Programs

A free five-day daytime summer school at the University of South Wales for Year 12 students from groups under-represented in higher education, with themed pathways across business, creative, crime and justice, health, education and engineering.

• Year 12
• No fee

A paid five-day legal work experience programme for 16-19 year olds studying A-Levels or equivalent, based in the firm's London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds offices. Applications are due to open in February 2027 for an August 2027 start.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

A paid two-year development programme with work insight placements at a top London commercial law firm for Year 12 state-school students.

• Year 12
• No fee

A free programme from St Anne's College, Oxford for Year 12 state-school students in the North East of England: subject sessions with researchers, a four-night Oxford summer school and application support.

• Year 12
• No fee

Write 800–2,000 words of historical fiction set before you were born for the UK's only youth prize for historical fiction.

• Grades not published
• No fee

A free 16-month programme from the University of Cambridge and Isaac Science that helps UK state-school Year 12 students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds raise their attainment in maths and science.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A free University of Oxford Oxplore competition: write a 500-word biography of a Black historical figure whose story deserves to be better known.

• Grades not published
• No fee