Schools Liaison

Schools Liaison Officer

My name is Laura McGarty and I'm the Schools Liaison Officer for Pembroke and St. Catharine's Colleges.

As part of its access work, Cambridge University has assigned different Local Authorities to different Colleges. The areas linked to us are Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Rutland, associated urban Local Authorities Leicester, Luton and Peterborough and the London Borough of Southwark. If I don't work with your area, but you would like to find out more about what goes on there, please get in touch and I can redirect you to the relevant College or to the University's central Admissions Office.

Our work is aimed at students in Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 and Year 13. We also provide information and advice for teachers in secondary schools. All of our Access initiatives come under the umbrella of the College's Access Policy.

If you have any questions which aren't answered on these pages, I can be contacted by post at Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RF, by telephone on +44 (0)1223 765963 or by email at ad2@pem.cam.ac.uk. I also have an online Ask A Question form.

Undergraduates who are interested in helping with our Access initiatives can find out more here.

Some comments from recent visits

' I realised that thinking of it as posh is a misconception – it’s for anyone, no matter what background.'
Year 10 student from Leicester

'I now feel less intimidated to go for Cambridge as a university choice’
Year 12 student from Peterborough

'I gained a lot of knowledge that will help me decide on further education.'
Year 10 student from Luton

'Now I have been to a university, I would love to come when I am older.'
Year 11 student from Suffolk

'There was a more relaxed atmosphere than I expected. '
Year 12 student from Bedfordshire

Some comments from undergraduate students

'It helped me to see what Cambridge was really like. People were so welcoming that I decided to apply here last year. The Access visit I attended encouraged me to aim high and feel more confident in my abilities and talents.'
First year undergraduate

'It encouraged me to apply and made me lose my prejudgements of Cambridge being very posh and that I wouldn't fit in.'
Second year undergraduate