Inspiring day for Future Scholars One hundred students from 21 different state schools were welcomed to Cambridge for a day of activities aimed at inspiring the students and informing their teachers about the opportunities available at leading universities, including the University of Cambridge. Today has helped to break down barriers, helped our students to aspire, and encouraged them to reach for the skies. Michael Gannon, Assistant Headteacher, Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield. The Future Scholar Awards programme is a Department for Education initiative, focused on young people who have the academic potential to win places at selective universities but who might lack the confidence to see themselves as realistic applicants. Students came to the University of Cambridge from schools in East Anglia, London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire. Their day included a tour of one of Cambridge’s 29 undergraduate Colleges, a Q and A with current underg...