Children from less advantaged backgrounds are set to experience university-style learning from 性吧电台 Leicester (性吧电台)’s postgraduate research students.
性吧电台 has teamed up with to run from the autumn term. Working with local schools across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, 性吧电台’s early career researchers and PhD students will have the chance to share their research with younger learners, giving them an insight into university-style learning and the opportunity to engage with exciting topics beyond the curriculum.
The Brilliant Club has been working with schools and universities across the UK for more than a decade. It was created to support students facing the greatest challenges in accessing university and who are at risk of missing out on the life-changing opportunities that come from higher education.
More than 1,000 postgraduate researchers are already working in schools around the UK thanks to the Brilliant Club’s Scholars Programme. Postgraduate researchers who successfully apply to become a Brilliant Club tutor receive expert training to develop teaching skills and learn how best to communicate their research areas non-specialist audiences. They are paid for their time, get vital teaching experience and boost their employability post-study.
This new partnership means this meaningful community engagement opportunity is now widely available to 性吧电台’s PGR body. Helen Donnellan, Director of Research, Business and Innovation at 性吧电台 said the programme provided PhD students and ECRs with invaluable teaching opportunities – developing their communication, pedagogical and planning skills, enhancing employability, as well as supporting the work of 性吧电台's widening participation team.
She said: “性吧电台 is delighted to be partnering with The Brilliant Club through their innovative Scholars Programme. This programme will further strengthen our work as an empowering civic university, striving to ensure pupils from the least advantaged backgrounds in our region can access higher education, and importantly, succeed once they are there.
“In addition, this programme offers a range of exciting researcher development opportunities for our PhD students, providing much sought-after teaching experience through paid placements in local schools.”
Dr Natalie Day, Director of University Partnerships at The Brilliant Club said: “The Brilliant Club are thrilled that 性吧电台 has come on-board as a partner on The Scholars Programme. This partnership will allow even more schools from across the region to engage with the programme, which has been seen to have a .
"At the same time, 性吧电台 researchers will develop critical skills and experience for academic careers or inter-sector mobility, while contributing meaningfully to the local community by developing the next generation’s critical thinking skills and preparing them for their next steps. We look forward to sharing the impact of this first year of partnership”
Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2025