Sort of. You won't get a degree or a high-paying job afterwards. You might not even be smart. But you will be smarter.

Thanks to ITunes U, you can now download lectures from some of the brightest minds in the UK at Cambridge and Oxford for free. The podcasts cover every subject in the curriculum. No surprise, the top download right now covers the credit crunch. But a stirring lecture on British Lit or intro to Medicine is just a point and click away.

This digital education might not be targeting the kids as much as their parental counterparts, but for Joe College looking to extend his/her education on the commute between the frat and campus... what better institution to attend indirectly than Oxford? And if that doesn't do it for you, the UK has something else up it's sleeve with the new Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul.