Year 5 university students for a day

Our annual Year 5 University Day took place in November this year, with pupils from five schools being welcomed to the Palmer Building on Whiteknights campus.

They all enjoyed a lecture in one of the university’s biggest and most impressive lecture theatres, on themes as diverse as History and Pharmacology.

This was followed by a tour of the campus, with the opportunity to ask current students about their life at the University of Reading. The Whitley pupils were really interested in life on campus, and remarked: ‘I had no idea you could live there.’

Teachers were impressed with the trip too: ‘The children have a greater understanding of what they can aspire to in the future – it’s great!’

We are very grateful to the University of Reading for their support in hosting and organising this trip, and look forward to creating even more opportunities with them for Whitley pupils in future.