Join current students for a 60-minute tour of South Kensington campus and get a feel for university life. Explore landmarks including Dalby Court and Dangoor Plaza, plus selected teaching spaces and facilities such as Ethos Sports Centre and Imperial College Union.

Spend around one hour a week having supportive phone conversations with visually impaired people matched to you through shared interests. Calls are confidential, and no telephone numbers are exchanged; the organisation connects you both. Training and ongoing support are provided.

Spend five days in hands-on workshops testing your idea and tackling market research, branding, digital presence, finance, pricing and pitching. Then present your venture at The Big Pitch to judges and compete for a share of £5,000 in investment.

Hear healthcare professionals explain medicine and dentistry, then get hands-on with surgical suturing, gowning or dental tooth carving. Some days also include an interactive cardiac arrest simulation, with sessions held at university venues including King's College London and Manchester University.

Across five weeks, design and make your own side table at Building Crafts College in London. Build hands-on craft skills by learning through doing and create a finished piece of work.

Explore politics careers through videos, interactive activities and workplace-style projects, from MPs and political assistants to the civil service and journalism. Complete practical assignments to earn a certificate and download a portfolio of your work.

Take on practical engineering challenges in a real aerospace setting, exploring actuation systems, manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering. Meet Safran employees to hear about their roles and career journeys, and see how engineering ideas become practical products.

Get practical guidance on choosing post-16 subjects and qualifications in an online session designed for students approaching these choices. Explore how different combinations can shape future study options and strengthen university applications, including to top universities.

Support the running of a constituency office from its Leominster base, volunteering for one full day or two half days each week for around four months. Travel and subsistence expenses are paid for the days you volunteer.

Meet regional employers, training providers and education specialists face to face to explore apprenticeships, T-Levels, jobs and degree-level study. Ask recruitment teams about careers and get tailored advice from careers advisers and apprenticeship staff. Bring a CV if you’re seeking immediate vacancies.

Visit a carer’s home and spend time with the person they support, giving the carer a proper break. Chat, walk, play board games or watch TV - without administering medication or providing personal care. Visits are agreed flexibly, usually around two hours each week or fortnight.

Help run community cookery sessions, cookery schools and pop-up demonstrations across Greater Manchester and beyond. You’ll prep ingredients, support people as they cook healthy food from scratch, share messages about nutrition and sustainability, then gather feedback and tidy up.

Submit a book on military history for judging by RUSI’s expert panel. The award welcomes English-language writing on armed forces, wars and conflict’s impact on nations and societies, across any historical period up to the present day.

Explore why climate action stays slow despite decades of evidence in a hybrid talk with Professor Manfred Lenzen. Unpack denial, collective behaviour and growth-dependent ways of life, then join in person at Queen Square in Bath or watch online from anywhere.

Submit original writing on a topic you care about, in a form that suits your ideas: poetry, essays, stories, articles, speeches, scripts or game designs.

Get personalised feedback on your personal statement, learn what makes it strong and how to use AI responsibly. You’ll also explore the West London Campus with a Student Ambassador, so bring a printed copy of your statement.

Work through challenging A Level Physics problems in a free mentoring series, then join monthly live Zoom webinars where mentors discuss solutions and answer questions. Each session releases a deck of around eight questions to attempt beforehand.

Discuss a text sent out in advance in a live Zoom session, exploring the reading, interpretation and conversation behind Classics study. Hear about related degree pathways and ask questions in a university-style discussion for Year 12 and Year 13 students.

Dr Peter Vardy leads four live sessions where you explore, evaluate and debate key Philosophy of Religion questions, from the teleological argument and problem of evil to the relationship between mind and body. Practise essay planning and build your AO2 skills.

Try EEG experiments, tour research labs and carry out your own project in a university research placement. Explore psychology, genetics, neuroimaging or health; biostatistics sessions cover R, Python and machine learning. Successful applicants receive a £50 book voucher and certificate of attendance.