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Our advice, the credential, and the practice discussing challenging topics can all help students land places at top universities. Leaf alumni are now at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, LSE and more!
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Your students will thank you. Both parents and participants in past programmes rated “Overall satisfaction” as 9 out of 10.
So inspire your students and help them land uni places by sharing Leaf’s free online fellowships: there’s suggested text for sharing below!
Feel free to browse the course pages (maths, biology, history, AI) first for more info. We are happy for you to select specific students to share them with, and/or to share the opportunity on relevant mailing lists, Google Classrooms, Moodle, etc. You can download a high-res Leaf logo here.
“Thank you for all you do to support our students, they say great things when they come back buzzing from working with you.”
“[Student] who attended the Leaf course last summer has been singing your praises and promoting Leaf to the rest of the Sixth Form.”
Optional text to share with students
The first email below is for a single email to share across the whole school. There are drop downs underneath to share individual fellowships. Schools in Ireland, Scotland, or Wales might like to adapt the “high proportion of 9s at GCSE" wording. Feel free to make further edits to suit your school.
4 free online fellowships for smart and curious students
If you’re a smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic student aged 15 to 19, explore how you can make a difference (and boost your UCAS/CV!) by applying for Leaf’s online courses:
The Mathematics of Morality — how can you use mathematics to best help others and multiply your positive impact?
Biology for a Better Tomorrow — how can you use biology to best help others, from morally-motivated medicine to revolutionary research?
History to Shape History (for the better) — how can you use the lessons of history to make a positive impact and steer humanity onto a better path?
Dilemmas and Dangers in AI: How YOU can make a difference — helping you master the skills needed to steer cutting-edge AI technology toward benefits for humanity.
All four are 5-week, online programmes which include:
Facilitated discussion groups with a cohort of smart, curious students
Talks and Q&As with professionals tackling pressing world problems
Support with UCAS applications and Oxbridge-style interviews
Follow-up mentorship and up to £1,000 in grant funding for selected Fellows
Fully free access if needed
They will take place 30th June to 3rd August, 2025.
Programme spaces are competitive, and most accepted applicants will have or be predicted a high proportion of 9s at GCSE. But all applicants will be given access to use Leaf’s online learning platform for self-paced exploration, so you don’t need to worry about missing out.
Read more and apply at www.leaf.courses by the priority deadline of the 1st May, 2025.
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If you’re a smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic maths student aged 15 to 19, explore how you can make a difference (and boost your UCAS/CV!) by applying for Leaf’s free, Oxbridge-style “The Mathematics of Morality” online fellowship.
This is a 5-week online programme exploring how you can use mathematics to best help others and multiply your positive impact.
The fellowship will include:
Oxbridge-style learning with tutorials and a cohort of smart, curious maths students
Talks and Q&As with professionals using maths to tackle pressing world problems
Support with UCAS applications and Oxbridge interviews
Mentorship and up to £1,000 in grant funding for alumni to pursue follow-up projects
It will take place 27th July to 1st September, 2024 (5 weeks over the Summer holidays).
Fellowship spaces are competitive, and most accepted applicants will have or be predicted a high proportion of 9s at GCSE. But all applicants will be given access to use Leaf’s online learning platform for self-paced exploration, so you don’t need to worry about missing out.
Read more and apply at www.leaf.courses by the priority deadline of 1st May, 2025.
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If you’re a smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic biology student aged 15 to 19, explore how you can make a difference (and boost your UCAS/CV!) by applying for Leaf’s free, Oxbridge-style “Biology for a Better Tomorrow” online fellowship.
This is a 5-week online programme exploring how you can use biology to best help others, from morally-motivated medicine to revolutionary research.
The fellowship will include:
Oxbridge-style learning with tutorials and a cohort of smart, curious biology students
Talks and Q&As with professionals using biology to tackle pressing world problems
Support with UCAS applications and Oxbridge interviews
Mentorship and up to £1,000 in grant funding for alumni to pursue follow-up projects
It will take place 27th July to 1st September, 2024 (5 weeks over the Summer holidays).
Fellowship spaces are competitive, and most accepted applicants will have or be predicted a high proportion of 9s at GCSE. But all applicants will be given access to use Leaf’s online learning platform for self-paced exploration, so you don’t need to worry about missing out.
Read more and apply at www.leaf.courses by the priority deadline of 1st May, 2025.
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If you’re a smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic history student aged 15 to 19, explore how you can make a difference (and boost your UCAS/CV!) by applying for Leaf’s free, Oxbridge-style “History to Shape History (for the better)” online fellowship.
This is a 5-week online programme exploring how you can use the lessons of history to make a positive impact and steer humanity onto a better path.
The fellowship will include:
Oxbridge-style learning with tutorials and a cohort of smart, curious historians
Talks and Q&As with professionals using history to tackle pressing world problems
Support with UCAS applications and Oxbridge interviews
Mentorship and up to £1,000 in grant funding for alumni to pursue follow-up projects
It will take place 27th July to 1st September, 2024 (5 weeks over the Summer holidays).
Fellowship spaces are competitive, and most accepted applicants will have or be predicted a high proportion of 9s at GCSE. But all applicants will be given access to use Leaf’s online learning platform for self-paced exploration, so you don’t need to worry about missing out.
Read more and apply at www.leaf.courses by by the priority deadline of 1st May, 2025.
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If you’re a smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic student aged 15 to 19, explore how you can make a difference (and boost your UCAS/CV!) by applying for Leaf’s free online fellowship, “Dilemmas and Dangers in AI: How YOU can make a difference”.
This is a 5-week, interdisciplinary online programme helping you master the skills needed to steer cutting-edge AI technology toward benefits for humanity.
The fellowship will include:
Oxbridge-style learning with tutorials and a cohort of smart, curious students
Talks and Q&As with professionals addressing existential risks from AI
Support with UCAS applications and Oxbridge interviews
Mentorship and up to £1,000 in grant funding for alumni to pursue follow-up projects
It will take place 27th July to 1st September, 2024 (5 weeks over the Summer holidays).
Fellowship spaces are competitive, and most accepted applicants will have or be predicted a high proportion of 9s at GCSE. But all applicants will be given access to use Leaf’s online learning platform for self-paced exploration, so you don’t need to worry about missing out.
Read more and apply at www.leaf.courses by the priority deadline of 1st May, 2025.