BCHS sixth form wider study

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Introduction
The pages that follow offer dozens of ways to stretch your learning and open up
interesting and exciting new avenues in each of your subjects. There are
stimulating activities involving reading, listening, watching, visiting, thinking,
researching, challenging yourself. They will help you to deepen your skills and
understanding, to show initiative and commitment and to make yourself stand
out when applying for university, apprenticeships and jobs.
First, some places to look that offer ideas across a range of subjects…
General Ideas
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-
courses
The Open University runs hundreds of free
on-line courses at different levels, taking as
little as an hour to complete.
https://www.futurelearn.com/ Future Learn run a wide range of on-line
courses that are highly respected.
https://www.coursera.org/ A vast range of on-line courses, from free
short courses to degree study in collaboration
with universities.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/schools Gresham College is a charity that organises
and shares for free on-line lectures by many
prominent academics and public figures.
https://www.bl.uk/learning/schools-
and-teachers
The British Library offers some high level
on-line resources for students, mainly for
History and English. The resources for
teachers can also be really interesting.
https://www.ted.com/talks There are thousands of TED talks on a vast
range of topics.
Review magazines These magazines cover a number of school
subjects. The school library has access to
many of them.
https://www.senecalearning.com/ Thousands of activities and resources for
independent learning.

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Accounting
Courses:
https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/business-and-management-courses/finance-and-accounting
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/financial-accounting-and-reporting/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
https://www.coursera.org/search?query=accounting&index=prod_all_products_term_optimization&productDifficultyLevel=Beginner&product
DurationEnum=1-4+Weeks&allLanguages=English
https://www.accountancyage.com/ http://www.theaccountant-online.com/
https://obr.uk/ https://www.ifs.org.uk/
A. Accounting Scandals B. Accounts C. Investing
Research what went wrong at the
following companies:
• Enron
• Tesco
• Toshiba
• Patisserie Valerie
Research the differences between the accounts
of a company and a charity.
Choose 3 companies in the FTSE 100
and research their accounts. Based on
your findings, which one would you
recommend that someone should
invest in?
D. Tax
What are the differences between tax
avoidance and tax evasion?
Listening Visiting
Reading
Browsing
Researching

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Biology

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Business
Ideas Where to find them
Business review www.hoddereducation.co.uk
Financial Times @financialtimes
Seneca Learning Senecalearning.com
Tutor 2 u www.tutor2u.net
Investment opportunities www.shares4schools.com
Masterclass Masterclass.com
BCH Business website Sharepoint
Quizlet Quizlet.com
Reading List Podcasts
The Art of War – Sun Tzu Business Daily – BBC News
So Good They Can’t Ignore you – Carl
Newport
Business Wars Daily – Daily News
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg HBR ideacast- Harvard Business
Review
Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg Tony Robbins Podcast
Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
Freakonomics - by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner

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CHEMISTRY
https://studentbase.app/item/ck59vdajt1jbb0766fasev9sc
This is an excellent website where A level students,
who themselves share the best resources to help
each other. The best thing is it is all free and you can
make comments.
Disappearing Spoon (2010)
The periodic table is one our
crowning acheivements, but
it is also treasure trove of
passion, adventure and
betrayal. In the book, every
single element plays out its
part in human history,
medicine, mythology and in
the lives of mad Scientists
who discover them.
The Poisoner’s
Handbook 2011
Two Scientists set the
justice system on fire
with their trailblazing
detective work,
triumphing against the
odds to become the
pioneers of forensic
chemistry and the
gatekeepers of justice.
This book looks into the fascinating
world of forensic chemistry. The
chapters include: Origins of
Forensic Science; Fingerprinting;
Toxicology & Drug Testing; Forensic
Serology; Arson & Explosive
investigation. The book describes &
explains how chemical methods
have played a major role in crime
investigation in today’s world.
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/chemistry
https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/chemistry/
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news

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DT: Product Design
Books/ articles to
read
Documentaries,
films, programmes
to watch
Podcasts
Magazines/
journals to read
or subscribe to
• AQA Design and
Technology: Product Design
(3D Design) – Nelson
Thornes
• Design for the 21st
Century (Icons Series) -
Charlotte Fiell and Peter
Fiell
• Thames and Hudson - the
eco-design handbook - by
Alastair Fuad-Luke.
• DATA - Designing with
Pro/Desktop - John
Hutchinson
• Design Sketching (ISBN
978-91-976807-0-7) by Erik
Olofsson and Klara Sjolen
• Abstract: The Art of
Design – Netflix
• Amazing Interiors –
Netflix
• The Toys that Made us –
Netflix
• Next in Fashion – Netflix
• The Creative Brain -
Netflix
• Tiny House Nation –
Netflix
• Objectified – Buy from
Amazon or iTunes
• Helvetica – Buy from
Amazon or iTunes
• Rams - Buy from Amazon
or iTunes
• The Crazy One
Podcast –
Stephen Gates
• The Honest
Designers
Show
• Design Matters –
Debbie
Millman
• Presentable – Jeff
Veen
• Logo Geek - Ian
Paget
• www.designweek.c
o.uk
• www.dexigner.com
• www.core77.com
• www.blueprintmag
azine.co.uk
Websites to look
at
On-line courses/
activities to try out
Places to visit/
events to go to
Things to do/
make
• www.technologystudent
.com
• www.Pinterest.co.uk
• www.designmuseum.org
• Getting Started with
Agile and Design
Thinking – Future
Learn
• Design Museum
• V&A Museum
• London Design
Festival
• New Designers
• Autodesk Fusion
360 Tutorials –
YouTube
• Drawings
• Photoshop
Ways to get work
experience
Organisations to
join
Volunteering
opportunities
Ideas to
research
Rolls Royce -
https://careers.rolls-
royce.com/united-
kingdom/students-and-
graduates/work-experience
• Adobe
• Autodesk
https://www.demand.
org.uk/get-
involved/volunteer/
• Drawing styles
• Product Design
presentation
• How to make . . .
• Eco design
• 6 Rs

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Economics

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English

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GEOGRAPHY
ONLINE MAGAZINES
https://www.economist.com/
ONLINE NEWS
https://www.theguardian.com/uk
https://gordonstoungeography.com/about/ https://www.rsgs.org/the-geographer
SENECA LEARN – Y12
https://app.senecalearning.com/dashboard/join-
class/v4a1901hj0
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SENECA LEARN – Y13
https://app.senecalearning.com/dashboard/join-
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Overheard – National Geographic Podcast
Science Weekly – The Guardian Podcast
Ask the geographer Podcasts
The Development Podcast – World Bank
The World Economic Forum Podcasts
Planet Money – The economy explained
RGS Online Lectures
BBC Costing the Earth
BBC The Documentary Podcast
Living Planet Podcast
World economic forum videos
Royal Geographical Society Youtube
iPlayer Science and Nature Playlist
iPlayer Climate Change Playlist
BBC Earth
iPlayer Earth from Space
iPlayer Stacey Dooley on BBC Three
iPlayer Race Across the World
iPlayer Africa with Ade Adepitan
iPlayer Fashion Conscious

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Health and Social Care

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History

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IT
Social media
Database
Theory
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-cards/unit-1-it
Web design and coding

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Or visit local courts to experience the differe
Legal Dramas and Films
TV Dramas Films
Judge John Deed 10 Rillington Place
Silk Carrington VC
Law and Order UK Denial
Kavanagh QC In The Name of The Father
The Jury Let Him Have It
Accused A Man For All Seasons
Garrow’s Law The Winslow Boy
Criminal Justice Witness for The Prosecution
This Life
The Innocence Project
Law Journals
Law Reading Shelf
Our first recommendations are books about the study of law:
• N.J. McBride, Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying
Law at University (Longman 2010)
• A. Bradney, F. Cownie, J. Masson, A. Neal and D. Newell,
How to Study Law (Sweet and Maxwell 2010 )
• G. Williams, Learning the Law (14th edition; Sweet and
Maxwell 2010)
Students who enjoy fiction may enjoy reading works with
legal themes such as:
• Charles Dickens, Bleak House
• Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
• Franz Kafka, The Trial
The Old Bailey Local Law Courts
The Houses of Parliament The Museum of London
Talks, tours and seminars at the
Old Bailey and the Royal Courts of
Justice. Legal London combined
Tour is £10 per head. Attendance
to the galleries is free, as the court
is a public building.
Guided tours are available on
selected days throughout the year.
Free guided tours can be arranged
by contacting your local MP.
Law
Podcasts
Law Pod UK
More from Law
BBC Radio 4 Beyond
Today
UK Law Weekly
BBC Law in Action
Law Extra Research Work
To connect with students and
widen access to legal work
experience, some firms, such
as Latham & Watkins and White
& Case, now run virtual work
experience programmes.
TED Talks – TED
LawTalks are influential videos
free to stream.
Jobs/Opportunities/Volunteering
Seek different opportunities for work experience or shadowing in order to develop your understanding.
Try contacting local solicitors:
Or visit local courts to experience the different processes that occur in a typical Crown Court – prosecution, defence,
court officials, the role of judges.
You can visit Crown Courts like
Chelmsford and Basildon. Cases are
almost always open to the public
and are free of charge.
The Museum houses a specific crime
museum where you can explore the
history of public punishment. An
exhibition on Execution starts on the
16th October 2020.
Places
To
Visit

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PE
PLACES TO GO AND VISIT
Body Worlds:
https://bodyworlds.com/city/london/
Human Biology: Natural History Museum
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/galleries-and-
museum-map/human-biology.html
FURTHER READING
HELPFUL WEBSITES
• www.mypeexam.com
• www.sportengland.org
• www.brianmac.co.uk
AQA A LEVEL SPECIFICATION
FILMS
Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager (12)
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81018536
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (12)
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80007215
The English Game (12)
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80244928
The Carter Effect (15)
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80223149
PODCASTS
INTERESTED IN COACHING?
http://www.essexfa.com/coaches/development-and-courses
https://www.essexcricket.org.uk/community/coaching-courses/

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Physics
https://www.khanacademy.org/#Physics
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/
https://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/index.html
https://phys.org/physics-news/
https://physicsworld.com/
The Contact Paradox 2019
The book looks at how far
SETI has come and where
it is going. Searching
questions are confronted:
Where did we come from?
Where are we going? Who
are we in terms of the
cosmic?
The Question of Power
2020.The author
debunks the notion
that our energy needs
can be solely met by
renewables. Nuclear
energy will play a
bigger role.
Brian Scott deepens his
research into parallel
realities, consciousness
and quantum mechanics
to uncover what
happened in his close call
with death. He creates
techniques with
profound
transformations.
These are the best 3
revision physics web
sites voted by
students themselves.
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/search?term=physics

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Politics

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BTEC SPORT
ARTICLES
https://classic.esquire.com/article/2010/4/
1/mutant- Usain Bolt Mutant
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/ma
gazine/oscar-pistorius.html The Fast Life of
Oscar Pistorius
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/spo
rts/playmagazine/20federer.html Roger
Federer Religious Experience
PODCASTS
Any of the following:
Colin O’Brady
Ash Dykes
Zach Bitter
The game changers debate
PEARSON SPECIFICATION LEVEL 3
DOCUMENTARIES/ FILMS
Job Opportunities
https://www.barracudas.co.uk/ - Barracudas Summer Sport Camps
https://www.ultimateactivity.co.uk/locations/brentwood- Ultimate Activity Sport Camp
https://www.e4s.co.uk/jobs/1-activity-camp-jobs.htm- Summer Sport Camps
https://www.campamerica.co.uk/ Camp America
https://www.xukcamps.com/jobs/ UK Camps

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TRAVEL & TOURISM
https://www.tandtpublishing.co.uk/free-travel-and-
tourism-resources.html
LATEST TOURISM NEWS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c0eledl9rlmt/tourism
https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/
https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/category/tourism/
https://www.roughguides.com/ https://www.lonelyplanet.com/