Summer courses for Year 12

The University of Manchester is offering one day Discovery days across a number of science based subjects plus Law, English and History from end June to early July.  The link for Manchester is http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/discover-days/

The Unversity of Lancaster offers free residential courses in a number of subject areas, although you have to qualify under one of the following conditions

comes from a home where neither parent attended university in the UK or abroad, straight after post 16 education

is, or has been a looked after young person

is in receipt of, or entitled to, free school meals

has experienced difficult family or individual circumstances that the School/College believe have affected their performance in exams or the likelihood of them going to university

has a disability that they feel would prevent them from progressing to higher education 

Also on offer is a course for Gifted and Talented year 10.  All details are on http://www.lancs.ac.uk/schools/summer-schools/

Universities in London have a searchable page across all subject areas http://tasters.gradsintocareers.co.uk/

Food and Nutritional Sciences at reading have a 3 day course in mid July http://www.reading.ac.uk/food/shortcourses/foodbio-sixthform.aspx

Operating practice and Nursing taster days from Anglia Ruskin
http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/faculties/fhsce/news-events/taster_days.html

There is also the generic website with details of 100s more around the UK http://www.unitasterdays.com/