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The Brilliant Club: PhD and ECR part-time opportunity 2025-26

Are you a doctoral or early career researcher (ECR), who wants to develop their teaching skills, help a young person realise their academic potential, and get paid to do so? Find out more!

Did you know that only 1 in 50 of the most disadvantaged quintile of 18 year-olds progress to a highly-selective university? 

The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support disadvantaged school students access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.

Why should you get involved?

The Brilliant Club provides PGRs and ECRs training in widening participation, research communication, and teaching. Researchers are then paid to deliver academically rigorous programmes to small groups of students in state schools across the UK.

Through working as a tutor, you will:

  • Develop your teaching experience in small group tutorials
  • Receive high-quality training and support
  • Enhance your knowledge on the UK education system
  • Disseminate your research to a unique, non-expert audience
  • Join a community of like-minded researchers across the UK
  • Be payed £600 per placement


Did you know? You can use your experience as a Brilliant Club Tutor to support your Associate HEA Fellowship. Find out further information by accessing: AdvanceHE Associate Fellowship.

How does it work?

This is your opportunity to join this growing community of like-minded researchers and become a Scholars Programme tutor, supporting pupils to develop their academic skills, knowledge and confidence needed to progress into highly selective universities. 

On The Scholars Programme, tutors are trained to deliver a research-based programme – either one based on their academic research, or a pre-designed programme. They deliver this course in university-style tutorials to groups of 7.

To help fit alongside your other commitments, you will have to indicate your availability on a termly basis. Placements are paid from £600 per placement, with an additional for designing a Scholars Programme course (plus London weighting). Travel expenses are also paid.

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