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Insight into University


Description
A 30 hour course giving you a taster of STEM subjects at University and the career opportunities that they can lead to.
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Content
  • Welcome to the course
  • *Course instructions
  • *Frequently Asked Questions
  • Tips On Note Taking
  • Live Sessions
  • *LIVE SESSIONS - INTRODUCTION
  • Live Sessions Timetable
  • Live Session Recordings
  • *LIVE SESSIONS - COMPLETION TASK
  • STEM Subjects at University
  • *STEM SUBJECTS AT UNIVERSITY - INTRODUCTION
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Food Science
  • Forensic Science
  • Materials Science
  • Maths
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Robotics
  • Tech
  • *STEM SUBJECTS AT UNIVERSITY - COMPLETION TASK
  • University Lectures
  • *UNIVERSITY LECTURES - INTRODUCTION
  • University Lectures: Biology
  • Animal and Plant Biology - University of Warwick
  • Bacteriophage - University of Hertfordshire
  • Cell & Gene Therapy - UCL
  • Cell Structure and Origin - University of Hertfordshire
  • Diversity of Life - Insects - University of Bristol
  • DNA - University of Warwick
  • Environmental Biology - University of Warwick
  • How did the world get so uniquely wet? - University of Glasgow
  • Human Locomotion - The Gait Cycle - University of Strathclyde
  • Medical Biology - University of Birmingham
  • Microbiology and Immunology - University of Warwick
  • Physiology and Metabolism- University of Warwick
  • The Changing Brain of a Fly - University of Birmingham
  • Type 1 Diabetes - University of Birmingham
  • The Emergent Rhythms of Health & Disease - University of Birmingham
  • University Lectures: Chemistry
  • Explosive Chemistry - The Royal Institution
  • How are Electrochemists Fighting Climate Change? - WMG University of Warwick
  • How the Krebs cycle powers life and death - The Royal Institution
  • Investigating the Periodic Table with Experiments - University of Cambridge
  • Protein shakes: why the mobility of biomolecules matters -University of Brighton
  • The future of batteries for emerging economies - The Royal Institution
  • University Lectures: Computer Science
  • Firefighting and how to protect a network - University of Glasgow
  • How Can Algorithms Help to Protect our Privacy - University of Oxford
  • How is AI being used to transform research - University of Liverpool
  • Navigating the urgency of AI ethics- University of Cambridge
  • Open-Endedness and General Intelligence - UCL
  • The Computer in the Sky - University of Oxford
  • The Effects of Playing Video Games - University of Glasgow
  • University Lectures: Engineering
  • Airfield Operations - University of Hertfordshire
  • An intro to Circuit Analysis & Logic Gates - University of Liverpool
  • 'Back to the future the return of wind power in shipping'- Solent University
  • Celebrating how civil engineers have shaped Plymouth over the last 500 years
  • Engineering Challenges - Solent University Southampton
  • Engineering the 21st century - University of Edinburgh
  • How aircraft became weapons - University of Hertfordshire
  • Introducing an Electronic Revolution - University of Glasgow
  • Introducing the Principles of Design - University of Glasgow
  • Introducing Quantum Technologies - University of Glasgow
  • Options in Engineering - University of Sheffield
  • Smart Drones - University of Edinburgh
  • Space Vehicles - University of Hertfordshire
  • UCL Chemical Engineering - Energy
  • Why a bridge is more than just a crossing - University of Glasgow
  • University Lectures: Food Science
  • Ice-cream module - University of Nottingham
  • University Lectures: Materials Science
  • Biomaterials - University of Cambridge
  • Glass- Materials Science presentation - University of Liverpool
  • How does a 'Materials Engineer' Design Materials - University of Liverpool
  • How does a 'Materials Engineer' Test Materials - University of Liverpool
  • Inside an LED - University of Cambridge
  • Metal- University of Liverpool
  • Plasmonics - how to change the world with the power of light - Cambridge
  • What does a Materials Engineer do? - University of Liverpool
  • University Lectures: Maths
  • Fractals - Lancaster University
  • Polytopes pt 1 - Lancaster University
  • Polytopes Pt 2 - Lancaster University
  • Rigidity - Lancaster University
  • Statistics an introduction to Data Visualisation - University of Glasgow
  • The Story of Pi - University of Birmingham
  • Using Statistics to Improve Air Quality - University of Glasgow
  • Universal Symmetries and how maths reveals them - University of Glasgow
  • University Lectures: Physics
  • Gravitational Waves - University of Birmingham
  • Ghostly particles from space - University of Glasgow
  • Imaging Time: Cameras for the Fourth Dimension - University of Edinburgh
  • Physics and Astronomy - University of Glasgow
  • Remote laboratories: a Tolkien adventure in digital education - Edinburgh
  • Seeing is believing - University of Oxford
  • The Dangers of Time Travel - University of Birmingham
  • The pixel takes it all - University of Edinburgh
  • Violent waves at the engineered coast - University of Edinburgh
  • What does extreme weather mean for us? - University of Cambridge
  • University Lectures Completion Task
  • *UNIVERSITY LECTURES- COMPLETION TASK
  • World of Work
  • *WORLD OF WORK - INTRODUCTION
  • Aerospace Growth Partnership
  • Balfour Beatty - School Design Challenge
  • GE Workshop - Mission to Mars
  • GFG Alliance Soap Box Car Design Challenge
  • GSK Workshop - Biopharms
  • Innovate UK - The Electric Revolution and Net Zero Workshop
  • Rees Jeffreys Road Fund - Civil Engineering (Highways)
  • Tech Skills Innovation Project
  • *WORLD OF WORK - ASSIGNMENT UPLOAD
  • *World of Work evaluation
  • Projects and Activities
  • *PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - INTRODUCTION
  • Batteries: The Secret to a Green Future? WMG University of Warwick
  • Batteries: The Secret to a Green Future? Questions Submission
  • Circuit Simulation - University of Liverpool
  • Circuit Simulation - University of Liverpool - Screenshot submission
  • Eco City Project - UCL
  • Formula Student Car - University of Sheffield
  • Formula Student Car Submission
  • Fractals Part 1 - Lancaster University - Make sure to watch the lecture first
  • Fractals Part 2 - Lancaster University - Make sure to do part 1 first
  • Fractals Part 1 and 2 answers submission
  • Gait Analysis activity - University of Strathclyde
  • Ice-cream project - University of Nottingham
  • Investigating how Raising Agents Work - Food Science - Abertay University
  • Investigating how Raising Agents work Submission
  • Making Bioplastics University of Sheffield
  • Making Bioplastics Submission
  • Medicinal Drug Design Project - Kingston University
  • Nuclear Materials - University of Oxford, Materials Sciences
  • Oxford Materials Nuclear Materials Project Poster Upload
  • Paper Gliders - University of Sheffield
  • Paper Gliders Observations Submission
  • Podcast Activity
  • Podcast Activity - What is the future of driving?
  • Podcast Activity - What is Sustainability?
  • Podcast Activity - How do you build a skyscraper?
  • Podcast Activity: Is plastic a good thing?
  • Podcast Activity: How has science and engineering changed our lives?
  • Remote Lab Activity - University of Edinburgh - ONLY AVAILABLE 4-8th August
  • Sensory Science activity - Abertay University
  • Sensory Science finding submission
  • Topology project - Lancaster University - Make sure to watch the lecture first
  • Topology answers submission
  • *PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - COMPLETION TASK
  • Graduation Project
  • *Graduation Project Instructions
  • *Graduation Project Upload
Completion rules
  • You must complete the units "*Course instructions, *Frequently Asked Questions, *STEM SUBJECTS AT UNIVERSITY - INTRODUCTION, *STEM SUBJECTS AT UNIVERSITY - COMPLETION TASK, *UNIVERSITY LECTURES - INTRODUCTION, *UNIVERSITY LECTURES- COMPLETION TASK, *WORLD OF WORK - INTRODUCTION, *WORLD OF WORK - ASSIGNMENT UPLOAD, *World of Work evaluation, *LIVE SESSIONS - COMPLETION TASK, *PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - INTRODUCTION, *PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES - COMPLETION TASK, *Graduation Project Instructions, *Graduation Project Upload"