Live online · Junior (10-14) and Senior (14-18) Ages · Small groups

Explore beyond the curriculum with a weekly online club or short course. Every session is live, in a small group, and led by Oxbridge-educated tutors and industry experts.

SUPER-CURRICULAR CLUBS & COURSES

Isometric illustration of Minds Underground's online clubs and courses for students, showing science, debate, literature, coding and economics.

WEEKLY SUPER-CURRICULAR CLUBS

Join a group and build knowledge and confidence across a term. Our current weekly clubs include EconoMinds (Economics and Business), Law, Junior STEM and Debate.

SHORT COURSES

A few weeks on one big idea. We launch courses in a range of exciting areas throughout the year such as Financial Literacy for Kids, Design Engineering and Biotechnology.

SCHOOL COVERS THE SYLLABUS. WE EXPAND HORIZONS BEYOND IT.

Clubs run live online during school term time. Taught by inspiring tutors including Oxbridge graduates and PhD researchers, with an infectious passion for their field.

OUR SUPER-CURRICULAR WEEKLY CLUB OPTIONS

ARGUMENT & VOICE


Build, attack and defend an argument with top UK debate coaches.

DEBATE CLUB

14 & Under

15 Plus

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES


Business and economics for students who want to know how markets and companies really work. Students will discuss hot topics in the subject, economics and business-related current affairs and hone key skills such as data analysis and argument building.

ECONOMINDS

15 Plus

Argue the legal questions in the news, then use them in your personal statement, admissions test and interviews.

LAWMINDS

15 Plus

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


The Junior STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Maths) Club focuses on exploration and discovery, inspiring students by giving them exposure to scientific breakthroughs of our time and encouraging them to adopt a scientist’s mode of logical and critical thinking.

JUNIOR STEM CLUB

14 & Under

15+ and aiming for a STEM degree? Senior STEM now runs as short courses, running an intervals throughout the year e.g. in Engineering, Medicine etc.

GAIN EXPOSURE TO A WIDE RANGE OF EXCITING DEGREES AND CAREERS.

Short courses run at intervals through the year. Each takes a single subject, moves fast and ends with something to show for it. Register interest and we'll send dates as each course opens.

SUPER-CURRICULAR COURSE EXAMPLE OPTIONS

JUNIOR: 14 & UNDER

UNDERSTANDING AI

What is AI, how does it learn, and can you trust what it tells you? Explore how today’s AI works, where it goes wrong, and how to use it creatively, critically and effectively.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

The skills to understand, question and use AI with confidence.

BIG QUESTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY

What is real? What makes an action right or wrong? Explore ethics, knowledge, identity and consciousness through the questions that have puzzled philosophers for centuries.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own answer to a philosophical puzzle - and the argument to back it up.

INTRO TO ECONOMICS

From concert tickets and billion-dollar businesses to taxes, inequality and why we make irrational choices - discover how economists explain the world around us.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own solution to a real-world economic challenge.

WHO RUNS THE WORLD?

What makes a country powerful? Why do nations become allies - or enemies? Explore the geography, resources, trade and politics behind the headlines.


YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

A country strategy, presented to the group.

MOCK TRIAL: INTRO TO LAW

What is law, and why is it one of the building blocks of society? Explore rights, justice, crime and punishment before stepping into the courtroom to prosecute or defend a case.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

A case built from evidence - and a full mock trial under your belt.

START-UP SPRINT: DESIGN A WEARABLE

Could you invent the next must-have wearable? Spot a real-world problem, design a product to solve it, then work out who would buy it, what it should cost and how you’d bring it to market.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own wearable concept — pitched like a real start-up.

GAIN EXPOSURE TO A WIDE RANGE OF EXCITING DEGREES AND CAREERS.

SUPER-CURRICULAR COURSE EXAMPLE OPTIONS

SENIOR: 15+

DESIGN ENGINEERING: SOLVE THE IMPOSSIBLE

How do engineers turn messy human problems into things that actually work? Take a real-world challenge through research, prototyping, testing and redesign.

YOU’LL LEAVE WITH

A prototype concept - and the engineering thinking behind it.

POLITICS: POWER: WHO REALLY MAKES THE RULES?

Elections are only one source of power. Explore governments, media, money, protest and institutions - and ask who really shapes political decisions.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own strategy for influencing a major political decision.

MEDICINE: THINK LIKE A DOCTOR

A patient arrives with a set of symptoms. What do you ask, test and rule out? Explore diagnosis, evidence, risk and the difficult decisions behind modern medicine.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own diagnosis and treatment rationale for a clinical case.

THE BIG QUESTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY

Do we have free will? What makes you the same person over time? Could an AI be conscious? Tackle questions of identity, consciousness, morality and reality.
YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

A philosophical position you can defend under challenge.

PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE: INSIDE THE HUMAN MIND

Why do we remember some things and forget others? Can you trust your own perception? Explore memory, behaviour, emotion and the brain - and how scientists investigate them.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own psychological experiment designed to test a hypothesis.

LITERATURE: HOW TO READ LIKE A CRITIC

Why can two people read the same text completely differently? Explore how writers create meaning - and how critics use language, context and theory to challenge what a text appears to say.

YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Your own piece of original literary criticism.

Book A Free Consultation

We are pleased to offer complimentary 20-minute phone consultations for families considering our clubs or other super-curricular programmes. We can discuss your child’s academic interests and goals, recommend the most suitable opportunities, and answer any questions about programme content, level and format. For urgent enquiries, please contact us on WhatsApp here.