Student researcher groups are small groups of secondary school and A-level college students, aged 13 to 18, who evaluate outreach activities – such as motivational speakers, study skills workshops and careers fairs – that are delivered by universities or local learning partnerships in schools and colleges across England.
The students do this by gathering feedback on these activities from their peers and presenting their findings to those responsible for delivery and who are therefore in a position to make changes. The groups offer schools and colleges the opportunity to assess the impact and effectiveness of outreach delivery in a sustainable and low-cost way, at a time when education budgets are continually being reduced.
