Presidential Podcast
The Washington Post’s Presidential podcast explores how each former American president reached office, made decisions, handled crises and redefined the...
Read moreIn The Long Run
In The Long Run is the blog of the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge....
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 moreTalking Politics
Corbyn! Trump! Brexit! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. TALKING POLITICS is the podcast that...
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 moreHE+
The HE+ website hosts subject resources written by Cambridge academics and is designed for self-study. This is an absolutely brilliant resource...
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 moreBig Picture
Big Picture is an online magazine with loads of fantastic articles, activities, images, games, videos and more, all aimed at...
Read moreScience Friday
Described as “your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science”, Science Friday hosts a range of weekly podcasts,...
Read moreBattle of Ideas
The Battle of Ideas is a two-day annual festival which encourages free-thinking and open-ended discussion about a number of current...
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 moreSocial Science Bites
Their own website explains it best: “hear leading social scientists present their perspectives on how our social world is created,...
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 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 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 moreParliament TV
Want an insight into how the British political system works? Parliament TV offers live and archived coverage of all public parliament...
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 moreCRIAViews
CRIAViews is a blog which aims to engage audiences with articles on international affairs. Many of the authors are academics...
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 moreCambridge SMS
The Cambridge Streaming Media Service (SMS) is a huge online vault of recorded public lectures and other events which have...
Read morePolitics In Spires
Politics in Spires (see what they did there?) is a joint blog between researchers at Oxford and Cambridge who are...
Read moreBBC iWonder
BBC iWonder features a range of interactive online guides which organise videos, audio files, infographics, activities and written sumaries to...
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 moreCorpus Christi College essay competitions
Every year, Corpus Christi College in Cambridge runs a series of essay competitions for Year 12 students. Participants get the...
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