New report by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and TASO – based on 2025 SAES data – finds students from areas where there are lower rates of participation in higher education have, on average, worse mental health than their peers from areas that have higher rates of participation
Juan Raman Mullor reflects on University of Staffordshire’s approach to decentralising access and participation plan evaluation, forging effective partnerships and building methods and processes around lived experience.
New survey findings suggest people are increasingly focusing on graduate outcomes rather than the broader value of higher education as a driver of social mobility
Dr Omar Khan reflects on the growing scepticism about the value of higher education, arguing that while degrees still improve outcomes, action is needed to reduce costs, close equality gaps and better explain universities’ wider social value
Drawing on reflections from TASO’s sixth annual conference, Dr Omar Khan explores how collaboration can strengthen evaluation, evidence-sharing and collective action to tackle equality gaps in higher education
Tatjana Damjanovic reflects on how we talk about impact evaluation for small cohorts and why TASO is changing its language from ‘small n’ to ‘theory-based evaluation’