News & blog

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

TASO launches new Panel of Evaluators

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

Call for examples of practice: student mental health interventions

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

Evaluating 2022: our year in review

by 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.

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.

Blinding and Postgraduate Research Admissions

by Professor Michael Sanders

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

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.

Measuring impact along the path to raising attainment

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

Key ingredients for measuring impact

by 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

New report: The impact of curriculum reform on the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Report summarises the evaluation of two curriculum reform interventions.