EDUCATIONAL high-flyer Harri Pickett has her eye on Cambridge University again this year.
The Southland Girls’ High School Year 13 pupil was accepted into the London International Youth Science Forum from July 26 to August 9.
The United Kingdom trip would also include day visits to Cambridge and Oxford laboratories and research centres, as well as attending specialist lectures from leading scientists alongside 500 international pupils.
Harri achieved international success last year after friends, family and sponsors got behind her to send her to Cambridge University’s Immerse Education Summer Programme to study medicine.
‘‘ It's crazy to be invited to attend these events that are so often reserved for the elite,’’ she said.
While it would not be her first trip to the UK, it would be her first solo.
Harri had nearly saved and raised $7100 to cover her costs, but needed to raise $10,653.
She had been furiously fundraising, selling chocolates to raise the final $3500 to make the trip come together.
... Read more in The Southland Express 06 July 2023 (Written by Toni McDonald)