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Widening Participation partnerships and data sharing

Find out which organisations the LSE Widening Participation Team have worked with in the last five years and the types of personal data that have been shared as part of the partnership.

Please see our LSE Widening Participation Privacy Notice for more information about how and why the LSE Widening Participation Team use personal data.

If you have any questions about the information outlined below, please email widening.participation@lse.ac.uk. If you have concerns about the use of data for these purposes or would like a copy of the data we hold about you, requests should be made to LSE’s Data Protection Officer at lse.info.rights@lse.ac.uk or by telephone: 020 7849 4622.

Current partnerships

Organisation name Nature of partnership Types of data shared
The Sutton TrustLSE has partnered with the Sutton Trust since 2007 to deliver Pathways to Law and since 2017 to deliver Pathways to Banking and Finance.
The Sutton Trust administers applications for the programmes and facilitates event delivery and work placement opportunities. For contextual admissions purposes, UK Pathways participant data is shared between LSE, the Sutton Trust, and Pathways universities.		• Participant personal data
• Participant parent/carer personal data
• Participant and Mentor photography, video and audio data
The Brilliant Club (LSE Springboard)Since 2022, LSE has partnered with the Brilliant Club to provide a super-curricular academic enrichment element within our LSE Springboard programme.
The Brilliant Club recruit, train and supervise the PhD tutors who deliver the university style tutorials and assessment.		• Participant personal data
• PhD Tutor personal data
• Student Ambassador personal data
Team Up (Future Maths)From 2025, LSE is partnering with Team Up as part of its Future Maths programme with Imperial College London. Team Up deliver maths tutoring to key stage three students, train tutors, and manage the school relationships.• Participant personal data
• Participant parent/carer personal data
• Tutor personal data
• Participant photography, video and audio data
Imperial College LondonFrom 2025, LSE is partnering with Imperial College London to co-deliver Future Maths, a maths tutoring and enrichment programme for key stage three students. LSE and Imperial will host campus visits, and organise tutoring, workshops and information sessions for participants and their parents/carers.• Participant personal data
• Participant parent/carer personal data
• Tutor personal data
• Participant photography, video and audio data
• School contact personal data
Barking Abbey SchoolLSE has partnered with Barking Abbey School since 2018 to deliver key stage three and four maths tutoring and enrichment programmes, currently including Future Maths. LSE also provides bespoke support to Barking Abbey School, including sessions on writing UCAS references for teachers/advisers, personal statement workshops and career sessions.• Participant personal data
• Participant parent/carer personal data
• Tutor personal data
• Participant photography, video and audio data
The John Roan SchoolLSE is partnering with The John Roan School from 2025 to deliver Future Maths, a maths tutoring and enrichment programme for key stage three students.• Participant personal data
• Participant parent/carer personal data
• Tutor personal data
• Participant photography, video and audio data
HEATLSE is a member of The Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT) Service, which enables us to monitor and evaluate our outreach delivery, and to track HE progression of students who apply to our Widening Participation programmes.• Participant personal data
Governors for SchoolsLSE has partnered with Governors for Schools since 2023 to deliver the LSE School Governor Scheme. Governors for Schools recruits LSE staff and alumni to fill school governance roles in UK state schools.• Participant personal data

Name of organisationNature of partnershipTypes of data shared
IntoUniversityLSE partnered with IntoUniversity to provide funding and programme delivery support to the Primary FOCUS programme at their Brent centre between 2018- 2022. LSE also hosted IntoUniversity schools and students on campus for their graduation events.Participant personal data
Participant parent/carer personal data
Participant photography, video and audio data
Team Up (Key stage four tutoring)LSE partnered with Team Up to deliver our key stage four maths tutoring programme at Barking Abbey School and Harris Academy St John’s Wood School between 2020-2024. Team Up trained LSE Tutors and placed them in our partner schools. They managed the schools during the tutoring programme and produced programme reports.Participant personal data
Participant parent/carer personal data
Tutor personal data
Participant photography, video and audio data
Harris Academy St John’s Wood SchoolLSE partnered with Harris Academy St John’s Wood School between 2018-2024 to deliver our key stage four maths tutoring programme in collaboration with Team Up. LSE also provided bespoke support to Harris Academy St John’s Wood School, including IAG sessions for students and teachers/advisersParticipant personal data
Participant parent/carer personal data
Tutor personal data
Participant photography, video and audio data
The Brilliant Club (Scholars Programme)LSE partnered with The Brilliant Club to deliver a Scholars Programme in 2018-2019.Participant personal data
PhD Tutor personal data
Participant photography, video and audio data
BrightsideIn 2022-23 LSE partnered with Brightside to deliver the peer mentoring component of our LSE Thrive programme. Brightside trained mentors and mentees in their roles and supported their use of the online mentoring platform. Brightside also provided monitoring and reporting.Participant personal data
Mentor personal data
Participant photography, video and audio data