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TASO and Sutton Trust to host conference on fair admissions

Conference to bring together leading voices in the HE sector to explore potential solutions to one of the biggest issues facing the sector today

TASO announces partner for new project exploring what works to reduce equality gaps for disabled students in higher education

Research will identify and build on existing evidence on the impact of different interventions that aim to improve the experience and success of disabled students

TASO announces partners for new project exploring inequalities in employment and employability

Research to identify evidence on what works to reduce equality gaps in employment outcomes

Looking back at 2021: a year of progress amid uncertainty

by Dr Omar Khan

TASO Director Dr Omar Khan reflects on a year of transition for TASO set against the backdrop of ongoing challenges caused by the COVID pandemic.

TASO announces partner for new project exploring what works to support student mental health

Research will look at the impact of different interventions to reduce equality gaps caused or perpetuated by mental health issues

BAME students’ access to postgraduate research

TASO & The Policy Institute working on project to provide evidence for how to address underrepresentation of BAME students

Invitation to tender: analyse data on online teaching & learning

New research partnership: TASO commissions State of Life for project looking at value of higher education (HE)

Project to explore the evidence on positive social, cultural and economic value of HE

“It’s promising to know that our work is cutting through, now we need to take the next step”

by Dr Omar Khan

Dr Omar Khan (Director, TASO) reflects on the findings of the latest Evaluation of TASO report, conducted by Technopolis

World Access to Higher Education Day: “There are talented, capable kids full of potential who do not know what university is”

by Rachael Firth

TASO Head of Operations Rachael Firth, reflects on her own personal journey into higher education, as she ponders the question: “Who will be going to university in 2030?”