Presidential Podcast
The Washington Post’s Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the...
Read moreWords for Time Travellers
Travel back in time and explore the changing nature of the English Language. From Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons, through...
Read moreTED-Ed
What happens during a stroke? How did teeth evolve? Why should you read Virginia Woolf? Ted-Ed is a series of...
Read moreConspiracy and Democracy Project
Theories and beliefs about conspiracies are an enduring feature of modern societies. This is partly a reflection of the fact...
Read moreRoyal History Society Video Archive
Find lectures from leading academics regarding the cutting edge of historical research, presented by the Royal Historical Society ...
Read moreThe History Chicks
History chicks is a podcast aiming to introduce you to female characters in history, factual or fictional, many of whom...
Read moreAge of Revolutions Blog
The word “revolution” is a human tool. At any point in time, its meaning has shifted to accommodate those wielding it. The...
Read moreHouses of History
Explore the story of Parliament through one thousand years of British history- Houses of History explores 50 key British historical...
Read moreCrash Course
Crash Course provides 10 minute YouTube video series on a huge range of topics, building up from an introductory level...
Read moreThe Many Headed Monster Blog
A history of ‘the unruly sorts of clowns’, this collections of essays are reading by leading early modern history academics,...
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 moreThe Greeks, the Romans, and Us
Have you considered Classics? The Cambridge Classics Faculty have launched a new website designed to provide insight into what current...
Read moreThe Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is a brilliant site that allows you to engage with poetic texts and commentary. With a huge...
Read moreRes Gerendae
Graduate students at the Cambridge University Classics Faculty have collaborated to create Res Gerendae, a blog that forges links between...
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 moreHistory Virtual Classroom
The Faculty of History at Cambridge has an amazing virtual classroom where students can browse sample exercises and lectures which...
Read moreBig Picture
Big Picture is an online magazine with loads of fantastic articles, activities, images, games, videos and more, all aimed at...
Read moreThinking Allowed
Thinking Allowed is a BBC Radio 4 programme presented by former Professor of Sociology Laurie Taylor, looking for half an...
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 moreHistory of Parliament
The History of Parliament website allows students to explore by period and theme the history of British politics. There’s a fantastic schools...
Read morePhDCasts
‘So… what is it that you actually do?’ PhDCasts takes current Cambridge PhD students in the Arts, Humanities and Social...
Read morePopAnth
PopAnth looks to take the work of anthropologists around the world, who research and explore current and historic human societies,...
Read moreViva Voce podcasts
Interested in hearing about current research in the humanities and social sciences? Viva Voce asks current and former PhD students...
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 moreCRASSH blog
CRASSH is the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, based in Cambridge. Their blog invites contributors...
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 moreMDG Visualisation
A great interactive visualisation from the NHME on how different countries are progressing towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). If...
Read moreNational Geographic
The go-to magazine for any budding geography student, National Geographic has been publishing amazing articles and photographs relating to geography,...
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 moreFitzwilliam Essay Competitions
Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge runs annual essay competitions, usually for those studying in the lower sixth, to reward gifted students...
Read moreFestival of Ideas
The Cambridge Festival of Ideas is an annual celebration of the arts, humanities and social sciences. Hundreds of talks, performances, films...
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 moreZooniverse
Take part in science and humanities research projects from the comfort of your own home! Search for planets around stars, classify...
Read moreAeon Magazine
Aeon is an online magazine which features oodles of essays and video documentaries on issues in science and society. It...
Read moreCambridge SMS
The Cambridge Streaming Media Service (SMS) is a huge online vault of recorded public lectures and other events which have...
Read moreBBC iWonder
BBC iWonder features a range of interactive online guides which organise videos, audio files, infographics, activities and written sumaries to...
Read moreHistory today
History Today is a monthly magazine which brings together experts from across the world to write about historical topics from...
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...
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