Pembroke announces new link with Tufts University, Boston

The Pembroke Access and Outreach scheme has created a new partnership, this time transatlantic. Beginning in 2014, three students from the Tufts BLAST programme will join those from our partner schools in London and the Greater Manchester/South Cheshire area who take part in the Pem-Brooke London and Pembroke North schemes for our annual residential summer school week in early August.

Dr Peter Claus, Access Fellow, commented: "This is a great opportunity to learn from the widening participation experiences of other Universities, and to consider approaches taken in other parts of the world. We look forward to welcoming the first students to Pembroke in the summer - they will bring an exciting new dimension to the residential which marks the culmination of the intensive academic programme which we run for a group of sixth formers from London and the North West."

BLAST (Bridge to Liberal Arts Success at Tufts) is a residential six-week program in the summer prior to the first year at Tufts with program commitments during each of the following academic years. This program prepares students for a rigorous college curriculum and orientation to Tufts culture and resources to provide for a successful transition. Scholars are introduced to engaging speakers in workshops and offered leadership development training that cultivates active citizenship.