Online learning resources
This page is for prospective students who are studying at home.

We have learning and enrichment resources for each subject on the relevant subject page, many of which can be used from home - please click on the links below.
- Resources organised by Cambridge course
- Resources organised by A level, IB Higher (or equivalent) subject
With so many of you studying from home at the moment and looking for resources, we are adding to the resources listed below at the moment, so do come back to this page if you would like to check for further suggestions.
Resources organised by Cambridge course
Course | Overlap with interests |
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Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic | History, Literature, Languages |
Archaeology |
Classics, Geography, History, Social Sciences |
Architecture | Art, Sociology, Maths |
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies | Languages, Literature, History, Politics |
Classics | Literature, History, Philosophy, Art |
Computer Science | Maths, Physics |
Economics | Maths, Social Sciences, History |
Education | English, Psychology, Sociology |
Engineering | Maths, Physics |
English | Literature |
Geography | Environment, Sociology |
History | Economics, Sociology, Politics |
History & Modern Languages | Culture, Film, Literature |
History & Politics | International Studies |
History of Art | Architecture |
Human, Social & Political Sciences | Sociology, Politics, International Relations, Social Anthropology |
Land Economy | Geography, Law, Environment, Economics |
Law | History, Sociology |
Linguistics | Languages, Psychology |
Mathematics | Physics |
Medicine | Biology, Chemistry |
Modern & Medieval Languages | Literature, Culture, Film, History, Sociology, Art, Philosophy |
Music | History |
Natural Sciences | Biology, Chemistry, Physics |
Philosophy | Maths, History |
Psychological & Behavioural Sciences | Biology |
Theology, Religion & Philosophy of Religion | Philosophy, Literature |
Support & Enrichment resources organised by A level (or equivalent) subject (where available)
Since so many schools are closed, this is a new section bringing together resources to help if you are working on your school subjects. We realise that not all of you will have chosen a university course yet, and even if you have, in some cases you will have school subjects that are not supported by the resources on the subject pages linked above. Our main advice is to work hard on all materials that your school sets for you, but we hope that the resources below will help if you are looking for further material / enrichment.
Due to how fast things have been moving during the Coronavirus pandemic, this is still a work in progress - we are continuing to add resources from week to week. Thank you for your patience if there is no or not much material for one or more of your subjects yet.
Subject | Resources |
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Biology | Biology A level resources on Seneca |
Biology | Big Picture Biology resource collection (Wellcome Trust) |
Biology (USA AP Biology) | Khan Academy resources for USA High School Biology and USA AP Biology |
Chemistry | Chemistry A level resources on Seneca |
Chemistry | Isaac Chemistry |
Chemistry |
Atmospheric Chemistry: Planets and Life Beyond Earth (University of Leeds) |
Chemistry (USA AP Chemistry) | Khan Academy resources for USA High School Chemistry and USA AP Chemistry |
Classical Civilisation | Classics for all |
Classical Civilisation | Rogue Classicism Podcast |
Classical Civilisation | Perseus - Greek and Latin texts with English translations |
Computer Science | Isaac Computer Science |
Economics | AQA Economics past papers & mark schemes |
Economics |
Free Online Courses from The Open University, such as: |
English | Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd |
English | Exploring Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts |
English | Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It |
English | Approaching Poetry |
English | Approaching Literature: Reading Great Expectations |
English | Cambridge English Virtual Classroom |
English | Approaching Shakespeare (Oxford University) |
English | Royal Shakespeare Company productions available to watch here and here on BBC iPlayer |
French | Multikultura from the University of Cambridge |
French | The grammar section of Français Interactif |
French | TV5 Monde Langue Français section, including Apprendre Français |
Geography | Time for Geography (films) |
German | Multikultura from the University of Cambridge |
German |
Deutsche Welle |
German | Nachrichen leicht |
German | Project Gutenberg German texts including Kafka's Die Verwandlung and Heine's Buch der Lieder. |
German | Deutsch als Fremdsprache |
German |
Gut! Interactive activities |
German | Grimm Grammar |
Government & Politics |
Free courses from the Open University such as:
Or FutureLearn, such as The Modern Judiciary |
Government & Politics | Gresham Politics Lectures |
Government & Politics | Learning Resources from the UK Parliament |
Government & Politics | US Government and Politics YouTube series |
Government & Politics |
Podcast series from the Richardson Institute, Lancaster University |
History | The French Revolution |
History | Cambridge History virtual classroom |
History of Art | Helen Langdon's 'Caravaggio' |
History of Art | 19th Century Art Worldwide - biannual online journal of 19thC visual culture |
History of Art | Eyes on Art - online activities |
History of Art | HENI Talks |
History of Art | Metropolitan Museum of Art Chronologies |
History of Art | Study Skills and other learning resources from the Courtauld Institute of Art |
Latin (& Greek) | Textkit - includes language learning resources for everyone from beginners to those more advanced |
Maths & Further Maths | AMSP Maths resources and Further Maths resources |
Maths & Further Maths | MEI (Maths Education) resources for students studying at home |
Maths & Further Maths | NRICH: Adventures with Complex Numbers |
Maths & Further Maths | |
Maths & Further Maths (STEP Preparation) | STEP Support Programme (including weekly assignments) |
Maths (USA AP Calculus BC) | AP Calculus BC resources on Khan Academy |
Maths (USA AP Statistics) | AP Statistics resources on Khan Academy |
Music | Gresham Music Lectures |
Music | BBC Radio 3 Discovering Music |
Music | Discovering Music: Early 20th Century (British Library: articles, digitized manuscripts, teaching resources and sound recordings, to explore key musical works from the early 20th century) |
Music |
Watch free online performances:
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Music |
Music-related podcasts (links to iTunes - those also available on Spotify in bold): |
Music | Music Faculty YouTube channel |
Philosophy | The Philosophical Society (blog-type site) |
Philosophy | In Our Time Philosophy Podcasts |
Philosophy | Ir/rational Redux - a logic game |
Philosophy | Podcasts from the Faculty of Philosophy |
Philosophy | The Partially Examined Life - Philosophy-based blog and podcasts |
Physics | Issac Physics |
Physics | I want to study Engineering (see order by topic) |
Physics | Physics A level resources on Seneca |
Physics (USA AP Physics) | Khan Academy resources for USA High School Physics; AP Physics 1 and AP Physics II |
Psychology | Psychology A level resources on Seneca |
Psychology | A-Level revision resources and essay writing resources on Simply Psychology |
Psychology | Future Learn Introduction to Cognitive Psychology online course |
Psychology (USA AP curriculum) | Crash Course YouTube series |
Religious Studies | Gresham Religion Lectures |
Religious Studies | In Our Time podcast from BBC R4 |
Religious Studies | BBC Religion and Ethics |
Religious Studies | The Religious Studies Project |
Religious Studies | Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion (Oxford) lectures on YouTube |
Religious Studies | Ecclesiastical History Society blog |
Religious Studies | BBC R4 Beyond Belief podcast |
Sociology | A-Level Sociology learning and revision resources on SociologyStuff and Sociology Central |
Sociology |
Free online courses from FutureLearn, such as: |
Sociology |
Free online courses from The Open University such as: |
Sociology |
Sociology-themed podcasts: |
Spanish | Multikultura from the University of Cambridge |
Spanish | Spanish Grammar Survival Kit |
Spanish | Centro Virtual Cervantes reading and comprehension resources - short stories with activities, further short stories and Quijote en el aula |
Spanish | Centro Virtual Cervantes - activities for all levels, and interactive games and tasks (all levels) |
Further suggestions
- Cambridge University super-curricular suggestions pdf
- UK Sources of MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses): Future Learn, OpenLearn
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