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The Brilliant Club is a UK non-profit organisation that aims to widen access to university for students from under-represented groups. [1] It was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Sobczyk and Simon Coyle and has offices in London and Leamington Spa. The organisation operates nationwide.

Activities

In The Scholars Programme, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers deliver academic tutorials in non-selective state schools to pupils aged 10 to 18. [2] [3] Researchers delivering the programme are called PhD tutors.

Expansion

The organisation began with a pilot programme in North London in 2011 and then expanded to schools across England. The organisation delivered programmes to almost 4,600 students in 2013-14.[4]

Conference

The Brilliant Club holds a yearly conference. In 2015, this was held in conjunction with King's College London and had the theme: ‘Where can we find solutions to break the link between household income and admission to the UK’s highly-selective universities?’[5]

Recognition and awards

In 2011, The Brilliant Club was named the winner of a Teach First Social Innovation Award[6]. In 2012, The Brilliant Club was listed as one of Britain’s 50 New Radicals[7] by Nesta and The Observer.

1] https://www.tes.com/article.aspx?storycode=11006851

[2] http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/School-students-visit-Cambridge-colleges/story-26756806-detail/story.html

[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-33430921

[4] http://www.thebrilliantclub.org/the-brilliant-club/annual-report-2013-14/

[5] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ride-nerd-wave-widen-access-selective-universities-conference-told

[6] http://www.teachfirst.org.uk/what-we-do/encouraging-innovation-education-0/innovation-partnerships

[7] http://www.nesta.org.uk/news/britains-new-radicals/brilliant-club