Volunteer at Summer CAMP!

Last year, a group of postgrads from Psychiatry, Psychology, and the CBU put on Summer CAMP (Cambridge Access to Mental Health & Psychology), a widening participation summer programme at the university. We admitted 20 students from underrepresented backgrounds in postgraduate study and academia to a three-week virtual programme with a variety of events (e.g. talks from faculty, Q&A on postgraduate life).

The core part of the programme was writing a hypothetical research proposal and presenting this to the group on the final day. Students received one-to-one supervisions with a postgraduate supervisor to help them write the proposal and address any other questions they had about postgraduate life and academia. Full programme details can be found on our website.

The programme was a big success and received unanimously positive feedback from the participants.

We will run the programme again this year from 19^th of August until 6^th of September (dates subject to slight variation) and are therefore looking for postgraduates who would like to supervise a CAMP student. To be eligible as a supervisor you must:

• Be a postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge OR have recently submitted your thesis and still have an affiliation with the university at the time of the programme (for admin reasons)
• Be available and willing to commit five hours for one-to-one virtual supervisions with your student during the programme dates.

Please complete this form by the 12^th of April to register your interest. 

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at rsw53@cam.ac.uk. We hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Rebecca Williams

Posted on 07/03/2024