Alexandra Park School, a top state school in London, has been using Up Learn this year to support learning across A Level Economics, Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Psychology. We paid them a visit recently to see how they were getting on. We were delighted to see that Up Learn has had a positive impact on…
Why is it that some students get A*s, and others only Cs and Ds? Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with how smart people are… 🤔 To help explain, we’ve added new content to our courses: The Science of Learning. What’s in The Science of Learning section? We’ve created short videos that explore some of…
Students, parents and educators have faced immense challenges over the past year. At Up Learn, we’ve supported over 8000 students and over 150 schools along the way. Last week, we released our very first Impact Report. We’re thrilled to see that our work has had a significant and positive impact, particularly during a challenging year….
We’re delighted to announce that we’re testing a much-requested feature of Up Learn. Introducing our new revision mode, Up Learn Turbo. What is Up Learn Turbo? A Levels are pretty huge. The recommended time to study each A Level subject is 720 hours! 😕 Up Learn reduces this to under a hundred hours, but you’ve…
We now have a clearer picture of how A Levels will be assessed this summer. As the government is still ironing out the final details, we’ve summarised the latest updates below all in one place. We will continue to update this post as and when more information is released. How are A Level grades being…
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our latest course: AQA A Level Chemistry. One of our Lead Learning Executives and our Course Lead for Chemistry, Jack Reeves, reveals what went into creating it. When we first started producing our AQA A Level Chemistry course in June 2020, we had two main challenges in mind….
Students on the Up Learn platform have answered over three million quiz questions and watched millions and millions of minutes of videos. We have managed to combine insights from the Up Learn platform with conversations we have had with thousands of students. The result is that there have been three clear strategies that have led…
Amidst the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our health service has been doing everything possible to help us. To help them, we are extending our scholarships programme to provide NHS staff with full Up Learn licences for their children, free of charge. This way, NHS staff can focus on saving lives, without having to…
It’s been 50 years since Apollo 11. The mission? To put the first man on the moon. Those men were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, and they spent years preparing for the moon landing. When the astronauts reached the moon, they collected 20 kg of rocks to discover what it is made of. Mostly, scientists…
Scientists just created the most vivid MRI scan of the brain ever made! Researchers did a post-mortem examination and scanned a brain for 100 hours to get detailed images of brain structures. These scans help scientists to understand how small changes in the brain cause mental illnesses like PTSD. A new paper in Bio Rxiv…
