TASO has a number of research projects underway in partnership with higher education providers. These sessions will give you an exclusive look into our evaluations with our partners on key research themes.

Our partners will share insights into their experiences of the evaluation process, including any barriers faced and lessons learnt along the way.

Choose from two separate breakout sessions:

Multi-intervention outreach and mentoring

This project aimed to establish the best ways to evaluate these interventions so we can advance the evidence base and improve practice across the sector. This session will help improve your understanding of how to evaluate multi-intervention outreach and mentoring programmes. It will also outline robust new evidence on the impact of these types of programmes.

Speakers:

  • Dr Helen Lawson, Research Programmes Manager, TASO
  • Tayler Meredith, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at PA Consulting (previously at King’s College London)
  • Anna Anthony, Co-Director, Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT)
  • Hannah Leyland, Impact Manager, Brightside

Learner analytics 

We have appointed Nottingham Trent University and Sheffield Hallam University to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions prompted by learning analytics through two randomised controlled trials.

The Behavioural Insights Team is the independent evaluator for the work.

Speakers:

  • Dr Rob Summers, Research Manager, TASO
  • Alice Wilby, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Access, Participation and Student Experience), University College Birmingham
  • Emma Hynd, Interim Head of Student Engagement and Analytics, Nottingham Trent University
  • Dr Patrick Taylor, Principal Research Advisor, Behavioural Insights Team