How the Sutton Trust Summer Schools forge lasting friendships
Published: 25 March, 2009
Each year thousands of sixth formers from schools and colleges up and down the country benefit from residential Summer Schools run by the Sutton Trust, an educational charity dedicated to raising aspirations among less privileged groups. As the deadline for this year's applications approaches, we caught up with two Cambridge students whose lives were changed by taking part in the Summer School and who formed a lasting friendship as a result.
Within just a few hours of arriving at Sidney Sussex College, Ashley John - Baptiste and Kalu Onwuka had teamed up with three other students taking part. Their confidence boosted, all five applied to top universities. Today Ashley is in his second term studying history at Fitzwilliam College and Kalu in his second term reading engineering at Jesus College. Both have remained friends at Cambridge.
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