Caius Schools is the outreach team of Gonville & Caius College, one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. Our episodes cover topics relating to Cambridge admissions like interviews and personal statements, explorations of individual subjects, and interviews with students and academics.
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Wondering what a Cambridge admissions interview might sound like? Join Dr Rebecca Sugden, Dr Geoff Maguire and 2nd-year student Ruby as they give you a sense of a modern languages interview here in Cambridge.
The second half of the interview focusses on a passage, which you can hear Chris read at the start of the podcast. You can also access a written version here: https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Mock%20Interview%20Passage.pdf (https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Mock%20Interview%20Passage.pdf)
If you prefer to see the interview as well as hear it, you can go and watch on our YouTube channel, here: https://youtu.be/64DKoxfhPzU (https://youtu.be/64DKoxfhPzU )
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23 Sept 2024
What are Cambridge porters, and what do they do?
Porters are often the first people you might meet when visiting any Cambridge college - have you ever wondered what they do, and what their role involves? Chris and Francesca chat with Senior Shift Porter John Turton and Night Porter Jem Reid, finding out all about the different aspects of the Porter role, and hearng some good stories along the way!
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18 Sept 2024
Q&A: Standing out, abbreviations in personal statements, diversity, and more!
Join Chris, Bethan and Francesca as they answer more of your questions, direct from TikTok live. This week we also cover the cost of university, whether colleges specialise in certain subjects, and plenty more on personal statements. Enjoy!
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7 Aug 2024
Q&A: Further Maths, state school targets, results day and more!
Join Chris, Bethan, and special guest Dr Rebecca Sugden (Deputy Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages at Caius) as they answer questions from this week's TikTok live session.
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6 Aug 2024
Subject Deep Dive: Modern and Medieval Languages
Chris and Bethan are joined by Dr Rebecca Sugden, Director of Studies in MML at Caius, and student Ruby to discuss all things languages in this, the first of our 'subject deep dive' episodes!
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31 Jul 2024
Q&A: EPQs, BTECs, personal statements, more!
We answer more of your questions
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24 Jul 2024
Q&A: GCSEs, choosing a college, super-curriculars and more!
Bethan and Chris answer questions asked by our viewers on TikTok live.
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18 Jul 2024
Introducing the Caius Schools podcast!
Chris and Bethan give a brief overview of what you can look forward to on the new Caius Schools podcast. Subscribe and follow for weekly episodes.
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