No-one from my family had attended university, and so coming to Cambridge (from a small town in Yorkshire) was both a challenging and life-enhancing experience. What I learned was the importance of education to what you can achieve. Education can be both fulfilling and inspirationally transformative. It allowed me to succeed in many ways that I had never anticipated and I am wholeheartedly committed to the principle of educational progression based on academic ability rather than on class background, colour or religion.
Ros Smith, alumna and donor