News and blog

Our latest news on widening participation and improving student outcomes in higher education.

News

16 February 2023

New partners to build evidence base in efficacy pilot

New pilot to develop better evidence on improving equality gaps for disabled students and employment outcomes for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds

Disabled students
Blog

8 February 2023

Conducting meaningful evaluation: A case study using TASO’s Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Naomi Clements, Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice (Evaluation), University of Southampton

Naomi Clements takes us through Southern Universities Network’s experience using TASO’s Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
News

23 January 2023

TASO launches new student panel

TASO will be working with the panel on it’s student mental health project

Mental health and wellbeing
News

11 January 2023

New partners to deliver Theories of Change for pre-16 attainment-raising interventions

TASO is partnering with six higher education providers to develop Theories of Change for pre-16 attainment-raising activities with the support of an independent evaluator

Attainment raising
News

10 January 2023

TASO launches new Panel of Evaluators

The panel will work alongside project partners to design and conduct research evaluation
News

20 December 2022

Call for examples of practice: student mental health interventions

Are you delivering an intervention to support student mental health in higher education?
Blog

19 December 2022

Evaluating 2022: our year in review

Dr Omar Khan

TASO Director Dr Omar Khan shares his thought on a busy and productive year for TASO – and the challenges that lie ahead.
News

15 December 2022

New partners to explore barriers and benefits of work placements on widening participation

University of Surrey and Nottingham Trent University to map out barriers faced by WP students in accessing and benefiting from courses that involve a work placement.
Blog

12 December 2022

Blinding and Postgraduate Research Admissions

Professor Michael Sanders

Professor of Public Policy at KCL and TASO’s Academic Lead Michael Sanders reflects on postgraduate research admissions.
News

9 December 2022

New partner to map approaches to closing the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Staffordshire University to produce a typology of current initiatives being undertaken by higher education providers to close the ethnicity degree awarding gap.
News

7 December 2022

Measuring impact along the path to raising attainment

What are the best ways to understand if attainment-raising interventions are having the desired impact?
Blog

5 December 2022

Key ingredients for measuring impact

Dr Eliza Kozman, Mike Kerrigan

Dr Eliza Kozman, TASO deputy director and Mike Kerrigan, Strategic Data and Intelligence Manager, Nottingham Trent University reflect on how best to measure impact in closing equality gaps in HE