Mission to Mars! Engaging young people in STEM

Generating Genius is an education charity that aims to make high- quality, affordable tuition available to disadvantaged pupils. The charity hires and trains undergraduates and recent graduates who provide small group or one to one support to learners. Tutors are paid for their work, but will deliver one in every seven lessons free of charge. The business model promises to make tuition affordable to disadvantaged schools, as well as making the Trust financially self-sufficient in the long run. The Trust will focus initially on English and Maths tuition for GCSE pupils, but will ultimately expand to other subjects and age groups.

The evidence of the impact of one to one and small group tuition is strong. However, tuition is relatively expensive. There is also evidence of unmet demand from schools for affordable tuition, particularly outside of London. The Trust's unique operating model will equip it to meet this demand by providing a good service at sustainably low rates. If effective, the project could be scaled up to other university towns.

We have evaluated our first cohort of students and they have increased their point scores by 20 per cent. This has taken them away from failing to passing exams in the core subjects. For poor students this is life changing in terms of job prospects and further education.

We are not just appealing for funds but for ideas on how our tuition programme can be more effective. Our tutors come to the schools of our students and they run their lessons after- class. How can we more effective going forward.