How the different groups of cellular microbes evolved (tree of life, LUCA & DNA), how cellular microbes,bacteria,archaea, prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes and viruses evolved and replicate. This short video and pdf have been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology available from FutureLearn. Visit futurelearn .com site and search 'Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology’ for the full course (free without certificates option available) The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more details.

Video showing the tree of life and pdf with information on the five major groups of microbes; Viruses, Prokaryotes, Bacteria, Archaea, Eukaryotes (including Protists and Fungi) This short video clip has been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology, available from FutureLearn. Visit futurelearn .com site and search 'Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology’ for the full course (free without certificates option available) The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more details.

A video and pdf showing how microbes have evolved a range of defence mechanisms that help to protect them against viral infections and how viruses can adapt. Microbes have been at war with each other, competing to access these nutrients for millions of years. Many have evolved ways to make chemicals that inhibit the growth or kill other microbes. In response to this chemical attack, microbes have evolved ways to resist the damaging effects of antimicrobials. This short video clip has been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology, available from FutureLearn. Visit futurelearn .com site and search 'Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology’ for the full course (free without certificates option available) The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more details.

A video and worksheet showing how to prepare the heart for dissection and the dissection showing the left and right sides of the heart, major and minor blood vessels, heart muscle, myocardium, the heart valves and chordae tendineae. This resource has been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course Heart Health: A Beginner’s guide to cardiovascular disease. Visit futurelearn .com site and search ‘Heart Health: A Beginner’s guide to cardiovascular disease’ for the full course (free without certificates option available) The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more details.

3D model of an amoeba (a protist) eating a bacterium that is being infected by a bacteriophage. Explores the differences in size and structure of a eukaryotic cell, a prokaryotic cell, and a viral particle. This short video clip and pdf has been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course, Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology available from FutureLearn. Visit futurelearn .com site and search Small and Mighty: An introduction to microbiology’ for the full course (free without certificates option available). The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more details. Note: Video tour of 3D model on online course. In the course, you can navigate through the model using your mouse or trackpad.

In our Anatomy of the Heart video, Dr Sam Boateng describes the anatomy of the heart, looking at the atria, ventricles, blood vessels and valves. And in our Function of the Heart Video Dr Sam Boateng as he explains the function of the heart and its importance to other systems in the body. These short video clips have been made available by the University of Reading and comes from our free online course Heart Health: A Beginner’s guide to cardiovascular disease Visit futurelearn .com site and search ‘Heart Health: A Beginner’s guide to cardiovascular disease’ for the full course (free without certificates option available) The University of Reading Recruitment and Outreach team offers a huge range of free events, programmes and activities for students to give them all the information they need about higher education and to enhance their subject knowledge and experience. Visit our website for more detail