Programs

Virginia FFA's 2027 state convention and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Annual history scholarship awards for young people aged 11-19, run by the Historical Association with the Spirit of Normandy Trust. Entries investigate, analyse and write about a historical theme in local history, the modern world and 20th-century history.

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

Washington FBLA's 2027 state conference where high-school members compete in business competitive events (accounting, marketing, finance, management, technology, public speaking and more) and attend leadership workshops; top finishers can qualify for the FBLA national conference.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A free, nationally funded programme based at the University of Dundee that encourages senior-phase pupils in Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and Fife to consider higher education in art, design and architecture, with events and one-to-one support.

• S4–S6
• No fee

A week-long post-secondary preparation institute at Dalhousie for African Nova Scotian students completing Grades 10-12, building skills for university or college.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

A two-week Boston University program where rising sophomores, juniors and seniors take two seminars and experience college life in Boston.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Cisco UK's hybrid or virtual work experience programme for Year 11 and 12 students, with sessions on marketing, sales, engineering, IT and cyber security and a team business pitch. It runs in July 2027 and applications open in spring 2027.

• Year 11–12
• Cost not published

A free three-day residential at Trinity College, Cambridge in History and Politics, Law or Literature for state-school Year 12 students.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

Week-long work experience placements at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh for S4 to S6 students. The 2026 round closed on 13 March 2026; 2027 dates have not yet been announced.

• S4–S6
• Cost not published

Singapore's free national programming olympiad for secondary and JC students: an online preliminary contest, then a final at NUS School of Computing that leads to IOI and EGOI team selection.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• No fee

A five-day autumn-break programme in Nazarbayev University labs for grades 9–12, with a final project in one of three tracks.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: 300,000 ₸

Grade 11 and 12 Yukon students take YukonU courses or trades pre-apprenticeship programs that count toward both high-school graduation and a YukonU credential.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published