Find your 93% Club
The results are in, and we hope that you got the grades you want and deserve. If you’re planning to go to university (or considering going through clearing), you might be wondering what support you’ll have when you get there.
The 93% Club would love to be part of your next steps, and those of all the state-students starting university in the next few months. We’ve created a blog to signpost you to a few of our student-led societies across the United Kingdom, helping you to find your 93% Club.
The 93% Club also operates on a national basis, with opportunities to connect, upskill and socialize with likeminded state-educated students.
We also introduce our members to incredible employers across a wide range of industries, giving them access to a network that will support them as they navigate further education and their career.
For A-level results day, we’ve taken the opportunity to share some information about a handful of our clubs across the UK, along with their social media handles and some welcome messages. Why not drop them a follow or message introducing yourselves?
👋 University of birmingham
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Birmingham are a society dedicated to empowering and supporting state-school educated students. We are passionate for increasing opportunities for all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.
Previously, our events included a 'Personal Brand Workshop' in partnership with HSBC, focused on the importance and development of your personal identity, as well as a 'National Commercial Awareness Competition' in collaboration with The University of Law, with lots of fun prizes up for grabs!
We certainly aim to take a similar path, providing workshops and panels to support students' awareness of available career opportunities, aid their development, and also provide fun socials that you definitely do not want to miss out on!
💬 Hear from the club president
Hi everyone! My name's Elysia (She/Her). I will be the President at the 93% Club Birmingham for 2023/24 and am going into my final year studying law. In our society, we believe that your background should never limit your potential.
As a first-generational, state-educated student, I have experienced first hand the doubts and uncertainties that all too many of us face when setting out on our dream careers. That is why this year, we are more determined than ever on creating opportunities for you to learn, connect, and flourish.
I'm so excited to create a supportive community to empower students and make a truly positive impact. We have lots of exciting ideas in the pipelines for professional and social events, and would love for you to join us on our journey!
- Elysia Atkinson, President, Uni of Birmingham
👋 University of Bristol
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Bristol was the very first 93% Club, founded by Sophie Pender in 2016.
Since then, we have hosted a wide range of events catered to the needs and wants of our members. From discussions with leading social mobility academics and journalists such as Lee Elliot Major, Sam Friedman and Robert Verkaik, to multi-round commercial awareness competitions in collaboration with the University of Law where the winner received a place on UoL and Legal Cheek’s Virtual Winter Vacation Scheme.
Last year, we achieved a silver accreditation through the Bristol SU; but this year, we’re going for gold! We have transformed our already vast mentorship scheme to include more industries, such as theoretical physics and engineering. Our aim this year is to bring in more industry professionals from even more industries into the scheme. We can’t wait to welcome you — see you at Freshers Fair!
💬 Hear from the club president
Hi! I’m Jasmine, incoming President of the 93% Club Bristol!
Bristol was the first 93% Club to exist, and remains an outreach beacon for the students of the University of Bristol.
We are hoping to recruit new members this year; our eventual aim being for all state educated students at the University of Bristol to gain access to the 93% Club’s resources.
We are looking forward to meeting new members, hosting more industry panels, and would like to deliver more outreach projects across the Bristol community.
- Jasmine Law, President, University of Bristol
👋 University of Cambridge
📚 About the club
We are The 93% Club Cambridge, and have been around for roughly 4 years now. We're a tight-knit community amplifying and representing the needs and voices of state-educated students within the Cambridge student body.
It can be hard at times! Nonetheless, we've made a supportive environment which is free from discussion of ski seasons and AGAs.
The society does all sorts, over the last few years we've put on careers applications workshops and networking events with companies such as Accenture and McKinsey. We take it further than just careers, though.
Some of our other events have included chairing the Cambridge Union discussion forum on 'Being Working Class at Cambridge' and holding a talk with journalist Robert Verkaik (author of 'Posh Boys'). And of course, down-time is equally as important, too: we put on tote bag painting, hold welfare teas, and go out for dessert here and there.
The 93% Cambridge is incredibly chilled: the vast majority of our events are free to join and don't require signing up in advance. So give us a follow and drop in! We look forward to meeting you in October.
👋 Cardiff university
📚 About the club
We are the 93% Club Cardiff. Founded in 2021 by Bhavdeep Bola and Charlotte Griffin, we have been supporting state educated students in Cardiff for the last three years.
In that time, we have held many wonderful events such as workshops on how to best use LinkedIn, pies for Pi Day, internship panels and even hosted a movie night watching and laughing at ‘Harrow: A Very British School.’ We were shortlisted for the Society of the Year awards in 2022 and 2023, and won the Bronze Award in the 2022 Society and Volunteering Awards.
💬 Hear from the club president
Hi! I’m Alicja, I was the Welfare Officer on the founding committee of 93% Club Cardiff and now am very excited to be President of the Society this year!
I am most excited to open up the Club to more subject areas such as STEM (being a Chemistry student myself), and also enhance the already incredible opportunities that the 93% Club has to offer by bringing the focus more on getting your foot in the door internationally.
We have many exciting events in the works, I can’t wait to see you all there!”
- Alicja Gasior, President, Cardiff University
👋 Durham university
📚 About the club
Despite only 7% of the population being privately educated, around 40% of students at Durham attended a fee-paying school. Therefore, we have worked extremely hard to create an environment that is both welcoming and supportive for state educated students.
As a result of this, we received the Growth and Outreach award for 2021-22 academic year and the Durham 93% Club has grown to be one of the biggest with just over 1000 members and 2000 social media followers.
This year we introduced a mentorship scheme for first year students, hosted a networking event with the Newcastle club, and introduced the student employability fund which allowed us to provide 3 students with financial support for their professional development.
We have also hosted a number of Q&As, application tips sessions, welfare drop ins at each college, socials with subsidised drinks and trips to the cat cafe and cinema.We are proud of what we have achieved and can't wait to roll out our plans for the upcoming academic year!
💬 Hear from the club president
Hi everyone, I'm Freya, the President for the Durham club this year. We have big plans in store for 2023-24 , and I am especially excited to re-launch our mentorship scheme and plan lots of career sessions so that everyone can learn a bit more about different sectors.
We had a very successful year last year and are planning to continue putting our passion into practice to ensure that all state educated Durham students feel welcome and supported.
The 93% Club Durham is somewhere to grow and learn but also relax and meet new people. After all, we are a friendly community of bright minds and should take advantage of that!
- Freya West, President, Durham University
👋 University of edinburgh
📚 About the club
We are the 93% Club Edinburgh! We were founded in 2020 and are now one of the biggest 93% Clubs in the UK. We work hard to represent and support not only Scottish students but state-educated students from everywhere! We have three aims as a club:
Firstly, we want to support your professional development! Privately educated students will often have had skills sessions at schools to help them with CV writing, LinkedIn, interviews and so much more. We want to make sure that state school students have access to the same information, so through our connections with careers services, companies and organisations we aim to bring those skills to you!
Secondly, we aim to live up to the Club part of our name! At our heart, we are here to be a community. So we organise regular fun, affordable and accessible social events that bring students from similar backgrounds together and create a safe space for everyone to share their lived experiences.
Our third and final aim is what makes the 93% Club Edinburgh unique, we aim to campaign for change! This can include a change in student experience or a change in university policy.
For the last two years, we have run a successful State School Proud campaign. This gave state school students a chance to record their experiences and use our platform to share these experiences with the wider university community so more people were aware of the challenges they have faced and overcome.
We will be continuing to campaign this year as we want to ensure future generations of state school students, regardless of their background, have equal opportunities and outcomes while at university.
💬 Hear from the club president
It is an honour and a privilege to be President of the 93% Club at Edinburgh Uni. I am so excited to be running this club with a wonderful and dedicated committee alongside me. The thing I am looking forward to most this year at the Club is the campaigning.
This year we are hoping to persuade the university into including classism and accent discrimination training for all its staff. If this were to happen we would be one of the first universities in the country to have this and it would be a massive step forward in ensuring that staff have adequate knowledge and students have fewer negative experiences.
I strongly believe that state-educated students have worked so hard to be here, and they should be so proud of themselves for overcoming all the obstacles they have faced. I hope they can have pride in knowing they overcame all of that to be here.
As a state-educated student, you may feel like you don't fit in, but I promise that is not the case. You deserve to fit in wherever you want to fit in. You shouldn't have to change the way you look, the way you sound or what you think and feel to fit in. And if you can't fit in then loudly and proudly turn up and tell them to deal with it.”
- Grace Mai Clark, President, University of Edinburgh
👋 University of Exeter (Penryn)
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Penryn was set up in 2021. We run to support both students at the University of Exeter on the Cornwall campus as well as Falmouth University so everyone is welcome!
We work towards tackling the issues surrounding social mobility and create an equal playing field for all students no matter their socioeconomic background.
How do we do this? We hold regular events, some examples of previous events includes: CV and Interview workshops, networking events and socials too! Our efforts have also been recognised at the recent SU Awards 22/23, where we came runner up in the category 'Campaign of the Year'!
We would love to have as many of you join us from September and the possibilities of what we can achieve together are limitless.
👋 Kings college london
📚 About the club
This year The 93% Club at Kings College London is going to be bigger and better than ever before. We have an amazing committee we have lined up for this year, and lots of members helping us to drive change.
💬 Hear from the club president
Hello! We can’t wait to meet you all as new members.
This year we are hoping to expand our club, introduce you to amazing opportunities, and build a community of state school students at King’s. We have a lot of fun events planned for this upcoming year and hope to see you all there!
- Aimee Shields & Wafa Nasseredine, Co-Presidents, Kings College London
👋 Loughborough university
📚 About the club
We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our campus this October!
We hope to create a welcoming and inclusive environment to all of our state school friends joining us where you’ll have an opportunity to make friends, gain unique opportunities and experiences and also boost your career prospects!
We’ve found unique opportunities that you can get once you start at university, and our committee is well connected to help you make a start with societies and volunteering at university. Looking forward to seeing you all!
👋 University of liverpool
📚 About the club
Our aim is to create a space for working class students on campus to network and access opportunities. We believe that no student should be limited on what they can do based on their background, so we’re committed to providing you with the very best.
Join us to meet like-minded individuals and create a more inclusive and supportive university experience for all. We can’t wait to welcome you to campus this year and show you all that we have to offer!
💬 Hear from the club president
I’m incredibly excited for the 93% Club Liverpool! I founded the Club because I have been volunteering with the national committee as their Social Media Manager for the past year. If you’re a state-educated student, come and join us to access networking, workshops and fun socials.
- Chloé Hawryluk, President, University of Liverpool
👋 University of Manchester
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Manchester was established as a society in 2020. After a few months of existence, we were awarded both the Bright Network Society’s Impact on Campus Award and the Opportunities for All Award at the National Society Awards for the 2019/2020 academic year.
Our society provides valuable opportunities to future leaders, thinkers, and pioneers that have been victims of the deficits and failures of the British state-school system. We have incredible opportunities for growth being based at one of the UK’s largest and most commercially successful student unions, with 45,000+ students.
Last year, we were privileged to encourage attendance to the national club’s Level Up event, held in Manchester. We can’t wait to expand our member base and provide you with fulfilling social and educational opportunities throughout this year.
💬 Hear from the club president
We’re so excited to welcome new members to our club. Our primary goals for this year are providing not just academic events and opportunities, but also focusing on the social isolation state-school students can face whilst studying at traditionally elite universities.
I’m extremely excited to be working on developing a platform for state-educated students to upskill, network and connect with each other this year, and would love to send a warm invitation to incoming first-year students to join our branch of the largest network of state-school students in the country
- Matilda Thorley, President, University of Manchester
👋 Newcastle University
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Newcastle was founded during the pandemic; beginning as a small society, we have grown rapidly over the last two years through collaborations with nearby clubs and outreach efforts on campus.
Now, we are a thriving community that has partnered with leading firms across many different sectors to try to bring as many opportunities to state-educated students on campus. We have also been working on having a tangible impact on the University itself, working with staff to put social mobility on their agenda when developing their Access to Participation Plan.
There is much more to come, but we hope that anyone coming to Newcastle University this year will come along and help us build an ever-expanding network for state-educated members.
💬 Hear from the club president
I’m really excited to continue the great work of the 93% Newcastle by building the state school community at Newcastle! I’m looking forward to this year's networking event to give students an insight to their dream jobs.”
- Isaac Biddle, President, Newcastle University
👋 Northeastern university london
📚 About the club
Our Club at NU London was founded after the original committee noticed a disparity between those privately educated and those who attended state schools - we wanted a safe space for students that belong to the latter and that's where the 93% Club came in!
We've run one event since being set up which was a little presentation on social mobility which we catered some drinks and food for. Since then, a new committee has come in and we have big plans!
We want to work with other 93% Club's in London, work with Professional Employers and have some Speaker Events with other societies at our University. As part of Northeastern's global network, we are passionate about entrepreneurship and we want to find a way to incorporate social mobility and accessibility in that realm.
💬 Hear from the club president
Irrespective of the background you come from, education you received and your individual needs, the 93% Club at NU London is a safe space.
We are serious about social mobility and proud of our State School education, and you will fit right in! We look forward to working with you over the next academic year, and help provide a professional insight into the modern working world and a society that you belong to.
- Neve Hargreaves, President, Northeastern University London
👋 University of Nottingham
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Nottingham was founded in 2020, during the pandemic.
Our biggest event last year was running an insight day exclusively for state school educated students at the Morgan Lewis London Office. We had over 50 applications which were reviewed by Morgan Lewis. Using the sponsorship funds from this partnership, we ensured the transportation of 18 of our members from Nottingham to London, to keep the opportunity accessible.
We ran an industry focused school outreach programme in which UoN Law & Medicine students went into local state schools, colleges and sixth forms to help, inspire and advise aspiring doctors and lawyers by providing an insight into University life and aiding with LNAT/UCAT preparation. Next year we hope to expand this into more fields such as STEM and finance.
💬 Hear from the club president
The University of Nottingham 93% Club was founded in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, so post-COVID we hold a strong focus on increasing in-person accessible opportunities for aspirational state-educated students.
From career insights at company offices to themed social events, we plan to host a variety of opportunities for all and hope you join our strong network of state-school educated students in Nottingham
- Ben Beresford, President, University of Nottingham
👋 University of Oxford
📚 About the club
Hi, we are the 93% Club Oxford! We are one of 93 Percent’s largest branches, one of Oxford’s largest societies and its only state school society.
We have grown rapidly over the last few years and now have over 4000 social media followers. We aim to put on at least 2-3 events a week ranging from access schemes, exclusive career events and amazing socials. Some of our highlights of this year have been the 93% Winter Party (500 attendees), the 93% Ball (800 attendees) and the 93% College Crawl (150 attendees).
We also had the privilege of hosting Nick Jenkins, Dragon from Dragon’s Den and founder of Moonpig.com for an exclusive Q&A. We also regularly collaborate with other Oxford societies to help provide the best experience for our members and bring together people of different backgrounds.
We are also very passionate about careers. We are sponsored by many amazing companies such as Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latham and Watkins and many more! Each term we add more and more sponsorships to give our members access to exclusive careers and networking opportunities.
💬 Hear from the club president
At 93% Oxford, we are committed to working hard to provide the best experience possible for our amazing members.
Whether you are a fresher trying to find your way at university, a finalist looking for career opportunities or someone wanting to meet new people and try new things, we are there for you.
We know university can be hard especially for someone from a state school background so we try our utmost to make it the best time of your life! We have tons of plans for this upcoming year with our highlights being our very own bespoke freshers week for our members and the 93% Ball - now back bigger and better than ever!
- Hadi Muhammad, President, University of Oxford
👋 Royal Holloway, University of London
📚 About the club
The Royal Holloway 93% Club was first founded in 2021. Since then, we have gone from strength to strength. Our past committees have dedicated themselves to promoting socioeconomic diversity and inclusivity on campus, and our brand new committee has no intention of slowing down!
We want to continue creating a safe space for students to feel free to be themselves and ensure that their disadvantages become their advantages.
We have run a wide variety of events from guest speakers in financial literacy, personal branding, overcoming imposter syndrome and industry specific events such as real estate and law. Last year, we were runner ups in Society of the Year and the Sarah Parker Remond Diversity and Inclusion awards at RHSU’s annual Society Awards.
On top of holding some incredible career-centric events, we’re also known for hosting some creative socials such as our well-attended ‘Paint Your Partner’ and Murder Mystery nights — with many more to come this academic year!
💬 Hear from the club president
Hi, my name is Kajaanie. I'm a final year student studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics. I am so excited to be President of such an amazing society.
For me, it's been a great way to meet like minded and passionate people, many of whom are now my lifelong friends. Having been the Publicity and Marketing Officer on last year's committee, it's been a pleasure to see the society grow and become even more creative with our events and socials.
My aim this year is to bring in more employer-focused events and cater to even more students - including neurodiverse students and international students who do not receive sufficient support.
I cannot wait to meet you all at the Freshers' Fair! We are here for you and we appreciate feedback - if there are any events you want to see, we will try our best to make it happen for you!
- Kajaanie Kunanayagam, President, Royal Holloway
👋 University of Sheffield
📚 About the club
Since being set up, The 93% Club Sheffield has been involved in discussions with the university regarding making sure they are inclusive as they can be for state-educated students. Next year, we will be hosting a load of events from socials to networking opportunities!
💬 Hear from the club president
Since starting university I attended various 93% Club events all aimed at empowering state-educated students to go for careers.
Next year, I am most looking forward to all of the exciting events that we have planned, hopefully educating students that no career is unavailable to them!
- Emily Bryan, President, University of Sheffield
👋 London Southbank University
📚 About the club
Gulsum Qane founded ‘The 93% Club London South Bank University’ society after attending ‘The 93% Club Social Mobility Factory’ and interacting with Sophie Pender.
The society aims to promote the importance of social mobility to staff and students across the university. The society has formed partnerships with other societies across the university, including the ‘Law Society ‘ and the ‘Bar & Mooting Society’, in order to reach more socially mobile students.
The society is currently organising a Watson Glaser workshop with Osborne Clarke to develop the employability of law students from state school backgrounds.
💬 Hear from the club president
I am really looking forward to planning sponsor events with employers, including international law firms, to help firms attract diversity of talent, but also combat the barriers socially mobile students face when applying for internships and jobs.
I look forward to working with the ’93% Club Committee’ to help students from state schools succeed, by providing them with words of encouragement and employer resources.
- Gulsum Qane, President, London Southbank
👋 University of st andrews
📚 About the club
We are the 93% Club at St Andrews! We are a group of students who are trying to make St Andrews a more equal place whilst having fun creating a community of like-minded people to socialise and connect with.
Our club started out in 2021 in Covid, throughout pandemic years we did lots of virtual career events and even sent brownies to all of our members as part of a social. However, this year our club is back and bigger than ever!
We are starting out with this being our first full year on campus. We have had over 100 members sign up in the last 2 months alone, and we cannot wait to make a big impact in St Andrews this year.
💬 Hear from the club president
I am so so excited for the 93% Club to really make its mark in St Andrews this year!
When I was a first year I really struggled with feeling out of place at such an esteemed University and this club would have made such a difference.
So, this year I cannot wait to have lots of fun socials, for everyone to meet and make genuine connections for life, whilst also creating opportunities for advocacy and career skills.
One thing I want to do this year is have a big event, like a ball, for everyone to have fun without paying crazy high prices! I can’t wait for all of the things we can achieve this year, but I’m even more excited to grow the Club and meet new members! Watch out St Andrews, change is coming…
- Yasmin Coffey, President, St Andrews
👋 University College London
📚 About the club
The 93% Club UCL was founded in 2020 and we are really keen for the club to grow.
We have held some fun socials in the past year (going to the pub, coffee mornings, pizza nights, and rounders in the park), and next year we are looking forward to branching out into more career workshops and talks.
We are very excited to meet all the new members in September and will be at the Freshers Fair for anybody who wants to meet us.
💬 Hear from the club president
We’re really looking forward to expanding membership this year and incorporating a careers-focused angle alongside our already popular social events. Can’t wait to see you all in September!
- Chloe Martin-Daplyn, President, UCL
👋 University of Warwick
📚 About the club
The 93% Club Warwick has 300+ SU affiliated members and is the biggest social mobility society on campus.
We as a society have a whole host of things we do, from our cost-of-living gift cards and free breakfasts, to our big Christmas networking event, to our lively socials.
Since the society's creation in 2020 we have continued to grow and we cannot wait to see where the next year takes us.
💬 Hear from the club president
Hello to any incoming Warwick students, we can’t wait to meet you! Come along to our welcome week events and say hi, and make sure to apply to our freshers mentorship via our instagram.
Over the next year we have so many great things planned from big socials, to free breakfasts and careers and employability events. See you in September!
- Mathew Stephenson, President, University of Warwick
👋 University of York
📚 About the club
York was founded in 2020 and was University of York’s first social mobility society on campus. Over the past 3 years,
The 93% Club York has attained a series of achievements such as working in a local secondary school to create a mentoring scheme as well as securing a portfolio of corporate sponsors to host a range of insight days into various careers that are predominantly dominated by privately-educated individuals.
Within the first year, the York club was nominated for 5 SU awards where Zak Clifton and Ellen Roberts won Best Contribution to Student Wellbeing as the society’s first wellbeing committee members. Founder, Caroline Manakit, won Highly Commended for the Liberation in Leadership Award in 2022 and shortly won Society of the Year.
As we move forward, we are dedicated to continuing the celebration of our state school heritage, with our efforts commencing at the freshers fair this September. We invite you to join us and learn more about our mission and how you can actively engage!
💬 Hear from the club president
Hello everyone! I am Amy, and I am excited to serve as the President of the 93% Club York in the upcoming academic year.
In my role as president, my aim is to create an inclusive academic and social atmosphere for students from state-educated backgrounds.
Together as a team, we will create engaging panel events, active community involvement, and effective utilisation of our social platforms to establish meaningful connections with prominent UK employers.
This collective effort will undoubtedly unlock new opportunities for our state-educated students, opening doors for the future. I aspire to collaborate with fellow national clubs, uniting our efforts to establish an empowering platform dedicated to addressing issues related to social mobility. This collective strength will help us drive positive changes and make a lasting impact.
- Amy Costanza, President, University of York
The 93% Club isn’t just another student society. Each and every one of our clubs work alongside us to drive systemic change and champion social mobility. They’re driving change across their campuses and change to the lives of their student members.
Our Clubs, and the dedicated teams of students that lead them are at the heart of what we do. By joining us, you not only get access to a supportive community at your university, but a network spanning every corner of the United Kingdom.
Does that sound inviting? Now that our Clubs have introduced themselves, why not introduce yourself to them? Shoot them a DM or catch them at a Freshers Fair near you this new academic year!
We can’t wait to welcome you to our club, The 93% Club.
