A GROUP of 14 to 16-year-old Tavistock College students recently visited Cambridge University in order to learn how to apply successfully to Oxbridge and Russell group universities.

The students were the guests of Downing College and found it highly motivating to stay in the undergraduate halls, in a room formerly occupied by actor and comedian John Cleese of Monty Python fame, in his undergraduate days.

The students were shown around Downing, Emmanuel College and Trinity College.

They attended two academic sessions to show them what a typical seminar would be like and honed their critical thinking and debating skills.

Downing College hosts Tavistock College every year and their school's liaison officer, Sam Turner, said: 'It is one of the highlights of my calendar to host students from Tavistock College.'