Follow a complete patient journey across four self-paced dentistry sessions, with high-fidelity simulations, real clinical settings and practising dentists. Finish all four to receive a certificate, with a free reflective journal to support your personal statement.

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.

Explore advanced maths beyond the school curriculum in live online tutorials led by academics from leading universities, in groups of up to 15. Tackle topics from proof and cryptography to calculus through practical challenges; successful students receive an Oxford Scholastica Academy Certificate of Achievement.

Get practical guidance on Cambridge applications, interview preparation and student life through online masterclasses led by current students and college staff. Explore Foundation Year options, prepare for the Cambridge interview and hear first-hand experiences from a student panel.

Observe engineers and operatives on infrastructure projects, or explore teams spanning water, wastewater, design and build. A structured induction, mentoring and CV and interview skills support you throughout.

Choose a two-week placement or five-day experience to work hands-on in a lab alongside researchers, applying classroom learning to real research projects. You’ll meet research and industry professionals and explore research career pathways through supervised practical lab work.

A dedicated clay-shooting coaching session caps this progression day for young people with shooting experience. Cover shotgun types, cartridges, law, safety and shoot etiquette, then bring your own shotgun if you have one.

Spend four days with the engineering and manufacturing teams at Martin-Baker in Denham. The programme runs up to three times a year in half terms and school holidays; apply by emailing the Early Careers team.

Explore funding from merit-based scholarships and means-tested bursaries to specialist support for care leavers, refugees, athletes and student carers. The page explains eligibility, award amounts and how to apply, including travel support such as the Student Carers Travel Fund, worth up to £400 a year.

Spend five days gaining experience with innovative life sciences companies, as one of two Year 12 or Year 13 students selected for the placement. Apply with a CV and covering letter; shortlisted candidates are invited to interview.

Write articles and broadcast scripts as you explore print, broadcast, photojournalism and freelance reporting. Try interactive tasks, test your knowledge with quizzes and hear from industry professionals in webinars you can watch live or catch up on later.

Explore why some nations remain trapped in poverty in a live, interactive webinar with a development economics associate professor. Compare life chances and incomes across countries, question whether global inequality is growing, and discuss a short quiz together on Zoom.

Compete under teacher supervision in either two 30-minute multiple-choice sets or a one-hour problem-based physics paper. Both routes test your physics in different ways, and top performers may be invited with their teacher to awards at the Royal Society.

Develop your own start-up idea and business plan through live online tutorials, masterclasses and independent work. Explore branding, leadership, economic thinking and pitching with support from tutors at leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge; successful students receive a Certificate of Achievement.

Work alongside staff and blind and partially sighted people to shape campaigns that encourage positive behaviour change. Review messages, suggest practical improvements and help co-design more accessible materials in a flexible, home-based role that usually takes around two hours a month.

Bring your ideas and lived experience into decisions on a youth-led charity’s strategy, programmes, campaigns and services - not just a consultation. You’ll get mentoring, training and guidance, with travel and food costs covered for in-person sessions.

Explore how an ultra-black coating could reduce sunlight reflected by satellites in low Earth orbit, with astrophysics researcher Astha Chaturvedi explaining the research and its implications for astronomy and space sustainability. The talk covers radiation exposure tests and scanning electron microscope imaging.

Support public engagement in Plymouth alongside Ocean Discovery Rangers, leading visitor conversations, using real ocean artefacts, and joining workshops, talks and shows. You can also shadow other programmes or take on an optional Bronze CREST Award, planning and presenting an ocean conservation project.

Build algorithmic thinking in a free, instructor-paced Python course delivered through EdX. Work from strings, lists and matrices to loops and conditional logic, then apply your skills to problems in data science and machine learning.

Work through the full graphic design process, from briefing and brainstorming to client feedback and refining a finished product. Hear from practising designers about career routes, then start building your portfolio with expert guidance and reflective tasks.