The Scholars Programme - Application Form

Region

Please choose the region where you would like to attend an Assessment Centre should you be successful in this application. Please note the most common locations for our Assessment Centres in the various regions and select accordingly:

East of England: Cambridge, Colchester, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Norwich

London: London, Canterbury

Midlands: Birmingham, Warwick

North East: Newcastle North of England: Sheffield, Leeds

North West: Keele, Liverpool, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester Scotland: Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh

South Coast: Southampton

South West: Bristol, Exeter

Wales: Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth

Section 1: Personal Details

We use the following information for tracking your application and evaluating our recruitment in line with equal opportunities legislation. The information given here is not shared with anyone else and in no way affects the success of your application to work as a Brilliant Club tutor.

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Nationality

Date of Birth

Section 2: Contact Details

Contact Phone Number

Preferably your mobile phone number. Please leave no spaces.

Address

Please separate lines by commas, e.g. Flat 7, 14 Woodland Road, London.

Postcode

Section 3: Academic History

Postdoctorate

Have you completed your PhD?

PhD Completion Date

Enter the date you completed, or will complete, your PhD

If you have completed your PhD are you currently affiliated to a university?

Current University

Please select the university where you are currently studying or teaching. Please note we recruit from all universities - if your institution is not listed here, please write it in "Current University (Other)" below.

Current University (Other)

PhD University

Please select the university where you are studying for your PhD, or where you completed your doctoral research. Please note we recruit from all universities - if your institution is not listed here, please write it in "PhD University - other".

PhD University (Other)

Are you a part time or full time PhD student?

PhD subject area / Thesis Title

Which Subject stream best matches your research?

Current Year of Research

PhD University Department

Source of PhD funding

If you have selected "Other" for PhD funding, please give further information below.

Other - Source of PhD funding

Source of living costs funding

If you have selected "Other" for source of living costs funding, please give further information here.

Other - Source of living costs funding

Are you, or your research group, affiliated with or funded (partially or in full) by the Wellcome Trust? This in no way influences the outcome of your application – we are collecting this data for our partners at Wellcome Trust

Master's Degree

University attended (Master's)

Degree title (Master's)

Grade awarded (Master's)

Bachelor's Degree

University attended (Bachelor's)

Degree title (Bachelor's)

Grade awarded (Bachelor's)

Section 4: How did you hear about The Brilliant Club

Please click on all relevant options.

How did you hear about The Brilliant Club?

Other

Section 5: Employment and Placement Details

Are you eligible to work in the UK?

You must be able to prove your eligibility to work in the UK in order for us to process your application to work as a Brilliant Club tutor. The following groups will typically be eligible: UK citizens, EU nationals and international students residing with a Tier IV visa. If you do not fit into one of these groups then please check your eligibility before proceeding.

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?

The Brilliant Club provides enhanced disclosure DBS checks for all its PhD tutors. These show all unspent convictions. A conviction does not necessarily mean we will not be able to place you in a school, however an unspent conviction can make it more challenging to place a PhD tutor in a school. We approach these on a case-by-case basis in discussion with the PhD tutor and potential placement schools. If you have any questions on this, please contact tutorhr@thebrilliantclub.org, and the team will be happy to set up a phone call to discuss this further.

Section 6: Assessment Questions

Q1) Why do you want you work with high performing pupils in low participation schools?

Q2) What do you hope to get out of the role on a personal and professional level?

Q3) What in your view constitutes excellent teaching? How would you plan to deliver excellent tutorials as a Brilliant Club tutor?

Q4) What in your view are the most significant barriers to high performing pupils from low participation schools securing places at highly selective universities? How would you plan to help your pupils overcome these barriers as a Brilliant Club tutor?

Q5) Please outline any relevant teaching experience that you have.

Q6) Please outline any relevant experience of working with young people that you have in a non-education context.

Note – it is not a requirement that you have any previous experience of working with young people so don’t worry if this is the case.

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