Evidence toolkit

Our toolkit summarises the existing evidence on approaches to widening participation and student success for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. The evidence is presented by types of interventions.

Click through for detail on the efficacy and evidence of interventions.
Find out how approaches have been categorised on our ratings page.
We’ll be updating our toolkit as new evidence is produced. If you have evidence to share, please get in touch.

Order by:

Tutoring (pre-entry)

Academic tutoring is an intervention that involves a teacher, trained teaching assistant or a tutor providing academic support to an individual or group of students.
- Attainment raising (pre-entry)
- Progression to ‘high tariff’ institution
- Progression to HE
- Progression to own institution
- Skills development
- Pre-entry to HE
- Cost
  
  High cost
- Impact on aspirations / attitudes
  
  Small positive impact
- Impact on behaviour / outcomes
  
  Large positive impact
- Strength of evidence
  
  Medium evidence
Work experience (post-HE)

Work experience includes a range of interventions providing students with exposure to industry and employment. These interventions are run by higher education providers to improve career outcomes and employability for students.
- Progression to employment
- Skills development
- Post-entry to HE
- Socio-economic / demographic disadvantaged learners
- Female learners
- BAME learners
- Disabled learners
- Cost
  
  Low cost
- Impact on aspirations / attitudes
  
  More evidence needed
- Impact on behaviour / outcomes
  
  Small positive impact
- Strength of evidence
  
  Emerging evidence

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Evidence interventions

Tutoring (pre-entry)

Cost

Impact on aspirations / attitudes

Impact on behaviour / outcomes

Strength of evidence

Work experience (post-HE)

Cost

Impact on aspirations / attitudes

Impact on behaviour / outcomes

Strength of evidence