Online Resources
We know online resources are not quite the same as coming to our fantastic summer school and meeting new people but until we can meet again, we’ve put together some helpful online resources which might be of interest to you while you’re spending more time learning from home.
Helpful academic resources relating to our Summer School courses from Warwick University
The Knowledge Centre explains through video, editorial features and audio podcasts by Warwick University academics and alumni.
What is data science? Find out from leading Warwick Academic, Professor Graham Cormode.
Go to the Computer Science Department
Currently studying law? Watch these YouTube lectures by our own Dr Mohsen Al Attar
Free Weekly "Economics in the Real World" taster lectures with Abhinay Muthoo, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. Register for your place here.
Go to the Economics Department
Go to the Economics Research Department CAGE
- Psychology
Find out about the latest news from the Psychology department at Warwick.
- Warwick Business School
Read WBS’s magazine The Core for up-to-date business news, features and insights as well as download their own podcast.
Download various webinars/papers and PowerPoints in our free knowledge exchange.
Go to the Warwick Business School website
Health and Wellbeing
Recommended Apps
Help with meditation and calming your mind:
Both of these apps can be found on your preferred App store.
Recommended Websites
These websites have great advice and support
for your mental wellbeing and practical help:
The Mix
A helpful article here from 'The Mix'
for students during lockdown
Further wellbeing resources:
Previous Summer School Guest Speakers
We’ve been very privileged to have some outstanding guest speakers at our Warwick Summer Schools over the years. To get a taste of the calibre of speakers we attract, see some of our previous guest speakers’ work below:
- TEDx Academy Talk by Professor Jim Robinson on Why Nations Fail
- Vicky Pryce reading from her new book Women and Capitalism
- TEDx Talk by Professor Andrew Oswald, Warwick Department of Economics talking about the Economics of Happiness
- Professor Ken Binmore, Making Decision in Large Worlds
- In conversation with Lord Robert Skidelsky
Watch or Listen to the event
- TED Talk by Professor Tali Sharot talking about The Optimism Bias
- Professor Marie Claire Villeval talking about Unethical Behaviour: A Matter of Incentives and Punishment?
- Professor David Myatt ‘Playing for the winning team’
Free resources online
General
- Free courses on FutureLearn
- Cambridge University Press have released over 700 free textbooks during the lockdown.
- Tapping into creativity during lock-down -Article from the Financial Times
- BBC Bitesize
- Gojimo -Revision Help for A Level Students
Arts and Humanities
- Discovering English Literature - British Library
- British Library - Online Resources
- National Archives
- Shakespeare's Globe - Free Performances and Staging Resources
- National Theatre - Full length performance on YouTube every Thursday
- Broadway musicals you can watch from home
- Harry Potter's British Library Exhbition Online
- Learn an instrument online - free trial
Languages
- Duolingo
Learn a Language Forever
- Rosetta Stone
All courses are currently free for all students during the school closure period.
- Memrise
Learn a language through games and video clips online.
Independent Learning
- How best to learn independently online - Article from 'The Guardian'.
- Advice on keeping learning -Article from 'The Conversation'.
- Online Learning Resources from UCL
List of free learning resources.
- TES Resources -Download online learning resources.
- Tutor2U Online Classes
- 3Blue1Brown YouTube tutorials- YouTube Live streams every Tuesday and Fridays
- Khan Academy, YouTube tutorials, daily live streams
- Kahoot! Self Study
- Outschool - Live Online Classes for ages 3 – 18:
For your small family members
Thinking ahead: Careers guidance
University of Warwick - Careers Service
Tips on applying for jobs, gaining experience, and CV building from Warwick’s Careers Department.
Resources from Warwick related to the pandemic and what we’re doing to help
Commentary on the Coronavirus from Warwick’s Department of Economics
Podcasts from our Warwick Business School
International cooperation to tackle the virus spread
(Article from Warwick Economics Dept)
Warwick Law School’sFREE e-book Law in the Time of Covid-19
Lots of articles from our Knowledge Centre about the virus and lockdown
Thinking about your
summer school for the future
We like these blogs about the benefits of undertaking summer schools!