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Evaluating the access to postgraduate research for students from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups

by Dr Chiamaka Nwosu and Dr Omar Khan

This blog provides a progress update on the first year of evaluating a programme to improve access and participation for black, Asian and minority ethnic students in postgraduate research. Jointly funded by the Office for Students and Research England, the programme has provided nearly £8 million to 13 projects.

TASO launches three new invitations to tender

TASO calling for higher education providers to apply for tenders related to three new projects

TASO recruiting new trustees

TASO recruiting new trustees to its board including a student representative

New report: addressing the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Report explores approaches to addressing the ethnicity degree awarding gap in higher education

Invitation to Tender: funded evaluation support for HE providers delivering approaches to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap

TASO calling for providers interested in receiving evaluation support to develop Theories of Change for interventions aimed at addressing the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Invitations to tender coming soon: register your interest

We will soon be publishing three new invitations to tender (ITT), inviting expressions of interest from higher education providers (HEPs)

Reflections from our annual conference

Our conference this year focused on helping the higher education sector better understand ‘how to evaluate’. Here we reflect on some key takeaways from the event

New report: Evaluating multi-intervention outreach and mentoring programmes

Report explores the evidence on the impact of multi-intervention outreach and mentoring programmes and how to evaluate these programmes

How can you measure the impact of mentoring? A reflection on TASO’s mentoring report findings

by Hannah Leyland, Impact Manager, Brightside

Hannah Leyland, Impact Manager at Brightside, reflects on TASO’s latest mentoring report

New report: The value of higher education

Report focuses on the impact on disadvantaged young people graduating from higher education