The University’s Peninsula Dental School will welcome 35 students from years 11 and 12 for the UK’s first residential programme in dentistry.
The dates for the three-night, four-day programme are from Monday 11 July to Thursday 14 July 2022. The Summer School is free to attend and travel, accommodation and catering costs will be covered by HEE Funding/Peninsula Dental School.
Thanks to the Medical Schools Council and funding from Health Education England, the summer school aims to widen participation and access to dentistry, and see a greater diversity in the dental profession.
By detailing the specifics of dental school, including study skills and revision workshops and even going through a mock entrance interview, the University hopes to break down barriers; ensuring that the least likely but most able of students who might not otherwise have considered, or felt able to access, a dental career understand how they can enter the profession.
The four-day, three-night summer school also includes supervised trips around the locality, including beaches, landmarks and attractions such as The Box.
Students for the programme will be recruited from schools across the South West, particularly from schools with a high percentage of students receiving free school meals or studying at a state school that achieved below the national average at GCSE.