Programs

Law firm A&O Shearman's work experience for Year 12 students from state schools: a five-day Smart Start week at its London office in July, or the online Smart Applications webinar series.

• Year 12
• No fee

Need-based scholarship for international students from low-income households starting an undergraduate degree at UCL.

• Year 13 / S6
• Cost not published

A spring insight day at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for Year 12 students applying to study medicine.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

A week on the University of Glasgow campus for S5 pupils at Glasgow City Council schools, in one of four academic streams, including the Academic Skills module and the University Open Day.

• S5
• Cost not published

A free four-day residential for Year 12 students from under-represented backgrounds, with a reduced-grade offer if you later apply to Birmingham.

• Year 12
• No fee

Choose a two-week Oxford course in business, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence or global strategy.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £8,995

A two-stage physics challenge for Year 12: a short online round in January and a written paper in March.

• Year 12
• Fee: £20

On-site summer work experience at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus, Didcot) for Year 10–13 students at UK schools, working on individual projects with STFC supervisors.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

A biology competition for Years 9 and 10 with two short online papers that reward curiosity beyond the classroom.

• Year 10 / S3
• No fee

Hands-on engineering courses — virtual and residential — for ages 12–17, with fully funded places for students from lower-income or under-represented backgrounds.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

Take a two-hour astronomy olympiad paper that opens the UK route to the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £15

A free two-night taste of first-year university life at Bath for Year 12 students from widening participation backgrounds.

• Year 12
• No fee