A free widening-access programme preparing Year 12 students in Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire for a medical school application, with clinical placements and interview preparation.
A free online lecture series from Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences on medical science topics, open to anyone aged 15 and over, with an extra Applying to Medicine and Dentistry session.
A supervised 45-minute coding challenge for students who took part in UK Bebras, with block-based and text-based (Python, C#, Java, VB) tasks. The 2027 date is not yet published; the UKCT schedule says it opens in mid-March for a fortnight.
兵庫県 産業労働部 国際局 国際課 (Hyogo Prefectural Government, International Affairs Division)
Hyogo Prefecture funds up to 500,000 yen for high school students who design their own summer study-abroad plan in any field (sport, arts, volunteering, local industry, business and more) and act as Hyogo ambassadors.
文部科学省・特許庁・日本弁理士会・独立行政法人工業所有権情報・研修館 (MEXT, Japan Patent Office, Japan Patent Attorneys Association, INPIT)
A national invention contest co-hosted by MEXT, the Japan Patent Office, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and INPIT, where high school, KOSEN and university students submit their own unpublished inventions. Winners file a real patent application with a patent attorney's support, with filing fees paid by the organizers.
A fully funded one-week non-residential widening access programme at the University of Strathclyde for pupils who have just gone into S5 or S6 and are considering university, with week-long subject challenges.
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (Sinai Health) — SciHigh
A paid eight-week full-time summer research internship for Grade 11 and 12 students in a lab at Sinai Health's Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto.
University of East Anglia with Anglia Ruskin University and the Medical Schools Council
A free 18-month programme from UEA and Anglia Ruskin University, with the Medical Schools Council, supporting Year 12 students from underrepresented backgrounds to apply to medical school. Applications open in late 2026.
A free four-day residential at Emmanuel College, Cambridge for high-achieving Year 12 students at state-maintained schools in Essex, Thurrock, Southend-on-Sea and Sheffield.