Meet our Schools Liaison Officer at Trinity, Lizzie Bowes:

Hi, I’m Lizzie and I’m the Schools’ Liaison Officer (or SLO for short) at Trinity! I’m a Cambridge graduate who was involved in access and outreach throughout my entire time at university. Being the first person in my family to go to university, access schemes (like the Sutton Trust Summer Schools, Open Days and outreach events at lots of the colleges) showed me that Cambridge was accessible to anyone, and that it was for anybody who was passionate about and good at their chosen subject, regardless of their background.

I’ll always be grateful to the amazing outreach teams that showed me that and enabled me to get to Cambridge, and I’m so lucky to be able to communicate the same thing to students, parents and teachers through our outreach work. I’m the first port of call for student queries about Oxbridge and higher education, and am always on the other end of an email at [email protected]!

Day to day, my work consists of speaking to schools about university and Oxbridge, as well as overseeing longer term outreach schemes like the Year 12 mentoring scheme. My work wouldn’t be possible without our fabulous team of Trinity student Ambassadors, who I bring along to as many of my events as possible to put a face to the Trinity College name.

We’re delighted to be able to provide so many outreach programmes and residentials. Students from all backgrounds deserve and merit places in this institution, and we’re excited to continue providing opportunities for students to realise that.

For example, Trinity runs five to six residentials a year with places for up to 300 students in total. Around 50% of those students went on to apply to Cambridge, with around half of those receiving an offer.