Anglia Ruskin University - Amplify Your Summer
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Want to level up your summer? Join Anglia Ruskin’s free residential summer school to explore Creative Industries, Business & Law or Medicine, stay on campus, build subject skills, meet peers and get a boost for university applications and future plans.
Amplify Your Summer is a free residential summer school run by Anglia Ruskin University for Year 12 (A Level) students. The programme offers subject-specific residential experiences at ARU’s Cambridge and Chelmsford campuses where participants stay in campus accommodation and take part in academic workshops, practical activities and social events.
Available strands include Creative Industries (theatre and character design), Business & Law (Driving EDI Transformation) and a Medicine Summer School with activities led by Medical School academics.
Students will work on group projects, produce performances or practical portfolios, and in the Medicine programme undertake activities such as Medicine mock interviews (MMIs), hospital visits, subject-focused projects and mentoring by current students. The programmes are designed to give a realistic experience of student life, insight into subject-specific study and opportunities to develop skills relevant to higher education progression.
To apply, applicants must complete an online application form, select their programme, submit a 500-word supporting statement and provide a reference from a teacher or tutor. Places are limited and priority is given to applicants from under-represented or disadvantaged backgrounds.
Applications will be opening soon; successful applicants will hear by June 2026.
28 Jun 2026 – 02 Jul 2026
Cambridge campus
05 Jul 2026 – 09 Jul 2026
Chelmsford campus
Location
- Open to A Level students (Year 12)
- Priority given to students from low participation neighbourhoods (Quintile 1 or Quintile 2)
- Priority given to students who are in receipt of, or have been eligible for, free school meals within the past six years
- Priority given to students who would be the first in their family to progress to higher education
- Priority given to students with experience of living in care (local authority, foster care, kinship care, residential care, or looked after at home)
- Priority given to students with a parent/carer who works in the Armed Forces (including reserves)
- Priority given to students from Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman and/or Boater communities
- Priority given to students with special educational needs or disabilities, including mental health difficulties
- Priority given to students who identify as BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic)
- Priority given to students who identify as a White Male
- Medicine programme additional criteria: five GCSEs at grade 9–6 (A*–B) including English Language, Mathematics and two science subjects
- Medicine programme additional criteria: working towards A Levels in Chemistry or Biology; one of Biology, Chemistry, Maths or Physics; plus one other
- Medicine programme alternative: currently studying a T Level Health or Healthcare Science with the specified core/specialism grades
- Medicine programme residency requirement: permanent right or indefinite leave to remain in the UK (or settled/pre-settled through EU Settlement Scheme) and ordinarily resident in the UK for the three years prior to the start of the course
Free residential programmes; campus accommodation provided as part of the residential experience.
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