We mobilise the PhD community to support less advantaged students to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.
#JoinTheClub
Today we have launched a series of free online resources, suitable for pupils aged 10-18 and available free of charge. The resources include masterclasses on a range of academic topics, study skills sessions and workbooks for independent learning.
Are you a postdoc researcher looking to share your skills and expertise? Tutor in English, Maths and Science and help
#disruptedlearners
be BRILLIANT! Apply now
#tutoring
#PhDchat
Every day of the pandemic, pupils are disrupted. Those from underrepresented backgrounds face an even greater education challenge that grows daily. We need PhD students and graduates to tutor and
#HelpDisruptedLearners
Visit for details
We’re excited to announce that we have been selected as a Tuition Partner for
the
@NTProgramme
. We’ll be working with schools across England and our subject expert PhD tutors to support disadvantaged pupils.
The mission of The Brilliant Club is to get more pupils from underrepresented backgrounds into university. With this in mind, we are delighted that for the first time this year,
@UniofBath
is making alternative offers to our highest performing Scholars Programme graduates.
Alongside other education charities we've published a statement detailing how
#alevels2020
grading could be made fairer for less-advantaged pupils. Read about the
#coalitionforfairness
asks here:
We are pleased to announce that for the 5th year running, an independent evaluation from UCAS has shown that The Scholars Programme has a significant impact on progression to highly-selective universities. Full details here:
Thank you to all of our partner schools and organisations after what has been a busy and challenging week. From next week, The Brilliant Club will be sharing a series of online resources for pupils; focusing on university skills, academic content and university knowledge.
Training Weekend is almost over at our three great venues. Our 267 tutors will be delivering The Scholars Programme to over 5,000 pupils this summer. We’re delighted to have them as part of the team.
We are so excited to be part of the
#OakActivityClub
- our sessions have been designed with researchers to introduce both primary and secondary pupils to university skills and university-style learning through academic content that would not usually be found in the curriculum.
🚨We have news! 🚨
Something exciting is coming next week… we are delighted to be launching
#OakActivityClub
– fun-filled and engaging activities for half-term. More below ⬇️
NEWS | The Board of Trustees for The Brilliant Club has appointed its new CEO. Anne-Marie Canning MBE (
@amcanning
) will join the charity in March this year and will work alongside Dr Chris Wilson before his departure. Full story:
Well done to the 2300 pupils who have submitted final assignments at the end of the spring term Scholars Programme, this is a massive achievement especially given the current school closures. Thanks to all the teachers, parents and carers who supported!
We are busy preparing free online resources for 10-18 year olds interested in applying to university or learning from subject experts - the new sessions will be released on Friday. To get regular updates on the resources, sign up for our school newsletter:
Today has been a mega day across the UK for pupils on The Scholars Programme. 770 pupils from 55 state schools have started their journey with a launch trip to a highly-selective university, supported by 54 PhD tutors who are all eager to share their subject expertise!
#MyTSP
Join the Club. That’s our invitation to you today as we publish our new five-year strategy. You have the power to help more young people progress to university and thrive when they get there. Let's make it happen, together.
#JointheClub
Today's the day! Our updated, free resources are online now. There's a science masterclass on selective attention, GCSE workbooks from
@RISchools
for maths and history, and a session on designing your dream university.
We are planning to be part of the effort to support schools through the National Tutoring Programme. Our Brilliant Club PhD tutors will deliver curriculum-focused tuition to small groups of pupils. If you're a school or researcher looking to get involved, get in touch!
Following last night’s announcement, our best wishes and thoughts this morning are with the schools and young people we work with. Our programmes will continue to run and if you'd like to chat about how we could support you, please get in touch.
For the second year in a row, an independent evaluation by
@ucas_online
has demonstrated
@BrilliantClub
's significant impact on progression to highly-selective universities! Read more here:
#TBCimpact
We would like to congratulate all pupils on their offers to
@UniofOxford
. We are delighted to have supported over 8,700 pupils to visit Oxford over the last five years as part of their Scholars Programme placement. Thank you to the support of all the colleges who work with us.
More than 69% of undergraduate offers have been made to pupils attending state schools – up 4.6% from last year & the best percentage increase we’ve ever seen.
Thank you to everyone who made this happen & congratulations to everyone with an offer!✨
We are at the London Library tonight to celebrate our 10th birthday 🥳 as well as the launch of our new five-year strategy,
#JoinTheClub
. It is wonderful to see so many people who’ve worked with the charity over the last decade and celebrate with them!
We are delighted to announce that we have been accredited as an
@LivingWageUK
Employer. This is a commitment to pay a real Living Wage to our staff, independently calculated to be enough for employees and their families to live on.
We know this last academic year has been tough for pupils and teachers, help inspire your pupils to
#LoveLearning
again by becoming experts on their PhD tutor’s research. To chat to the team about Autumn 2021, enquire here !
#TheScholarsProgramme
#TSPAutumn
In 2019/20, we worked with 9,299 pupils, in over 550 schools, partnered with 43 universities, and launched a new programme to support the national catch-up tutoring effort. You can read about all this and more in our Annual Impact Report:
Happy Scottish Results Day! Even if you didn't achieve exactly what you hoped for, remember that there is
#NoWrongPath
& there are lots of options available! Katrina (
@krobertsTBC
) is a great example and we're going to share more stories throughout the day!
#KeepGoing
#Careers
@tombennett71
(2/2) a pedagogic theory for which there is a weak evidence base, without giving that important context. We took the video down as soon as we were made aware of this issue and we are reviewing our quality assurance processes.
This morning we are launching the latest in our series of Impact Case Studies at our annual conference. The report, Barriers to Access: Five lessons for creating effective school-university partnerships, is available here:
#TBCimpact
#TBCconference
Today, we are excited to publish independent UCAS data which evaluates the impact of our
#ScholarsProgramme
on progression to university (1/🧵)
@ucas_online
Today we have published The Brilliant Club’s Annual Impact Report for 2017/18. Last year, we worked with 12,254 pupils in 714 schools across our programmes and special projects.
Here at The Brilliant Club we work in pursuit of equality. We stand in solidarity with our black colleagues and friends in the education sector and beyond to tackle racism in all its forms.
#BlackOutTuesday
It is fantastic to see the number of state school pupils receiving offers from
@UniofOxford
. We are pleased to work alongside colleges, with over 8,700 pupils supported to visit over the last five years. Congratulations to all of the pupils with offers!
Teachers and parents across the UK are working hard to support pupils during school closures. We'd like to help if we can! Last year we produced online resources weekly on a range of topics. You can find them all here:
The Brilliant Club has a brand new website! On it you’ll find all our latest news, information about The Scholars Programme and
@RISchools
, and details on how to support the charity. Check it out!
We have resumed our Scholar’s Programme Tutorials. Had to run little bit differently than usual but we are learning about Renaissance Competition between Painting and Poetry today.
#scholarsprogramme
@BrilliantClub
PhDers and postdocs! Want to find out more about one of our paid tutoring programmes? Sign up now to attend one of our online webinars!
#PhDchat
#PhDcareers
Despite the school shutdowns in the summer term, The Scholars Programme continued to run virtually for some of our pupils. Read our case study about Ross High School's virtual tutorials with words from the school's lead teacher.
#MyTSP
It's Friday so it must be our free online resources day! There are five new videos available for you this week, including sessions on life at university, showing passion for your subject and a masterclass on modern history!
A long weekend won't stop us updating our online resources! Check out a psychology masterclass, learn more about philosophy and revise straight line graphs by going to our website. Enjoy the sessions and let us know how you get on!
Coming Soon | In September, we'll be holding some informal events for parents and carers of pupils who have taken - or will be taking - The Scholars Programme or Uni Pathways in their school. Watch this space for event details - we're looking forward to speaking to you!
And finally huge thank you to pupils, teachers, university partners, tutors and parents from our CEO
@AmCanning
. You are all
#BrilliantBecause
“if this is what we can achieve working together this year, then boy, imagine what we can achieve next year”!
We are excited to be collaborating with
@KingsCollegeLon
to deliver pupils the K+ Spotlight Summer School virtually this year! To find out more about K+, click the link here:
@KCLWP
#kplus
The first ever online Seren conference starts tomorrow - We are really pleased to be involved in collaboration with the Welsh Government, & will be joined by Year 12 pupils who have signed up from across Wales, which is really exciting!
@Seren_Network
We are planning to be part of the national effort to support schools in addressing the impact of Covid-19 school closures on pupils. Our Brilliant Club PhD tutors will deliver curriculum-focused tuition to small groups of pupils. Read more:
We are delighted to be working with KCL to deliver the K+ Spotlight Summer School online! This week pupils will be receiving tutorials in Law, Languages & Literature, History & Politics and Maths & Computer Science! Click here for our K+ case study:
@KCLWP
The Scholars Programme | In 2018/19, 499 PhD tutors delivered 1,151 Scholars Programme placements in 774 schools to 13,097 pupils. You can find out more about the programme here:
#TBCImpact
Today we launch our latest Impact Case Study: Raising the Bar: Driving Attainment to Increase University Access. Attainment means more than A Level grades - we discuss university readiness in widening participation
#TBCimpact
The pupils launching onto
#TheScholarsProgramme
today with
@HertfordCollege
will experience university-style learning and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to go on to, and excel at, highly-selective universities. Enjoy it, everyone!
Significant investment in education is needed now more than ever. We’ve signed the
@_TheFEA
open letter calling for £13.5bn funding to tackle disadvantage, support young people’s futures, and put
#ChildrenAtTheHeart
of recovery.
For four years in a row, analysis from UCAS has shown that graduates from The Scholars Programme are more likely to progress to highly-selective universities - here . Get in touch to find out more on
#Impact
#Progression
#Success
We are delighted that the work of the charity, as well as that of many of our university partners, is highlighted in this new action plan from
@RussellGroup
#RGPotential
Today we are launching an ambitious action plan to transform opportunities for disadvantaged & underrepresented students. It sets new commitments Russell Group unis are making to students as well as recommendations for Govt and
@officestudents
#RGPotential
We've reached 15,000 Twitter followers! We're so glad to have you on board as we work to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly-selective unis. We can't wait to meet the next 15,000!
A new year, a new us: The Brilliant Club now offers research and impact consultancy services to universities to support the evaluation of their outreach work.
Many of the students receiving offers to Oxford will be the first in their family to progress to university. Scholars Programme graduate Shona cites her experience on The Scholars Programme as a deciding factor in getting to Oxford.
Jobs | We're bidding for funding as part of the National Tutoring Programme and, if we're successful, we'll need to establish a new team to help get us off to a flying start. We're recruiting a range of roles - find out more on our website:
Today, pupils at schools across the country will be starting their Scholars Programme journeys at virtual Launch Trips with our partner universities!
#TheScholarsProgramme
And so a jam-packed week of Scholars Programme Launch Trips comes to an end. Since Monday, 2353 pupils from 166 schools have attended 35 university trips and met 155 PhD tutors!
#MyTSP
We're pleased to be included in today's
@EduPolicyInst
report, which highlights the importance of early interventions. We work with pupils aged 10-18 and last year, 1,742 Key Stage 2 and 3,557 Key Stage 3 pupils worked with a PhD tutor as part of The Scholars Programme.
New research: Universities spend £250m a year on improving access for disadvantaged students – but which activities have the best track record?
We look at the evidence on financial aid, summer schools, mentoring and other
#HEaccess
programmes for
@TASO_HE
Congratulations to everyone receiving their
#ALevelResults
today! We are so proud of all students for their resilience and hard work during this challenging period. A huge
#WellDone
to everyone! 👏🏅📚
#ALevelResultsDay2022
We are excited to announce the launch of TutorLab, a new webinar and discussion forum for Brilliant Club tutors! The first session is on the 18 of November. Look out for information in the tutor newsletter or get in touch with your Programme Officer to sign-up!
Parents and Carers Focus | We're holding two informal virtual events for carers on 14th and 17th September. Our team would like to talk about how pupils get into university. Sign up via the link or text TBCFOCUS to 82228
Calling all PhD researchers and post docs - we have tutoring opportunities available this Summer term in English and Maths! Apply by 12 Feb to support pupils disadvantaged by the school closures:
#PhDChat
#phdlife
#phdcareers
#AcademicTwitter
#ecrchat
@tombennett71
Hi, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Our YouTube masterclasses were created by volunteers, as part of our early response to support pupils during lockdown. We value evidence-informed learning and we’re sorry that this masterclass discussed (1/2)
Did you take part in The Scholars Programme whilst at school? You could become a Brilliant Club ambassador. For more information on the role, please click this link . To become a Brilliant Club ambassador, apply here !
#TBCAmbassadors
✨We’re so excited to be taking part in The
@BigGive
Christmas Challenge, raising money for our new project to support young refugees and asylum seekers.
And we need your help!
#ChristmasChallenge22
1/🧵
For the fourth year running, pupils who completed The Scholars Programme are statistically significantly
more likely to apply, receive an offer and progress to a highly-selective university than pupils from similar
backgrounds.
Online resources have become an educational lifeline and schools have acted quickly to support their pupils. However, not everyone has equal access to online content and these inequalities will only increase the attainment gap between the most & least advantaged pupils in the UK.
🙌🎓 We're delighted to announce that over 200 students received adjusted offers from
@uniofbath
, after completing Brilliant Club Programmes!
Good luck to the 53 students across the UK who took up their offers to study at Bath and those starting elsewhere!
#university
#access
Are you passionate about pupil outcomes? Do you want to work for an award-winning charity? Our Research and Impact Department are recruiting! Click below to see if you could be our next Research and Evaluation Manager or Data Analysis Officer.