Brightside and other third sector organisations are calling on the government to protect widening participation work.

Brightside will be collaborating with Bright Network to provide careers advice and guidance to our mentees that go on to higher education.

We are proud to present our new report, which marks the milestone of Brightside supporting over 100,000 young people since 2003. 

Join us at Imperial College, London on the evening of Thursday 8th November to celebrate the stories of some of the 100,000 young people we’ve supported over 15 years.

Brightside is part of the Fair Education Alliance, a coalition of over 100 organisations working together to eradicate educational disadvantage. The FEA's fourth annual report shows the progress made in the past year.

Brightside is working with 19 consortia in the National Collaborative Outreach Programme. Our new report describes our approach to our NCOP projects, themes and challenges that have emerged, and areas of focus for the future.

Following his course at Harvard, Brightside's Chief Executive Anand Shukla has been on a whistlestop tour to discuss shared goals and challenges with social mobility organisations in the US.

Anand Shukla, Brightside's Chief Executive, reveals how having a clear sense of purpose is a core theme of the Harvard Business School course on Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management.

Anand Shukla, Brightside’s Chief Executive, reports back from the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management course at Harvard Business School on the insights on leadership and impact gained so far.

Anand Shukla, Brightside’s Chief Executive, has been sponsored by the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of London to attend the Harvard Business School course Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management. Here he sets out what he hopes to bring back to Brightside.

Dr. Diana Beech of HEPI sums up the recommendations for improving widening access in our joint report and proposes a path for how they can lead to a higher education system truly open to everyone.

Unpaid internships and work experiences should be paid and openly advertised to equal access and increase social mobility.