Crash 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 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 morePopAnth
PopAnth looks to take the work of anthropologists around the world, who research and explore current and historic human societies,...
Read morePhilosophy Bites
If you’re looking for some easy-to-understand bitesize introductions to key topics in Philosophy (and let’s face it, who isn’t?), then...
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 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 moreHE+
The HE+ project website from Cambridge contains resources such as extra reading material, links to external websites, exercises to try...
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 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 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 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 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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