York College announces Oxbridge Successes

York College is pleased to announce that eight students have received conditional offers to go to Cambridge University.

York College is the largest provider of students to university in the region and each year hundreds of students progress to higher education on the back of their examination successes. Last year over a fifth of our students secured places at the very top Russell Group universities.

This year over 800 students have sent in UCAS applications, including the following eight who have secured conditional offers from Cambridge University:

Daniel Streets - Maths
Kit Hildyard - History
Megan Bradley - Social and Political Science
David Finch - Geography
Robert Hughes - Engineering
Oliver Stannard - Computer Science and Maths
James Swanton - English
Victoria Atkins - Law

Miggy Biller, Head of Division for Maths, and Co-ordinator of Oxbridge applications at York College, says: “Focusing on student success and achievement has always been the number one priority for everyone at York College. We are delighted to have so many Oxbridge candidates this year and congratulate them all. They have done extremely well to be selected and will work hard to attain the grades they require. It is particularly pleasing to see the broad range of subjects they are studying. I hope their success will encourage other students who wish to apply to Oxbridge, especially as York College now run a special programme for gifted and talented young people, to help them meet their aspirations.”

Prospective high flying students who are aiming for top universities that demand high grades, including Oxford and Cambridge and medical students, are advised to attend the next York College Open Evening on Monday, 9th March (6pm – 8.30pm) to find out about the college’s specialist programme available for them.

Press Release: 20/01/09