Widening access

Putting a programme in place to encourage your students to become tutors with us means your university is contributing to raising disadvantaged young people’s grades, confidence, resilience and aspirations. Working with Team Up is a powerful yet cost-effective way to expand your outreach work.

Some advantages of working with us include:

  • We monitor our impact closely through regular assessments and qualitative surveys of our pupils. We can give you data about the impact our partnership is having for you to reproduce in your student access and participation plans.
  • We’re flexible about the exact format our partnership might take and can work with you to achieve your goals around widening access.

We already work with several universities including King’s College London, the London School of Economics, Goldsmiths and the Access HE Network.

Great opportunities for your students

Your students will benefit so much from volunteering as tutors with Team Up. Some benefits include:

  • They’ll gain great practical experience in building communication and teaching skills and the opportunity to fast-track into Teach First training.
  • We offer exclusive employability opportunities for tutors, partnering with a range of leading organisations in education, law, finance and consultancy. Your students could benefit from masterclasses, mentoring, and fast-tracking to internships and even graduate positions.

Is your university interested in partnering with us?

Email our Head of Programmes, Pippa Coleman, on pippa.coleman@teamup.org.uk or call 07548 399 635

Case study
How we work with King’s College London

Through tutoring led by KCL students, we’re supporting underrepresented pupils in 4 secondary schools to improve their GCSE results, boost confidence and increase their academic resilience.

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Case study
Our partnership with the London School of Economics

For the past 4 years we’ve partnered with LSE, supporting their students to tutor disadvantaged, underachieving pupils in 2 London secondary schools.

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What I think of Team Up...

“Our partnership with Team Up has been key to the success of our raising attainment programme, Scholars+. They have been instrumental in delivering our weekly tuition programme, revision days and summer schools.”

Micheala Whitely, Social Mobility and Widening Participation Manager at King’s College London
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How volunteering works for university students

Find out what your students can expect from volunteering – and all the benefits they’ll gain.

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The difference we make

Over 12 weeks, our incredible tutors on average more than double their students’ rate of academic progress, increase their confidence and resilience, and set them on the path to a positive future.

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