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The Sutton Trust ran its first summer school in 1997 at Oxford University, and they continue to be highly popular. It is the largest programme of its kind, with 10,000 applicants for 2,000 places in 2014. [13] The week long summer schools are designed to give bright students from non-privileged homes an insight into life at a leading university.
In 1983, Lampl set up the Sutton Company, a private equity firm with offices in New York City, London and Munich, and by the mid-1990s had become extremely wealthy. [6] Before setting up the Sutton Trust, he funded a campaign to ban handguns [7] in the wake of the Dunblane massacre which resulted in a complete ban on handguns in the UK. [8]
The university is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, and the Sutton 13 group of top-ranked universities in the UK. [37] Sutton Trust universities are regarded as the UK's "most prestigious", [38] "elite" [39] and "most selective" universities [40] offering around 30,000 places annually. [41]
Sutton Trust maintains that the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge recruit disproportionately from eight schools, which account for 1,310 Oxbridge places over three years contrasted with 1,220 from 2,900 other schools. [121]
In the summer of 2020, ICE announced it was launching a £1 million bursary programme to help adults hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the programme, the institute offered 1,000 bursaries, each worth £1,000, to go towards tuition fees for more than 30 part-time courses. [ 53 ]
Bachelor of Arts degrees, taught at the Cambridge campus and validated by Falmouth University [5] Postgraduate diplomas and Master of Arts degrees, taught at the Graduate School in Cambridge and validated by Falmouth University [6] All courses are fee-charging. [7] CSVPA also offers a summer school. [8]
Sutton College (born 2015) formerly known as Sutton College of Learning for Adults (SCOLA, 2001–2015) and Sutton College of Liberal Arts (1972–2001), is a college based in the Borough of Sutton in London, England. The college offers over 1000 part-time courses for all adults of any age.
These summer schools were open only to members of NAGTY in key stages 3 and 4 (ages 11–16). Outreach events on weekends and weekdays during school holiday periods. These varied in length from half of a day to a week and were either residential or non-residential. They offered a rather condensed learning experience.