▁Lam pl ▁was ▁app alled ▁to ▁discover ▁that ▁now ad ays ▁" a ▁kid ▁like ▁me ▁had ▁little ▁chance ▁of ▁making ▁it ▁to ▁Ox bridge ", ▁not ing ▁that ▁his ▁old ▁grammar ▁school ▁was ▁now ▁" all ▁fee - pay ing " ▁ ▁and ▁his ▁old ▁Oxford ▁college ▁" used ▁to ▁have ▁lots ▁of ▁ordinary ▁Wel sh ▁k ids , ▁but ▁they ' re ▁not ▁coming ▁through ▁any ▁more ." ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁inter vention ▁was ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Summer ▁School , ▁which ▁gave ▁bright ▁ 1 7 - year - olds ▁( from ▁families ▁where ▁no ▁one ▁has ▁been ▁to ▁university ) ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁spend ▁a ▁week ▁at ▁Oxford ▁living ▁in ▁college , ▁going ▁to ▁sem in ars ▁and ▁" h anging ▁out ▁with ▁students ▁who ▁are ▁already ▁there ." ▁ ▁The ▁scheme ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁rolled ▁out ▁to ▁eleven ▁other ▁top ▁univers ities . ▁ ▁Lam pl ▁founded ▁the ▁S utton ▁Trust ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁" to ▁improve ▁educational ▁opportun ities ▁for ▁young ▁people ▁from ▁non - priv ile ged ▁background s ▁and ▁increase ▁social ▁mob ility ." ▁The ▁trust ▁funds ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁research , ▁campaign ing ▁and ▁phil anth rop ical ▁projects , ▁including ▁the ▁" Open ▁Access " ▁programme ▁which ▁fund ed ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁places ▁at ▁the ▁academ ically ▁select ive ▁Bel ved ere ▁School ▁in ▁Liverpool , ▁a ▁scheme ▁which ▁Lam pl ▁says ▁the ▁state ▁should ▁eventually ▁expand ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 ▁or ▁ 2 0 0