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Students from six Fenland schools are taking part in a programme designed to encourage students interested in engineering and manufacturing.

̽��ֱ��benefits of higher education include better access to jobs, a rewarding social life, and the opportunity to live independently. But there’s no denying that the costs are also significant: university tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year quickly mount up. By running finance workshops in schools, the HE Partnership project aims to tackle the fear of debt which can be a barrier to staying on in education.

“Give it some welly,” may not be a traditional rallying cry for those considering applying to university, but the Higher Education Getaway is not a traditional programme.

̽��ֱ��challenge: provide an experience of university in just two days - with the help of ̽��ֱ��Cat in the Hat, a millet seed and Thetford Forest.

Year 10 students from Cromwell Community College and Neale Wade Community College enjoyed a day developing their engineering skills at Metalcraft in Chatteris organised through the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge’s HE Partnership project.