Outreach

King's Factor

The King's Factor for 2021-22 is underway but if you would like to join please email kingsfactor@kcl.ac.uk as spaces may become available. Or if you would like to join as a year 12 or year 13 student for 2022-23 then email to express interest and we will send a reminder in September 2022.

This year the King's Factor is being run remotely. The one hour long sessions will run at 17.00 and 18.00 on Monday and Wednesday evenings, each student will be assigned one of these times and then during the session break into small groups working online with an undergraduate tutor, supervised by King's academic staff.

About the King's Factor

The King’s Factor is a unique maths after-school club, hosted by King’s College London, that gives Year 12 and 13 students an opportunity to enrich their mathematics in a challenging and supportive environment, bringing them together with other young people who have an enthusiasm for mathematics.

Led by staff from King's Department of Mathematics and the King's Maths School, and assisted by King’s mathematics student tutors, our after-school club works on interesting and challenging problems, which are enjoyable and help develop understanding of mathematics.

Throughout the year students will also be able to access academic lectures, careers talks and opportunities to find out about current research in mathematics. 

We prioritise students who meet our application criteria:

• attend a non-selective state school;
• live or have lived in local authority care; 
• are a young carer;
• are disabled;
• live in a low participation neighbourhood;
• do not have parent(s) or carer(s) who have studied at university in the UK or abroad;
• have attended The King's Factor in the previous academic year.