Support for teachers and advisers
Find out what support we offer to teachers and advisors.
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Access virtual resources
Sign up to access a range of virtual content, including subject-specific materials and higher education guidance resources designed to help you support your students on their path to university.
Advertise your governor vacancies
We are committed to providing our local community of educators with skilled support and expertise. Through our partnership with Governors for Schools, we provide local schools and colleges with high-quality governance by recruiting University of Bristol staff into local school governor positions.
Governors for Schools specialises in governor recruitment and support to help you find the right governor for you. You can advertise your own governor vacancies to University of Bristol staff via Governors for Schools.
Events and school visits
Find out about the UCAS discovery events we attend and how to request our attendance at an upcoming event on ourevents and school visits webpage.
Library access
Teachers and students from local schools and colleges in and around Bristol are welcome to make use of our visitor scheme to consult our printed collections. For more information please visit our school support page.
Advancing Access
Advancing Access is a collection of 24 Russell Group universities that work together to provide a variety of CPD resources, online events and offline conferences for teachers and advisers to help them support students’ progression to Russell Group universities.
Russell Group Teachers and Advisers Conferences
Advancing Access and the University of Bristol are proud to support the delivery of the Russell Group Teachers' and Advisers' conferences, held twice every two years. These CPD conferences are free to attend and bring together all Russell Group university members in one space.
The next Russell Group Teachers and Advisers Conferences are taking place on:
- Thursday 4th June 2026 - University of Sheffield
- Monday 22nd June 2026 - Queen Mary University of London
These conferences include an Exhibition Hall, featuring all 24 Russell Group universities, as well as a selection of breakout sessions. Both events will follow the same agenda - Teachers and Advisers are invited to attend the event closest to them.