)
14.30	“I wish I had known this before my interviews” Newnham undergraduates and their experience
15.00	Newnham in the University and beyond Dame Patricia Hodgson, Principal
15.10	Newnham’s admissions activities: what we can offer schools (and any final questions) Amy Aukland (Schools Liaison Officer) and Admissions staff

 

Spend time this summer reading or researching in a tranquil academic environment: single study bedrooms; reasonably priced meals in the Buttery; access to Faculty Libraries on request.

Dates of residence 2012*
2 - 6 July
9 - 13 July
16 - 20 July
23 - 27 July

* You may stay more or less than one week
Study visits are open to all teachers and ex-teachers.
Registration: Places must be booked in advance
Cost:  to be confirmed (please contact Admissions Office for information)
 

Would you like to receive regular email updates on Newnham events and Cambridge admissions policies? Newnham College information is sent out monthly (approximately!) from the Admissions Office - to have the latest information at your fingertips, just send us your email address and tell us you want to be included on our email list!

This includes presentations from the Teachers' Conference held in March 2009.

Cambridge Admissions Office: events for teachers, tutors & HE advisers

Cambridge Admissions Office: working with schools and colleges
 
Cambridge Admissions Office: events and activities for students