:00:10. > :00:16.The dreaming spires of Oxford and the ancient courts of Cambridge. Two
:00:17. > :00:20.of the best universities in the world which have produced some of
:00:21. > :00:27.our greatest scientists and thinkers. Oxbridge graduates
:00:28. > :00:31.dominate power. Half the UK Cabinet studied at one or the other. This
:00:32. > :00:40.year there is Jacob Lewis. At Cambridge to study law having grown
:00:41. > :00:48.up on a Cardiff Council estate. Cardiff is a great city. This is a
:00:49. > :00:52.completely different planet. I'm on my way to a tutorial. It is one hour
:00:53. > :00:58.with one of the leading experts in his field. You know what? It is
:00:59. > :01:03.really difficult. I was up until 5:30am but it is what I signed up
:01:04. > :01:09.for. It encourages you to work hard and do the readings to the very best
:01:10. > :01:14.of your ability. The unique thing about Cambridge and Oxford. That the
:01:15. > :01:18.place. He is one of only 61 pupils from Wales who are accepted to study
:01:19. > :01:27.here this year. There are only 77 at Oxford. We are very few and far
:01:28. > :01:29.between but we do exist. Relatively speaking, far fewer Welsh youngsters
:01:30. > :01:40.even dry to get in compared with their English counterparts.
:01:41. > :01:46.Oxford and Cambridge are famously to have the best universities in the
:01:47. > :01:50.world so it is hard this uprising that competition for places is
:01:51. > :01:53.intense. And it's increasing. We have looked at the latest figures
:01:54. > :02:00.and Welsh schools continue to underperform. 20% of Welsh
:02:01. > :02:06.candidates get in and that is 5% under the UK average. Worse is the
:02:07. > :02:13.low number of Welsh applications. Only 680 compared with England,
:02:14. > :02:16.20,000. Concern about a long-term decline in property Welsh Government
:02:17. > :02:26.to commission a report from pole. Now Lord Murphy. -- Pol. I had the
:02:27. > :02:30.vigorous advantage myself to go to Oxford and they wanted young people
:02:31. > :02:37.who had the same advantage that I had in Wales. I also noticed quite a
:02:38. > :02:39.dramatic drop in both the number of applications and the number of
:02:40. > :02:48.acceptances in Oxford and Cambridge from Welsh schools and colleges. For
:02:49. > :02:54.A*s! This was Jacob Lewis the day he found out he had got his grades for
:02:55. > :02:57.Cambridge. But his further education college was stunned that came it has
:02:58. > :03:00.set the bar so high. When he was first made the offer I didn't think
:03:01. > :03:07.he could do it because at the time it seemed a real stuff of, more
:03:08. > :03:14.really than probably anybody else in the UK. What made Jacob's
:03:15. > :03:17.achievement so extraordinary was that after a family breakdown he had
:03:18. > :03:24.to stay with friends sleeping and studying where he could. The library
:03:25. > :03:30.became his second home and the college of deep to support him.
:03:31. > :03:36.Because he was effectively homeless or sofa surfing as Jacob describes
:03:37. > :03:38.it, we put him up in bed-and-breakfast and that allowed
:03:39. > :03:48.him to come down to the college and there he was working about 12 hours
:03:49. > :03:52.a day. I think I have clocked more hours than the librarians, you'll
:03:53. > :03:56.have to them. We caught up with Jacob last October just before he
:03:57. > :04:00.left for Cambridge. It gives the student a really good fighting
:04:01. > :04:04.chance. Teaching is fantastic year but it is really important to get
:04:05. > :04:07.those higher grades to do that independent reading and to do the
:04:08. > :04:13.practice papers to try and get the consensus from the ingrained in your
:04:14. > :04:17.mind as possible. That is why I did it going into the exams and that is
:04:18. > :04:21.what I intend to do going to Cambridge. You need considerable
:04:22. > :04:26.skill to manage Jacob. He is a character. Sometimes I felt I needed
:04:27. > :04:30.the skill of a lion tamer but all in all this has been a tremendous
:04:31. > :04:39.experience. Will you be sad to see him go? I am delighted that he is
:04:40. > :04:45.going! But going to the Cambridge, that is the delight, not the fact
:04:46. > :04:53.that I'm going but where I am going, yes? Yes. Shake my hand. So, what
:04:54. > :04:58.are the chances of two others from the same college following in
:04:59. > :05:01.Jacob's footsteps to Oxbridge. Carmen Sutcliffe from Pentryrch is
:05:02. > :05:07.doing her AS-level is and wants to study law at Oxford. They are the
:05:08. > :05:09.top universities for a reason. A first-rate education. You want the
:05:10. > :05:16.best possible training for your career. And Calum Haggett from
:05:17. > :05:21.Tonyrefail is reapplying to Oxford. They gave him an offer last year but
:05:22. > :05:25.he just missed out. Possibly because he was also captaining the Welsh
:05:26. > :05:32.under 18 's. He led them on a tour to South Africa. He has given up
:05:33. > :05:35.rugby since to concentrate on education. It kills me that I can't
:05:36. > :05:38.play every week because it has been such a part of my life since I was
:05:39. > :05:44.nine or ten. Having this year off is a massive void in my life. Both
:05:45. > :05:54.Calum and Carmen left their schools to do A-levels at Coleg y Cymoedd.
:05:55. > :05:58.It also plays host to what is known as a Seren hub. Once a month, the
:05:59. > :06:01.brightest kids from the area are invited along to be taught by some
:06:02. > :06:10.of the best teachers and lecturers available. What's do you notice
:06:11. > :06:14.about it compared... The Murphy report recommended setting up Seren
:06:15. > :06:18.hubs around Wales. He pointed out that they weren't getting the very
:06:19. > :06:24.best grades students need for Oxford. Carmen amongst other agrees.
:06:25. > :06:26.I just think teachers want all of the class to pass and a think
:06:27. > :06:32.teachers need to pick out individuals that could do better.
:06:33. > :06:35.And push them to better. I feel like they are pushing the ones they don't
:06:36. > :06:40.think will pass but once you are above the pass, they are kind of
:06:41. > :06:43.happy with what you have got. The Murphy report found that too many
:06:44. > :06:49.well schools suffered from low ambition. Hawthorn High near
:06:50. > :06:53.Pontypridd is not one of them. It is five years since anyone here got to
:06:54. > :06:57.Oxbridge but last year have the offer is made to their students came
:06:58. > :07:00.from the UK's top 23 universities known as the Russell group. Despite
:07:01. > :07:06.that, quite a few students here didn't take up those offers. The
:07:07. > :07:09.most common reason for not going to Russell group universities was
:07:10. > :07:13.because they didn't want to move away from home. They wanted to be
:07:14. > :07:17.able to live at home, to save money. It comes back to finances. It is
:07:18. > :07:22.really getting that message out to people that they don't actually have
:07:23. > :07:26.to pay that money upfront and it is a long that they can take up that
:07:27. > :07:30.they can pay back. These A-level students are aiming high, but they
:07:31. > :07:36.can see why others are put off applying to top universities. I
:07:37. > :07:43.think it is because we see ourselves as being less entitled to get there.
:07:44. > :07:47.They also don't think they will fit in, that they will go to Oxford and
:07:48. > :07:51.all the people in Oxford will be really bright just like them but
:07:52. > :07:54.they will be different class. He never really think you can go up
:07:55. > :08:07.there because it is in the back of your mind that it is where you are
:08:08. > :08:11.comfortable... Today, Carmen and Calum and a select few from the
:08:12. > :08:13.Coleg y Cymoedd are on their way to a very different kind of college.
:08:14. > :08:18.They are going to one of thing's famous school. Their teachers see it
:08:19. > :08:24.as a chance to open their minds and build confidence. Since coming to
:08:25. > :08:32.Coleg y Cymoedd I know these are much broader available, it has been
:08:33. > :08:38.a lot wider help available for us in terms of preparation for interviews
:08:39. > :08:44.and entry tests and things like that. Last year was a bit of a
:08:45. > :08:48.culture shock. It was a shock arriving at this beautiful building
:08:49. > :08:53.and I have been involved in some really high-level debates. But
:08:54. > :09:01.really had to broaden some of their horizons.
:09:02. > :09:10.It costs up to ?36,000 a year to attend Wellington College. Their
:09:11. > :09:20.prestige means they can bring in some of the UK's top speakers for
:09:21. > :09:23.events like this. Wellington College has built relationships with some
:09:24. > :09:29.state schools and invites them along. I think conferences like this
:09:30. > :09:32.are really important in terms of developing a child's character and
:09:33. > :09:38.also their sense of self belief, their understanding that they might
:09:39. > :09:41.only be 16, 17 years old but they can ask a question to a top
:09:42. > :09:46.politician or economist and they will get a direct answer. Whilst
:09:47. > :09:50.these politicians might seem quite imposing, they are just people and I
:09:51. > :09:54.think the more that we can break down those barriers and help
:09:55. > :09:57.students from less privileged backgrounds understand that, we will
:09:58. > :10:08.start to stay the type of social change you want in society. So, can
:10:09. > :10:14.we in Wales compete with this kind of support for our brightest pupils?
:10:15. > :10:18.We are grateful we have had the opportunity by Wellington to come up
:10:19. > :10:27.here today. I don't think we can match that exactly. However, with
:10:28. > :10:31.our own Seren hub network in South Wales, I think more and more of
:10:32. > :10:40.these opportunities will be provided. I think this event today,
:10:41. > :10:45.like others that we attend -- intend our students applying for in future,
:10:46. > :10:49.can do no harm in helping that. Conversing with people from these
:10:50. > :10:52.different backgrounds gives you confidence, knowing you are as good
:10:53. > :10:56.as these people and these are the candidates you are competing against
:10:57. > :10:59.when you apply for the best universities in the country.
:11:00. > :11:03.Privilege and money doesn't much hard work in my book. As long as you
:11:04. > :11:11.work hard and have people and amazing teachers who support you,
:11:12. > :11:28.that is what matters. Everybody ready for home?
:11:29. > :11:35.44% of Oxford's places are filled by students who have been to fee-paying
:11:36. > :11:38.schools. So nearly half the places here are being taken by private
:11:39. > :11:42.schools even though they educate fewer than one in five A-level
:11:43. > :11:47.students. With the vast majority of children in Wales going to skip
:11:48. > :11:52.Sills, are they at a disadvantage? With the university insists it is
:11:53. > :11:56.that the school that counts. We do recruit on academic potential but
:11:57. > :11:59.academic potential lies right across different types of schools and lies
:12:00. > :12:07.with people from different backgrounds. What if those pupils in
:12:08. > :12:10.comprehensive schools do not have degree a shackle access to that
:12:11. > :12:15.degree of support? In terms of support we work with many schools,
:12:16. > :12:18.2200 average annually and they are state schools that we go into to
:12:19. > :12:23.make sure they have access to the information. But across the UK? Yes.
:12:24. > :12:32.We have three colleges that are dedicated to outreach in Wales.
:12:33. > :12:35.Oxbridge academics say they can detect raw talent paper-thin candids
:12:36. > :12:46.through interviews and aptitude tests, including the so-called BMAT.
:12:47. > :12:48.Today, Calum is getting the result of his BMAT test as part of his
:12:49. > :12:55.application to the biomedical science. I have got 5.7. That is a
:12:56. > :13:01.good score. I'm really pleased with myself. I think this year more than
:13:02. > :13:04.last year, maturity has got a lot to do with it when you're looking at
:13:05. > :13:08.questions. More, than last year. Roughly I can get through the door
:13:09. > :13:13.this year and be studying up there in October. -- hopefully. In
:13:14. > :13:17.Cambridge, Jacob is close to finishing his first term at Hughes
:13:18. > :13:23.Hall and he has found it challenging. A Cambridge law degree
:13:24. > :13:27.we will say is slightly more difficult than A-levels. But is
:13:28. > :13:32.expected of you is very different. It is a lot of library work, a lot
:13:33. > :13:37.are really engaging with the primary sources and doing your own research.
:13:38. > :13:44.But that is what you have to do as a lawyer. I am preparing to moot. You
:13:45. > :13:51.have a hypothetical legal problem and you need to argue your point
:13:52. > :13:54.against other law students. No matter how good your legal argument
:13:55. > :13:58.is a judge is not going to find in your favour if you look like an
:13:59. > :14:05.idiot. You occasionally have two dress in a way that will make your
:14:06. > :14:13.mates back, love. Did everything they would be wearing something like
:14:14. > :14:19.that? Certainly not alive! Ready to win a case. Cambridge and Oxford
:14:20. > :14:24.still offer to few places to schools that are state schools, especially
:14:25. > :14:27.from those that are deprived backgrounds. According to the
:14:28. > :14:32.Government was like social mobility commission. It is a charge they both
:14:33. > :14:36.deny. Why then did Cambridge appear to make it so hard for Jacob by
:14:37. > :14:44.demanding and almost impossible for A*s at a level? Our standard offer
:14:45. > :14:51.for arts and humanities subjects is A*s and double-A. The average
:14:52. > :14:59.academic attainment for students arriving in Cambridge is 2.7 A*s. So
:15:00. > :15:05.why when Jacob Lewis applied to come to Cambridge was he told that he
:15:06. > :15:11.would have to achieve for A*s? That sounds like an exceptional case.
:15:12. > :15:12.That will not reflect my understanding of how offers to any
:15:13. > :15:19.student would normally be made. Last week, education charity
:15:20. > :15:21.the Sutton Trust said Oxbridge's admissions process is
:15:22. > :15:23.complicated and intimidating. Cambridge say they're trying
:15:24. > :15:35.to break down barriers For example, some sample interviews
:15:36. > :15:40.re-enacted by successful candidates have been put online. I would if the
:15:41. > :15:45.university has a view like that, people who come from difficult
:15:46. > :15:49.circumstances are discouraged. I would say the opposite. Ours is a
:15:50. > :15:53.system that really concentrate on applicants as individuals in a way
:15:54. > :15:57.that many other universities don't. We have a special form, for example,
:15:58. > :16:02.an extenuating circumstances form, that schools or doctors or social
:16:03. > :16:07.workers can fill in to explain circumstances surrounding perhaps an
:16:08. > :16:10.unusual set of exam results that don't reflect that candidate's
:16:11. > :16:15.ability. We really encourage that sort of information to be passed on
:16:16. > :16:17.so that we can help those students and make sure they are not
:16:18. > :16:25.disadvantaged. Perhaps Jacob was given such a high
:16:26. > :16:28.offer because of his According to the website of at least
:16:29. > :16:31.one Cambridge college, Trinity, two of his chosen A levels,
:16:32. > :16:34.Law and Sociology are of 'limited Another of his A levels
:16:35. > :16:38.was the Welsh Bacc and Oxbridge According to the website of at least
:16:39. > :16:43.one Cambridge college, Trinity, two of his chosen A levels,
:16:44. > :16:46.Law and Sociology are of 'limited Another of his A levels
:16:47. > :16:53.was the Welsh Bacc and Oxbridge Rank the first three in order of
:16:54. > :16:55.what you think was the most important... Both Oxford and
:16:56. > :16:58.Cambridge say they need to see evidence of a strong grasp of the
:16:59. > :17:01.subject and an enthusiasm for it. It is usually the parties... Carmine
:17:02. > :17:06.speaks highly of the teaching here and the advice she is getting from
:17:07. > :17:12.A-level coordinator Ian. Ian is on at me, saying, why are you doing
:17:13. > :17:16.that? I like it. It is nice having someone there telling you it won't
:17:17. > :17:21.help. There is no point doing it, it is just me being stubborn singer can
:17:22. > :17:27.do it anyway. What do you think about the Welsh baccalaureate? Is it
:17:28. > :17:34.helpful or not? It was going so well and you had to mention that. It
:17:35. > :17:38.depends on the students. For me, it drives me insane because it takes up
:17:39. > :17:40.a lot of time for something that most of the universities and
:17:41. > :17:45.employing two don't even accept it. There are questions
:17:46. > :17:47.about whether universities are giving clear guidance
:17:48. > :17:49.on the A levels they want. But if they are, do schools
:17:50. > :17:56.and pupils pay enough attention? Professor Chris Taylor has carried
:17:57. > :17:58.out detailed research into how successful schools are at getting
:17:59. > :18:00.their pupils into higher education. He finds there are big
:18:01. > :18:02.differences between them. The quality of advice varies,
:18:03. > :18:13.as does your chance We find differences in the
:18:14. > :18:18.probability of you going to university. Some schools, their
:18:19. > :18:21.children, their students, are 2.5 times more likely to go to
:18:22. > :18:23.university even though they have the same grace as another student in
:18:24. > :18:29.another school in Wales. He also suggests that as the Welsh
:18:30. > :18:32.curriculum diverges from England's, it might become harder for our
:18:33. > :18:34.brightest to get into Oxbridge. And he says the quality
:18:35. > :18:42.of teaching needs to improve, There are huge differences between
:18:43. > :18:47.schools there. Particularly around the specialist nature of the
:18:48. > :18:52.teachers. You have subjects, for example, history, beings taught by
:18:53. > :18:58.drugs or maths teachers. English being taught by teachers who haven't
:18:59. > :18:58.got English degrees. The level of expertise among the teaching
:18:59. > :19:04.profession is also a key factor. So does this Welsh Government see
:19:05. > :19:07.the quality of teaching as the root I went to ask the
:19:08. > :19:14.Education Minister. It has been suggested there is an
:19:15. > :19:18.issue about attainment. There are better teachers to push for higher
:19:19. > :19:22.grades right through the process. If we have young people who are capable
:19:23. > :19:27.of the very best and we are taking their GCSE results as a marker here,
:19:28. > :19:31.then to my mind, they should be encouraged.
:19:32. > :19:33.The Welsh Government has also just announced new training for teachers,
:19:34. > :19:36.which they say should improve the quality of teaching and pupils
:19:37. > :19:47.It's mid-December and Calum is in Oxford focussing on the big
:19:48. > :20:01.day ahead - three interviews at two colleges.
:20:02. > :20:07.Just a latte, please. The dining room at the College I'm going to
:20:08. > :20:16.this afternoon, that is the dining room. I'm looking forward to going
:20:17. > :20:22.and seeing that. One is at 10:10am and one is at 11:50am. I can be
:20:23. > :20:26.prepared. I can be down there ten minutes before I need to be there.
:20:27. > :20:30.I'm looking forward to getting it out of the way because this is the
:20:31. > :20:31.end of the whole process. After this, you find out whether you have
:20:32. > :20:44.an offer. I'll start focusing properly about
:20:45. > :20:47.half an hour before. We've done the work. If you haven't done the work
:20:48. > :20:58.by this point, you are pretty much stuffed. Why is that chair read?
:20:59. > :21:05.They want to see how your brain works. They will take you on.
:21:06. > :21:07.After months of preparation, it was time to go in to
:21:08. > :21:09.Exeter College, his number one choice.
:21:10. > :21:20.A few hours later we caught up with him as he phoned his mother.
:21:21. > :21:29.It went well, yes. Better than the other two. I am glad, because I want
:21:30. > :21:35.this one. I think she's pleased that I've come out reasonably happy. You
:21:36. > :21:38.can't be ecstatic about an Oxford interview, but if you are, it has
:21:39. > :21:43.gone wrong. They push you depending on your level. I think I was a bit
:21:44. > :21:46.more, and collected when I was answering questions purely on the
:21:47. > :21:50.fact that I've been here before. Hopefully, when the beam that score
:21:51. > :21:53.and my personal statement get, but rated into the one, I can get an
:21:54. > :21:59.offer. -- BMAT score. It's been his dream to study
:22:00. > :22:02.here and get a rugby blue. But Calum now has a month to wait
:22:03. > :22:05.before Oxford writes to him Carmen's applying to
:22:06. > :22:13.Oxford later this year. She has a heavy workload
:22:14. > :22:21.to get through first - I don't thing being sort of
:22:22. > :22:26.dedicated academically means that you need to cancel out social lives
:22:27. > :22:32.or hobbies or downtime, because as long as you manage time effectively,
:22:33. > :22:37.it is manageable. I do boxing. Boxing is definitely keeping me
:22:38. > :22:40.sane. Definitely keeps me sane. It relieves the stress and gives you an
:22:41. > :22:43.hour where you don't need to think at all. If you neglect your body,
:22:44. > :22:49.that has adverse effects on your mind. Everyone feels stressed, I
:22:50. > :22:53.think, 16. The biggest worries are getting your work done.
:22:54. > :22:55.Even though her parents say they'll miss her when she goes off
:22:56. > :23:00.to university, they are giving 100% support to get there.
:23:01. > :23:08.As a parent, I've only ever wanted them to be happy, whatever they do
:23:09. > :23:12.is of their choosing. But I will be absolutely devastated. I will miss
:23:13. > :23:17.her like mad. But what she will benefit by moving out and her life
:23:18. > :23:23.is her life starting. It's got to be done. She will love it and she will
:23:24. > :23:26.be amazing. I am excited, really excited. Really excited for who she
:23:27. > :23:33.will be. Jacob Lewis's story has by now
:23:34. > :23:35.made him into minor celebrity. He's been asked to speak at
:23:36. > :23:38.an education conference in Cardiff. He's on a mission to get as many
:23:39. > :23:49.other Welsh to apply Oxbridge don't care about you or
:23:50. > :23:54.where you are from, only your academic potential. Everyone, no
:23:55. > :23:58.matter what their background, has to pass the same incredibly daunting
:23:59. > :23:59.admissions process. For heavens sake, if they will let me in, they
:24:00. > :24:03.will let anybody in. He's realised that Welsh youngsters
:24:04. > :24:05.are put off applying to Oxbridge because they think, wrongly,
:24:06. > :24:14.it's more expensive Welsh assembly cover nearly two
:24:15. > :24:20.thirds of the fee in the form of a nonrepayable grant. The fee is only
:24:21. > :24:25.3.5 thousand a year where is our com patriots are being charged ?9,000
:24:26. > :24:35.per year. Crikey, it is a deal, a steal. A degree at Oxford or
:24:36. > :24:37.Cambridge is no more than a degree from Cardiff, it is the same price.
:24:38. > :24:42.Aim high. It's mid-January and Calum has news
:24:43. > :24:50.about his application. It has not been possible to offer
:24:51. > :24:57.you a place at this college, I am sorry to inform you. I was
:24:58. > :25:01.devastated, really. It's been two years, close, of my life. I got the
:25:02. > :25:07.offer last year and then we're playing this year. My personal
:25:08. > :25:11.statement was better, my exam results came up much higher than
:25:12. > :25:13.last year. I was devastated and dumbfounded, really, as well, as to
:25:14. > :25:19.the what's and wise. The family think if he had been
:25:20. > :25:22.given an offer of four A stars from the University he might have
:25:23. > :25:29.done it, especially as he's given up Had they come back and asked for
:25:30. > :25:32.higher grades than last year, we would have been told and understood
:25:33. > :25:35.it, but not to get a chance of an offer at all is devastating, because
:25:36. > :25:40.less than six months ago, we were in possession of an offer. He is the
:25:41. > :25:46.calibre of student said wanted to take on last year, but less than six
:25:47. > :25:50.month later, they don't seem want to give him a chance to try again. That
:25:51. > :25:57.has disappointed us. We have been following a young student, Callum,
:25:58. > :26:01.as he has tried to fail -- tried and failed to get into Oxford second
:26:02. > :26:05.time at the round. He missed out by a few UCAS points this time,
:26:06. > :26:09.probably because he was captaining the Welsh rugby under 18 is in South
:26:10. > :26:14.Africa at the time. Aren't you missing a trick by not taking on
:26:15. > :26:18.someone with a well rounded background like his? What Oxford is
:26:19. > :26:22.interested in is academic potential. Many of our student is I able to
:26:23. > :26:26.demonstrate that through their A-level grades, that they have
:26:27. > :26:30.attained first time around. They also, in addition, may well be
:26:31. > :26:35.captaining a rugby team or rowing or playing cricket, so if somebody has
:26:36. > :26:38.been made an offer and not got their grades, then it is rather unfair
:26:39. > :26:43.that we give them an offer when they have not met their standard offer.
:26:44. > :26:45.With only one in six applicants getting through,
:26:46. > :26:48.there are a lot disappointed students at this time of year.
:26:49. > :26:50.But those running the Seren hubs emphasise it's not
:26:51. > :26:53.all about Oxbridge - there are plenty of other top
:26:54. > :27:04.I went to Oxford and I loved it, but I know I would have been happier at
:27:05. > :27:11.Cardiff, I been happy at another of -- a number of other institutions.
:27:12. > :27:18.We're not in the Coleg y Cymoedd about talking about Oxbridge. They
:27:19. > :27:22.should cast the net very widely. Calum says already over his
:27:23. > :27:28.disappointment. He has had an offer from a top London University. When
:27:29. > :27:34.look at prestigious institutions like UCL, Warwick, Ewok, we are all
:27:35. > :27:38.competing with Oxbridge in biological sciences, they are all
:27:39. > :27:47.looking at Oxbridge's door. It is nowhere near the end of the road. As
:27:48. > :27:50.the Jacob, he was still a sofa surfing last month in Cardiff and he
:27:51. > :27:56.couldn't wait to get back to Cambridge for his second term. Very,
:27:57. > :28:00.very happy to be at Cambridge. It's an absolute honour. I have worked
:28:01. > :28:03.very hard and I am determined to enjoy every moment, but I am also
:28:04. > :28:08.deadly determined to not mess this up. I've become well-known almost
:28:09. > :28:11.ordered by accident as the homeless kid who got into Cambridge, there
:28:12. > :28:16.can't be the homeless kid who got into Cambridge and then had to leave
:28:17. > :28:19.because he couldn't keep the work. You've got to believe in yourself
:28:20. > :28:22.and you got to believe that you are up to it and you deserve your place
:28:23. > :28:28.just as much as anybody else in Cambridge.