Tag: tutor
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The pathway to Cambridge: The Access Project student on her way to a top uni
It’s Freshers’ Week up and down the country and many of our student alumni are using this time to get to know their new university, check out the opportunities on offer and make new, possibly lifelong, friendships. Beril, an alum of The Access Project, sat her A levels in the summer of 2023 and achieved… Read more
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Celebrating GCSE Results Day 2023
GCSE Results Day is finally upon us. Today, thousands of students across the country will visit their schools to open their GCSE results. After celebrating the success of our A level students last week, The Access Project is celebrating with our Year 11 students and thanking our volunteer tutors for their hard work and dedication… Read more
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Volunteer blog: Volunteer tutoring helped refresh my Spanish skills
The Access Project is proud to work with more than 1,000 volunteers who help change the lives of disadvantaged young people. This week, we’re featuring a guest blog from one of our volunteer tutors, Beth, who dedicates one hour per week to tutoring Spanish alongside full time work at Which?. I am a digital policy… Read more
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Student spotlight: “The Access Project helped me explore my career options”
Mizanul joined The Access Project as a sixth form student after missing out on clubs and extracurricular activities in secondary school. Now, he’s on track to place at one of the UK’s top universities. Mizanul is a Year 13 student from the West Midlands, who joined The Access Project for additional tutoring in biology. A… Read more
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Exploring new ways of working: Scaling up group tuition at A-level
As an ambitious and dedicated charity, The Access Project is always adapting to the needs of the students we serve. In the years preceding 2021, we spent time reviewing how we could optimise our delivery and impact, as well as consider routes to scale up our support to more young people in new regions and… Read more
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Student Volunteering Week: Q&A with Maya
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate all of the 134 student volunteer tutors who are giving up their time to support our young pupils. Today we meet Maya, who is in her final year at Loughborough University. Why did you apply to be a volunteer tutor for The Access Project?… Read more
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Student Volunteering Week: Meet Steven
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate all of the 134 student volunteer tutors who are giving up their time to support our young pupils. Today we meet Steven, an undergraduate from Queen Mary University of London. I enrolled as a volunteer tutor because I wanted to explore new opportunities. Volunteering… Read more
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Student Volunteering Week: Meet Jim
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate all of the 134 student volunteer tutors who are giving up their time to support our young pupils. Today we meet Jim, who is studying at The Queen’s College Oxford. I applied to be a tutor with The Access Project because I thought it… Read more
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Student Volunteering Week: Q&A with Jason
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate all of the 134 student volunteer tutors who are giving up their time to support our young pupils. Today we meet Jason, who is studying at Queen Mary University of London. Jason enrolled as a volunteer tutor in October 2022. Why did you apply… Read more
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Student Volunteering Week: Meet Ruby
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re taking this opportunity to celebrate all of the 134 student volunteer tutors who are giving up their time to support our young pupils. Today we meet Ruby, an undergraduate from the University of Bristol who signed up to be a volunteer tutor in September 2022. We asked Ruby about… Read more