This is a learning support website hosted by Monash University. This section focuses on improving your academic listening skills, and asks the questions: Why go to a lecture? and What to do if you miss a lecture? It also has a section on lecturing styles. It then offers tips on what to do before, during and after a lecture, and on the best note-taking strategies.
This is a very popular website containing high-quality lectures (Ted Talks) delivered by specialists on a great variety of subjects, mostly academic ones. They also vary greatly in length, but often contain transcripts and biographical information about the speaker. A good way to get exposure to a variety of accents.
This is a series of recorded scientific lectures given at Imperial College in London. They usually last 50 minutes.
Preparing for Success: Listening to lectures
This website was designed to prepare international students for academic study in the UK. It contains a variety of user-friendly, short activities designed to help you with different aspects of student life in the UK, but also activities to help you to study more effectively. This section contains two activities: Comparing lectures and Listening for clues to help you understand a lecture.