Welcome
Welcome to our Masterclass Organiser Resource page. We are very grateful to all who contribute, giving up their time and resources to make these Masterclasses special. We look forward to visiting as many groups as possible and supporting your activities throughout the coming year.
Please contact us by emailing masterclasses@ri.ac.uk if you have any queries.
For general information on Masterclasses, please visit: www.rigb.org/learning/ri-masterclasses
Thank you from the Masterclass team!
After contacting us, you will be assigned a main contact within the Masterclass Team who will arrange an initial discussion with you. This meeting will cover the specific requirements of your Masterclass series, and you will also be directed to read the Masterclass Handbook. We encourage you to continue to liaise with your main contact, but please note that the wider Masterclass team can also be contacted by emailing masterclasses@ri.ac.uk.
After the initial discussion, you will be sent a personalised link to an online Organiser Agreement form. Please complete and return a copy of this form. You can find an example of the Organiser Agreement wording here.
As part of the Organiser Agreement, we will ask you for:
- The Organisers details
- The series information e.g. time/date/age of students etc.
- An agreement to return anonymised series data, implement suitable safeguarding and data protection policies, and follow the Masterclass code of conduct and Marketing and Communication Guidance.
Note: If you are a returning series for the 25/26 academic year, please note that we have made some changes to our Organiser Agreement. You will need to review and confirm your acceptance of the new agreement.
A. Student Recruitment
We provide resources to help you organise your series. Your Masterclass contact will provide you with a tailored Recruitment Pack, to suit the needs of your series. You will need to send the Recruitment Pack to nominators at least a few weeks prior to the start of the series.
The Recruitment Pack includes:
- Invitation to schools and nomination form
- Parent/carer letter and consent form
Please ensure you edit the forms to suit the specific requirements of your series. If you would like to do your student recruitment electronically, we can offer a template form. Please contact your Masterclass coordinator contact to receive this.
B. Organiser Pack
Before the first Masterclass session, you will need to prepare some documentation in advance. You may need to share the Organiser Pack with your supervisors or helpers in the workshop.
The Organiser Pack includes:
- Masterclass contributor leaflet
- Masterclass programme template
- Register template
C. Off-the-shelf Masterclasses
We provide ready to deliver maths and computer science workshops in the form of our off-the-shelf Ri Masterclass resources. These cover a range of topics, and are available for both secondary and primary audiences. If you are unsure on the level of content for your series or would like to provide an example to your speakers, we recommend using these resources as a guide. For additional support in using our off-the-shelf resources or creating new workshop content, please contact the Masterclass team.
D. Marketing materials
The Royal Institution supports Ri Masterclass volunteers undertaking publicity and communicating their Masterclass activities, for example, to recruit students, speakers and helpers; to promote the activities to the wider community; to raise awareness of the Masterclasses and to raise funds.
We have developed the Ri Masterclass Marketing and Communication Guidance to support these activities. We ask that you please send us anything you plan to publish in advance for us to check.
We can also provide you with the Masterclass Network Logo and the 25/26 Masterclass Digital Badge. Please see the Ri Masterclass Marketing and Communication Guidance for how to use this.
If you are looking to raise funds for your Masterclass series, you may wish to use our Masterclass sponsorship template letter.
Congratulations, you are now ready to start your series!
You will need to ask your Masterclass students to complete the pre-series survey, either when they arrive at the first session or in advance. This data will need to be anonymised and sent to us.
Maths/STEM – pre series survey (paper, electronic, QR code)
Computer Science - pre series survey (electronic, QR code)
Please request certificates soon after your series has started – you will be sent a link to an online order form to complete. We need a minimum of 4 weeks to process and send certificates.
Congratulations on completing your Masterclass series!
During your final session, you will need to ask your students to complete the post series survey, and hand out their certificates.
Maths/STEM – post series survey (paper, electronic, QR code)
Computer Science – post series survey (electronic, QR code)
You will also need to complete and return the end of series report form, including your anonymised series data. A link to this report form will be sent to you soon after your series has finished. You may also wish to use our Masterclass Reporting Template to format your data.
FAQs
For answers to some commonly asked questions, please visit our FAQs page.
For any other questions please liaise with your main contact. The wider Masterclass team can also be contacted by emailing masterclasses@ri.ac.uk.
Further Notes
All documents and templates are updated and published annually in advance of the new academic year. Please ensure you are using the latest copy. Please feel free to contact us if there is something missing from this list that you think could be useful.
The tools and information shown here are the property of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and are protected as set out in the terms and conditions below. They are intended to support the work of Ri Masterclass volunteer groups and must not be used, shared or reproduced for any purpose other than this.