News & blog

Measuring What Matters in Widening Participation

by Rain Sherlock, Dr Lauren Bellaera, Dr Sonia Ilie

TASO needs your support to finalise the validation of a widening participation questionnaire to measure key intermediate outcomes relevant to access and student success.

Reflections on a TASO internship

by LaJane Zarroug, Hannah Rockett

Our latest interns LaJane and Hannah reflect on their experience working with TASO over the past eight weeks

The trouble with grades

by Dr Eliza Kozman

With another results day done, TASO’s deputy director Dr Eliza Kozman reflects on the nuance we miss when we talk about grades

Invitation to Tender: TASO offering funding to explore the impact of sandwich courses on student employment outcomes

TASO will fund supplier to explore equality gaps in uptake of sandwich courses and identify barriers WP students might be facing in accessing these courses

Invitation to Tender: TASO seeking to commission independent evaluator

TASO seeking evaluation support for interventions relating to disability and/or employability

We need to know more about what works for women and girls

by Professor Michael Sanders, Rain Sherlock, Professor Rosie Campbell

TASO and King’s College London reflect on the current research around what works to reduce equality gaps for women and girls

New report: interim findings on the impact of summer schools in the time of COVID-19

Summer schools designed to attract more disadvantaged students into university are not reaching the most in need, according to new TASO research out today. 

What we learnt from taking part in TASO’s Summer School Evaluation

by Amy Burt, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, University of Kent

Amy Burt from the University of Kent highlights the opportunities and challenges when taking part in TASO’s Summer School Evaluation.

TASO is inviting students to be part of a Student Advisory Panel

Panel will support a project that aims to help Higher Education Providers identify and make use of effective practice to support student mental health

How response rates can affect the outcome of a study and what to do about it

TASO, King’s College London and What Works for Children’s Social Care continue looking at how financial wellbeing can be improved for students