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Free places available for the See IT in Action 2012 conference

Brightside has 10 free places to give away for the second annual See IT in Action conference in London on February 21.

Calling for teachers!

Brightside is looking for teachers for a new Teacher Advisory Panel.

Realising Opportunities win Times Higher Education Award

Brightside partner Realising Opportunities named 'Widening Participation Initiative Of The Year' at the Times Higher Education Awards 2011.

National Student Finance Day

Brightside is supporting National Student Finance Day on November 14.

Student Calculator updated for 2012

Brightside's Student Calculator is now ready for students starting university in 2012.

Bright Knowledge relaunch

Brightside have launched a brighter, bolder and easier-to-use version of our online resource library Bright Knowledge.

Next Steps In Admissions To HE conference 2011

Places are still available for the Next Steps In Admissions To HE conference on October 19.

Guardian careers Q&A

Brightside Programme Manager Pamela Zigomo will be on the expert panel for The Guardian's online careers Q&A session on September 29.

Brightside staff hit the conference trail

You can catch Brightside staff speaking at a number of conferences this season.

Brightside partners nominated in the Times Higher Education Awards

Ask BCU and Realising Opportunities have both been nominated for Times Higher Education Awards.

New Student Calculator now online

Brightside have upgraded our free online Student Calculator budgeting tool.

New staff and promotion

Amelia Smith joins Brightside as Projects Coordinator, and Dorothy Spencer has been promoted to Projects Manager.

Coordinator training events in September

Brightside’s next coordinator training events take place on September 2 in London and September 16 in Birmingham.

A-level results day

Brightside would like to wish good luck to all our mentees receiving their A-level results today.

Donate to Brightside by text message

Donating to Brightside has never been easier thanks to Vodafone’s JustTextGiving service.

20% discount on Westminster Briefing Conference on Widening Participation and Fair Access

Brightside partners can receive 20% off the cost of attending 'The Way Forward For Widening Participation and Fair Access: Establishing a socially mobile higher education system' conference on October 18 in London.

Our new name is Brightside

BrightsideUNIAID is now called Brightside.

The Bridge Group launch new social mobility policy document

Brightside attended the launch of The Bridge Group's first policy document Bridging the Gaps: Current Issues and Focus for 2011/12.

The Big Deal 2011

The Big Deal – Brightside’s partnership with University of Warwick and University of York which seeks to find tomorrow’s entrepreneurs – has just launched for 2011.

Launch of accessprofessions.com

www.accessprofessions.com is the one-stop site for students, parents and teachers to discover life-changing, aspiration-raising opportunities linked to university, graduate careers and the professions.

Realising Opportunities national conference

Realising Opportunities national conference takes place at the University of Birmingham on February 12.

Bright sparks wanted for Big Bang Blogs

Big Bang Blogs is on the look out for students for a short ementoring programme.

Happy New Year!

BrightsideUNIAID wishes Happy New Year to all our mentees, mentors and partners.

BrightsideUNIAID statement on tuition fee rises

Read BrightsideUNIAID's official response to the rises in tuition fees, from Chief Executive Tessa Stone.

Win £50 with Supporting Life's Journeys

Fill in a survey for the Supporting Life's Journeys campaign, and you could win £50.

Big Deal 2010 winners in The Guardian

The winners of Big Deal 2010, run by University of York in partnership with Brightside UNIAID, have been featured in The Guardian.

BrightsideUNIAID's new ementoring system launched

BrightsideUNIAID’s new ementoring system has been launched and is now supporting over 150 schemes across the UK.

New website and mentoring service to support students with children

A new website has launched to help students with children prepare for university life. www.studentparents.org was developed by a consortium of organisations, led by education charity BrightsideUNIAID and funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

IT Ambassadors

BrightsideUNIAID have teamed up with BT to launch IT Ambassadors.

Supporting Life's Journeys

BrightsideUNIAID are proud to support the Supporting Life's Journeys campaign.

Student Calculator in The Guardian

BrightsideUNIAID's Student Calculator has been recommended as an essential student finance tool in The Guardian newspaper's Freshers supplement for new students.

A-Level results day

Congratulations to all our users who receive their A-level results today!

Student loan applications

If you live in England and are starting a university course in September 2010, but haven’t yet applied for your student loans and grants, you need to take action immediately.

Free training events for ementoring coordinators

BrightsideUNIAID is delivering two free events for our coordinator network in September. These events are for anyone planning on working with us on an ementoring scheme - whether you are new to ementoring, or already have an existing scheme.

New ementoring system launching for September

BrightsideUNIAID is developing a brand new system to support all ementoring projects, which will launch in September. As well as a fresh new design, there's a range of new features to make the site more engaging and easy to use.

My Money Week

The second My Money week takes place in schools across the UK between 28th June and 4th July.

Online training for care leavers

BrightsideUNIAID has launched a new training course for mentees on Bright Links to help them make the transition to independent living.

BrightsideUNIAID launches its new name, website and educational resources

BrightsideUNIAID has been launched as the new name for the education charity formed from the merger of The Brightside Trust and the UNIAID Foundation.

Online community forum brings cutting edge science into the classroom

Teachers should now find it easier than ever to develop creative science teaching resources and to keep up-to-date with scientific advances thanks to an innovative new forum.

Student Calculator relaunched to help students budget

As competition for university places and jobs increases, it’s harder than ever for students to make the right choices about their future. But thanks to the relaunch of the UNIAID Student Calculator, students should at least avoid any nasty surprises when it comes to budgeting for higher education.

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