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Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Summer School 2006

2006-08-15

Today Neil Boughen and I headed up the M11 to Cambridge to support the local Anglia Ruskin Summer School 2006 at Cambridge Campus. The one-week ‘Introduction to University’ programme demonstrates to participants what university life can be like, and is aimed at those whose parents have not been to university.

Today Neil Boughen and I headed up the M11 to Cambridge to support the local Anglia Ruskin Summer School 2006 at Cambridge Campus. The one-week ‘Introduction to University’ programme demonstrates to participants what university life can be like, and is aimed at those whose parents have not been to university. Neil and I were there for two hours, introducing the young people to the work of Ultralab globally, followed by an hour-long session called ‘An Introduction to Animation’. Due to the time limitations, we decided to set the young people our quickest challenge: to start with a clay ball and return it to its original state by the end of their work. Each young person received an email copy of their work; those with Bluetooth telephones left with their work on their phone. DVDs were also made for all the participants. Ultralab also ran the entire Essex-based Summer School on behalf of Anglia Ruskin University, a week-long event. You’ll find information on that project here on the website. Ultralab has been running Anglia Ruskin’s Summer Schools for the past five years; this was the last time we will be working with John Butcher, Director of Summer Schools. John leaves the Universit…

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