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The Access and Widening Participation Office (AWPO) has many opportunities for UCL students work on our activities.
Our programmes could not run without dedicated students offering their time and expertise.
Working with us is a great way for you to develop transferable skills, such as communication, leadership and self-confidence, and to get involved in the local community. You'll also have the chance to meet other UCL students from a wide range of courses and backgrounds, and have a lot of fun!
Our projects work with young people from under-represented backgrounds in higher education, including state-educated students from areas with high levels of socio-economic deprivation and low participation rates in higher education. We also work with specific target groups and so for more information, please see our Who We Work With webpage.
We want to ensure that our activities best target these groups and so prioritise working with current students from similar backgrounds, who often then become role models for our participants. We therefore particularly welcome applications for our student worker schemes from the groups that we work with.
Across the Access and Widening Participation Office we have the following work opportunities for current UCL students:
- AWPO Student Ambassadors
Ambassadors work on an ad-hoc basis across a range of activities from Primary School level through our UCL East Schools Engagement and Bring Your Family to University Days, all the way through Year 12 and 13.
Work opportunities include supporting with online events, such as Masterclasses and Stepping Up Your Study Skills, as well as in-person activities on campus and at schools.
Applications tend to open around December and for more information, see the AWPO Student Ambassadors webpage.
- Sutton Trust Summer School Student Leaders
For UCL's Sutton Trust Summer Schools, we recruit a number of current students to support our participants as Student Leaders.
The Summer School is designed for Year 12 (or equivalent) students currently attending non-selective state schools/colleges from around the UK, to give them a taste of university life and studying at UCL and so Student Leaders will be supervising and leading a small group of participants on subject strands aligned with their degree.
The UCL Sutton Trust Summer Schools will be running on the following dates:
Week 1: Monday 27 July 2026 – Friday 31 July 2026
Week 2: Monday 17 August 2026 – Friday 21 August 2026
Student Leaders will stay with participants and staff in UCL accommodation, and meals will be provided.The deadline to apply to be a Student Leader is Monday, 16 February at 12 noon.
Apply to be a Student Leader
- Widening Participation Tutors
Tutors on this cheme lead on the delivery of our in-school attainment programmes, UCL Accelerate (Maths) for Year 10s and UCL Next Chapter (Literacy) for Year 7s.
Tutors go into schools to deliver sessions to help participants improve their Maths/Literacy skills and therefore help to address pre-16 attainment gaps in these core subjects.
Applications tend to open in September and for more information, see the Widening Participation Tutors webpage.
- Expand Subject Experts
Subject Experts are postgraduate students, who lead on the preparation and delivery of UCL Expand, our 8-week academic programme for Year 12 students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Subject Experts tend to have some teaching experience already, with a passion for inspiring and working with school-aged students.
Applications tend to open around September and for more information, see the UCL Expand Subject Experts webpage.
- AWPO Taster Presenters
Taster Presenters are posrgraduate students, who prepare and deliver subject-specific sessions to a range of students across the Access and Widening Participation Office.
Taster Presenters will work with students from underrepresented backgrounds, usually in-person and from Years 7 - 13, however, there may also be opportunities to present and deliver to younger groups (particularly through our UCL East Schools Engagement activities), as well as online sessions.
Applications tend to open around November and more information see the Access and Widening Participation Taster Presenter Scheme webpage.