Pint of Science
Pint of Science is an annual science festival that takes place in pubs over three evenings in May; across the...
Read moreSciShow
Sci show is a range of short videos aimed to make your curiosity contagious. Updated weekly, it has a huge...
Read moreCrash Course
Crash Course provides 10 minute YouTube video series on a huge range of topics, building up from an introductory level...
Read moreHE+
The HE+ website hosts subject resources written by Cambridge academics and is designed for self-study. This is an absolutely brilliant resource...
Read morePeriodic Videos
What happens when a video journalist and two working Chemists join forces? Periodic Videos is the answer! There are videos about each...
Read moreNewnham Essay Prizes
Newnham College’s essay prizes are open exclusively to girls studying in Year 12/Lower Sixth and feature a £500 prize for...
Read moreBang! Science Magazine
Bang! is a “graphically gorgeous science magazine” produced by students at Oxford. It aims to bring topical scientific research from the confines...
Read moreScience Friday
Described as “your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science”, Science Friday hosts a range of weekly podcasts,...
Read moreYale Open Courses
Yale is one of the USA’s top universities, and they have a great selection of lectures and materials from their...
Read moreRi Channel
You might know about the Royal Institution from its really popular Christmas lectures shown on the TV every year, but...
Read moreThe Scientific 23
If you’re interested to learn about the real lives of current scientists, what they enjoyed (and struggled with!) at school,...
Read moreKhan Academy
You can learn anything! Founded in 2006, Khan Academy delivers hundreds of micro-lectures on topics ranging from algebra to Buddhist...
Read moreCorpus Christi Science Prize
One of our friends in Oxford – Corpus Christi College – runs an annual competition for students keen on exploring...
Read moreBill Bryson Prize
If you’re good at explaining complex scientific topics to your friends, family or pets, then why not enter the Royal Society...
Read moreThe Conversation
What happens when academics and journalists work together to produce a news website? No matter your interests, be in in...
Read moreGresham College lectures
Gresham College, founded in 1597, exists to disseminate knowledge by providing free public lectures. You can view past lectures on their...
Read moreRoyal Society lectures
The Royal Society is a collection of the world’s top scientists who host a range of public lectures, many of...
Read moreHE+
The HE+ project website from Cambridge contains resources such as extra reading material, links to external websites, exercises to try...
Read moreHay Festival talks from Cambridge
The Hay Festival is a celebration of literature and the arts, and Cambridge often brings along its own academic to...
Read moreHay Levels
The Hay Levels are a series of five minute videos from some of the world’s leading academics and teachers which...
Read moreScientia Salon
A beautiful blend of science and philosophy! Read essays and book reviews or watch videos to learn about the links...
Read moreFutureLearn
What would you like to learn? Whether it’s ecosystems, health, business, stem cells, climate change, programming, religion or quantum physics,...
Read moreedX
EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from lots of US and world universities. There are over 300 short courses...
Read moreCoursera
MOOCs (or Massive Open Online Courses) have really taken off in popularity in recent years. Coursera partners with top universities...
Read moreCambridge on YouTube
YouTube is probably one of the easiest ways to explore your subject nowadays. The University of Cambridge’s account is great,...
Read moreiTunes U
iTunes U is a dedicated section of Apple’s iTunes Store that houses an endless supply of educational audio and video files from...
Read morePeterhouse Essay Prizes
Peterhouse, one of the Colleges which makes up the University of Cambridge, organises essay competitions each year for students in...
Read moreAeon Magazine
Aeon is an online magazine which features oodles of essays and video documentaries on issues in science and society. It...
Read moreScience and Plants for Schools
The Science and Plants for Schools (SaPS) website contains a range of different teaching resources, animations and videos, news stories,...
Read moreCambridge SMS
The Cambridge Streaming Media Service (SMS) is a huge online vault of recorded public lectures and other events which have...
Read moreThe Naked Scientists
Don’t fear the name! The Naked Scientists describe themselves as a group of researchers from Cambridge who write articles, create...
Read moreNew Scientist
New Scientist seems to be the go-to magazine for any budding Scientist. First published in 1956 and published weekly, it...
Read moreBBC iWonder
BBC iWonder features a range of interactive online guides which organise videos, audio files, infographics, activities and written sumaries to...
Read moreWhat if? By xkcd
Describing itself as a series of “Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions”, the What-If articles by xkcd are a...
Read moreIn Our Time on Radio 4
BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’ has become a hugely popular discussion programme, attracting over two million listeners who want...
Read moreRSC Chemistry Olympiad
The UK Chemistry Olympiad is a national competition run by the Royal Society of Chemistry which aims to provide post-16...
Read moreCambridge Chemistry Challenge
The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge (C3L6) website features a series of online monthly challenges for keen Chemists to try from their...
Read morechemNRICH
Part of the ‘Advanced STEM’ section of the NRICH website which provides “stimulating and relevant resources to explore the ways...
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