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Course Aims
The Department of Physics (Cavendish Laboratory) at the University of Cambridge has a national schools physics development programme and university access initiative, the Senior Physics Challenge (SPC), directed at AS students. Higher physics demands fluency and ability in physical and mathematical analysis that are not given prominence in school physics syllabii. Some students are increasingly surprised and disadvantaged by the discrepancy between their expectations of physics admissions and subsequent University courses, and their reality. Students can be especially disadvantaged by their unfamiliarity with skills and preparation universities are seeking. We wish to demystify, and make more accessible to a wider range of students, the transition to university physics in the UK. We view this as an important access issue.
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