Help manage one of Worcestershire’s largest remaining areas of semi-natural grassland through scrub clearing and hands-on conservation. Join a county-wide team caring for wildlife habitats, with training provided where needed; you’ll help keep the meadows in good condition for wildflowers and other species.

Help maintain a heritage railway in Essex, choosing from hands-on roles like gardening, woodwork and trackwork or trying signalling, catering and train operations. Fit volunteering around your availability after induction, with extra safety training provided free for some specialist roles.

An in-person lecture examines who can do philosophy with children, and how children, teachers and philosophers engage in enquiry. Hear Peter Worley reflect on two decades of teaching and debate where the field could go next, at a two-hour evening event in Senate House, London.

Publish analytical pieces on economics, politics and global affairs for a worldwide-read platform run by young women in sixth form and university. Explore how subjects from the humanities to science and technology shape everyday life, or read perspectives you may not encounter elsewhere.

Explore local government through a work experience placement. Identify a department that interests you to help arrange a suitable placement, with opportunities across areas such as social care, housing, finance, IT, planning, waste management and public health.

Develop a personal engineering project and present it to industry experts, while tackling hands-on challenges with expert mentorship. Industry visits to firms, laboratories and innovation hubs show how engineering works in practice, alongside 1:1 coaching in Cambridge’s historic college accommodation.

Analyse landmark cases, debate legal arguments and tackle practical problems in live online small groups, with advocacy and mooting exercises. Explore subjects from criminal and constitutional law to human rights and international law, then get CV and LinkedIn feedback and a digital certificate on completion.

Free masterclasses and workshops led by award-winning editors let you practise news writing, digital journalism, photography and broadcast skills. You may also produce stories for partner publications and get individual feedback on your exercises.

Explore ghost fishing and marine litter through hands-on plankton and microplastics activities, then design a company or product to help the ocean. You’ll also get a practical look at marine science by seeing the aquarium in action.

Join live Medicine sessions on Microsoft Teams, from operating-theatre environments and outpatient clinics to multidisciplinary meetings. Practise taking a patient history and speak with current medical students and clinicians across Medicine and Allied Health Professions.

Go behind the scenes of a professional services business, tracing how it wins contracts and delivers services to clients. Explore commercial, operations, HR and technology careers through quizzes, interactive activities and recorded expert webinars, then complete the on-demand programme to receive a certificate.

Train with practising vets in a one-day interactive masterclass, practising simulated clinic consultations, examining animal X-rays, doing comparative anatomy and guided surgical practice. Get admissions coaching, MMI practice and a personalised certificate afterwards - available in-person at University College London, Bloomsbury, or Live Online.

Explore university-level science through subject-specific taster days, masterclasses and talks, delivered on campus, at your school or college, or virtually. Choose from Biology, Forensic Science, Zoology and more, with sessions tailored to your group and curriculum needs.

Help supervise animal walkthroughs and display Discovery Centre artefacts while sharing your enthusiasm for wildlife with visitors. You’ll support conservation awareness and meet people through a welcoming volunteer role open to ages 16 and up.

Support marine restoration at Spurn Point through hands-on fieldwork for native oysters and seagrass. Collect and care for seagrass seeds, survey habitats, monitor oysters and help move young oysters to restoration areas.

Get practical support through the full university application journey, from choosing a course to understanding student finance and university terminology. Hear how a current first-generation student navigated the process, then put your questions to university experts in a live Q&A.

Work through BTEC National Health & Social Care Unit 2 assessment prep in a cinema workshop, with access to subject-specific materials and an enrolled Grade Booster Online course for on-demand revision. You’ll also receive a one-time 40% discount code for printed revision resources.

Help grow saltmarsh and sand dune plants in a specialist nursery, supporting restoration across the Humber estuary. You could tend plants, track growing schedules, update the seed bank or collect seed, with training provided.

Work through coding challenges that take you beyond block-based coding and into Python, tackling variables, loops, functions and drawing. With one tutor for every six learners, you can work at your own pace and get help when you need it.

Want a taste of Oxford science? Join Frontier to tackle Oxford-style seminars, build advanced thinking and research skills, and connect with Balliol tutors and peers - boost your uni application and explore science beyond the classroom.