Target Oxbridge

Target Oxbridge is a free programme founded by Naomi Kellman that aims to help Black African and Caribbean students and students of mixed race with Black African and Caribbean heritage increase their chances of getting into the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge (known collectively as Oxbridge). Since launching in 2012 from within diversity specialists Rare, Target Oxbridge has helped over 400 students to secure Oxbridge offers.

In 2020, Naomi launched the Target Oxbridge Podcast which she produces and presents. It aims to share the knowledge of how to effectively target a top UK university with parents, teachers and young people across the country. The Target Oxbridge podcast is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

In the podcast, Naomi interviews Target Oxbridge students who are studying at Oxford and Cambridge to delve into their experiences, get their tips for applying and share the advice they would give to their 16-year-old selves.

For more information about Target Oxbridge, please visit targetoxbridge.co.uk.

Brilliant Virtual Session!

Callum Hart, Head of HR, TradingHub

"Naomi recently delivered a brilliant virtual session for us on the history and purpose of Target Oxbridge and the wider topic of inequality in education settings as part of Black History Month. The session combined wider research and results from the Target Oxbridge programme with poignant personal stories to add context to these inequalities.

Naomi eloquently summarised the wider institutional and personal reasons that drove her to creating Target Oxbridge, and the story of getting it to where it is now, as well as what its future holds. It was incredibly satisfying to see the successes that Naomi and Target Oxbridge have had in delivering on their mission.

Furthermore, Naomi kindly made time to answer a number of questions from our team at the end, and it was clear to see how engaged they were in the session based on the sentiment of their questions.

I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Naomi to other businesses looking to run sessions for their teams, overall it was a great experience, and we have all learnt a lot in such a short space of time."

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