Latest news and blog posts
Our latest news on widening participation and improving student outcomes in higher education.
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News
13 August 2026
TASO will soon be inviting applications for the retrospective evaluation of higher education financial support schemes
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News
12 August 2026
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
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Example of practice
4 August 2026
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.
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Blog
15 July 2026
Omar Khan reflects on what TASO has learned over the past six years and explains how those lessons are shaping our priorities and approach.
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News
25 June 2026
New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows that the vast majority of university graduates can expect to be better off financially
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Blog
23 June 2026
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
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Invitation to tender
15 June 2026
We are seeking to work with higher education providers who have a contextual admissions policy and wish to evaluate it
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News
9 June 2026
Help us explore the evaluation of contextual admissions policies
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Blog
5 June 2026
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
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News
4 June 2026
Showcasing some of the content from ‘Collaborate to evaluate’, TASO’s 2026 annual conference – from posters and photos, to abstracts and slides
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Blog
26 May 2026
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
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Blog
21 May 2026
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’
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