The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support less advantaged school pupils access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there. The Brilliant Club provides PhDs and ECRs...
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Academic tutors needed for the Manchester Access Programme 2022
Academic staff members and PhD students can apply The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is now recruiting new academic tutors for 2022. If you are an academic member of staff or a PhD student and want to support the progression of talented local young people to...
British Science Week 2022 – Call for activities for schools
British Science Week will be taking place 11-18 March 2022. As we did last year, the Widening Participation team will be compiling a webpage which brings together all the activities for schools which will be running across the university during British Science Week...
Evaluating Public Engagement workshops – May 2021
An opportunity to explore approaches and techniques for evaluating your public engagement work. There are two evaluations training sessions taking place in May. Beginner’s Guide to Evaluating Public Engagement When: Tuesday 25/05/2021, 9:30 – 12:00, via Zoom What:...
The Brilliant Club – Tutor recruitment
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to pupils in schools that serve under-represented communities and are currently...
Tutor Trust Information Session, Wednesday 3rd March, 1pm – 2pm
The University's Widening Participation team is organising a webinar with the Tutor Trust. This paid tutoring opportunity is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Tutor Trust Information Session, Wednesday 3rd March, 1pm – 2pm We would like to invite you to...
Become a Mentor with In2scienceUK
Mentor up to three young people and empower them to achieve their potential in STEM In2scienceUK works with passionate STEM professionals to support disadvantaged young people to pursue degrees, apprenticeships and careers in STEM. Through an inspirational programme...
Manchester Access Programme Tutor 2021 – applications now open
The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is now recruiting new academic tutors for 2021. If you are an academic member of staff or a PhD student and want to support the progression of talented local young people to university, we want to hear from you! This is a...
Could you change someone’s life this summer? Supervisors for online Nuffield Research Placements wanted.
Every year, The University of Manchester hosts sixth formers participating in the Nuffield Research Placement (NRP) scheme. For summer 2021 NRP has been adapted so that an entirely virtual programme model can be offered to students and project supervisors alike....
Paid Tutor opportunities for University of Manchester students – information session 11 Nov 2020
The new National Tutoring Programme was launched yesterday to schools as part of a coordinated approach to provide support to disadvantaged pupils whose education has been affected by school closures. The University is supporting this work through supporting the...
The Brilliant Club – PhD tutor opportunity – 2020-21
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to pupils in schools that serve under-represented communities. Why Become a Brilliant...
Widening Participation Fellowships 2020/21
Widening Participation Fellowships 2020/21 - paid fellowships to develop and deliver activities to inspire and engage school and college students from across Greater Manchester. Positions are open to all non-final year PhD students. WP Fellows are expected to...
The Brilliant Club Scholars Programme – PhD tutor opportunity – 2020-21
The Scholars Programme is run by The Brilliant Club, an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to pupils in schools that serve under-represented...
The Brilliant Club – inspiring the next generation of researchers
The University is continuing its successful partnership with The Brilliant Club, after almost 5 years of working together. The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. It...
Nuffield Research Placements scheme: could you change someone’s life this summer?
Every year, the University of Manchester hosts sixth formers participating in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme. Offering a Nuffield Research Placement is a fantastic way of working with talented young people from local schools and sixth form colleges, who are...
MAP Academic Tutors Needed – applications open until 3 Feb
MAP 2020 - Academic Tutors Needed! The Manchester Access Programme is now recruiting academic members of staff or PhD students for academic tutors for 2020. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the social responsibility goals of the University whilst also...
Opportunity for current students: ReachOut leadership development programme
Many of you will have heard of ReachOut before - a mentoring charity working with young people in disadvantage schools to raise aspirations and attainment. Many of our current students volunteer with ReachOut on their mentoring projects and the central Widening...
Medicine and Healthcare online mentor opportunity – sign-up by 9 Dec 2019
Inspire young people as an online mentor! Greater Manchester Higher are looking for online mentors to share their experience of working in healthcare with young people from Year 12. It’s easy for mentors to get involved and sharing their experience can make a huge...
The Scholars Programme – PhD tutor opportunity – 2019-20
The Scholars Programme is run by The Brilliant Club, an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to pupils in schools that serve under-represented...
Find out more about becoming a Widening Participation Fellow
Are you passionate about your subject area? Would you like the opportunity to work with local school children…then the Widening Participation Fellow programme might be for you! The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Team is recruiting non-final year PhD...
Are you a PhD student or Postdoc looking for meaningful, paid teaching experience?
Are you a PhD student or Postdoc looking for meaningful, paid teaching experience? Through working as a tutor with The Brilliant Club, you will: Develop teaching experience and other employability skills Receive high-quality training in teaching pedagogy Enhance your...
Manchester Access Programme – closing on Monday
The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) closes for applications at 5pm on Monday, 17 December! MAP, The University of Manchester’s flagship widening participation scheme for local Year 12 students, aims to help Year 12 students who live or study in Greater Manchester...
Brilliant Club tutor opportunity (open to PhDs and Postdocs)
Are you a PhD student or Postdoc looking for meaningful, paid teaching experience? Through working as a tutor with The Brilliant Club, you will: Develop teaching experience and other employability skills Receive high-quality training in teaching pedagogy Enhance your...
Widening Participation Fellowships – Info session and Call for PhDs out now
Paid fellowships to develop and deliver a range of activities to inspire and engage schools and college students from across Greater Manchester. We aim to widen participation to higher education to low participation groups by showcasing university as real opportunity...
Could you host a Nuffield placement student?
Every year, The University of Manchester hosts sixth formers participating in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme. Last year we were proud, once again, to have hosted more students than any other institution in the UK. In 2017, many of these opportunities were...