Category: News

16th June 21

Abbey College Cambridge are pleased to announce a partnership with Leading Education to offer an enhanced Oxbridge Candidate Programme for our students from this summer. Leading Education are an international education consultancy that specialises in helping students prepare for top UK universities. Their Oxbridge application success rate is 43%, against a national average of 18%…

10th June 21

On Thursday and Friday 27th & 28th May, we were delighted to be able to celebrate the success of our graduating GCSE, pre sessional and A Level students in face-to-face, socially distanced, graduation ceremonies. The IFP ceremony followed on 18th June, after the students final exams. At the ceremonies, the achievements of the students were…

10th June 21

Each year at Abbey College Cambridge, we hold the House Music and Creative Arts Competition, when students show off their musical skills and compete for the house music trophy. As we could not hold face-to-face concerts in the hall this year, we decided to record live performances instead. A professional audio engineer, a videographer, and…

26th April 21

Abbey College Cambridge is delighted to hear of the success of former student Ingrid in her Oxford prelim examination papers.  Ingrid, who is from Shanghai in China graduated from Abbey College Cambridge in the summer of 2020 and joined Somerville College at the University of Oxford the following September to study Experimental Psychology.  Now six…

4th February 21

Thinking about joining Abbey College Cambridge this year? If you want learn more about what it’s like to study and live here join one of upcoming virtual tours. These virtual tours will be hosted by College Marketing Manager John Menzies. John will show you around the college facilities including classrooms boarding and communal areas. John…

27th January 21

Abbey College Cambridge has introduced the student position of Student Wellbeing Ambassadors into the college community, to support our Adult Student Support Workers.  These Ambassadors are young people who have showed an interest in supporting their fellow students/friends with difficulties such as low mood, dealing with quarantine, homesickness, friendship issues and workload.  They are an…

11th January 21

For the very first time, Christmas 2020 saw the boarding houses at Abbey College Cambridge remain open.  Many of our students chose to remain in boarding due to the global covid-19 pandemic, and we wanted to ensure that they had a safe, homely environment in which to spend Christmas.  So the decision was taken to…

5th January 21

On Monday 4th January, the UK Government announced a new national lockdown taking effect immediately. As part of the lockdown, the government announced the physical closure of all schools and colleges until after the end of the February half term. In line with government guidelines we will now deliver learning online until after the February…

18th December 20

This year our Abbey College Cambridge boarding houses are remaining open to accommodate students who prefer to stay in the UK during the Christmas Holiday. We will also be welcoming a group of students from our sister college Abbey College Manchester to stay with us duing the Christmas break. To help our students pass the…

19th June 20

Abbey DLD is committed to providing a safe environment for all students, and preparations are being made to ensure that when our colleges reopen this September, all students are welcomed into a safe environment. Prior to the closure of UK schools in late March, our colleges introduced enhanced measures to ensure the safety of both…