News and blog

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

Blog

5 August 2021

We cannot let another generation of students fall through the cracks

Our Deputy Director of Research Jess Hunt discusses the importance of tackling HE inequalities in the post-pandemic world, and the role TASO’s two new research themes can play.
News

4 August 2021

New research opportunity: Improving the financial wellbeing of widening participation undergraduates

Would you like to partner with us on a new research trial?
News

21 July 2021

An exciting opportunity to help shape TASO’s future research projects

Join one of our Theme Working Groups
News

21 July 2021

New research partnership: Ethics for field research on widening participation and student success

TASO is collaborating with University of Central Lancashire to produce standardised guidance on ethics and data compliance for field research on widening participation and student success
News

21 July 2021

New research partnership: Small-n impact evaluation

TASO commissions research to address the methodological and theoretical challenges faced by Higher Education Providers when evaluating the impact of widening participation and student success activities with small cohorts.
News

21 July 2021

TASO launches two new themes which will shape future research projects

Decision follows a sector consultation and prioritisation exercise.
News

13 July 2021

Invitation to tender: Supplier sought to deliver exciting new research project on the value of higher education (HE)

TASO set to commission rapid evidence review on the individual and societal benefits of HE
News

18 June 2021

Students prioritise a return to face-to-face teaching, survey finds

A survey from the Student Futures Commission found that 63% of university students believe that due to the pandemic they are academically below where they would expect to be.
News

11 June 2021

Call for evidence: Online Teaching and Learning in the time of COVID

Does your work involve evaluating how the pandemic, and move to online teaching and learning, has impacted the awarding gap and affected the educational attainment of disadvantaged learners?
News

26 May 2021

Evaluation made simple with TASO

TASO’s Deputy Director of Research, Eliza Kozman, explains how the evaluation process works and discusses its importance.
Blog

20 May 2021

Moving from association to causation by building bridges between staff and academics

Matthew Horton

Matthew Horton, Evaluation Manager at the University of Wolverhampton, discusses the need for greater collaboration between staff and academics during the evaluation process to ensure more causal evidence is produced.
News

19 May 2021

New study focusing on access to higher education for vulnerable young people

The Rees Centre has been awarded £122,780 to explore the pathways into and through higher education for young people who were allocated a social worker when they were children – often referred to as ‘children in need.’