Current projects
TASO has a number of research projects underway to help eliminate equality gaps in higher education.
Working with a variety of expert research partners including higher education institutions and social impact specialists, our Research & Evaluation team is overseeing an ambitious portfolio of research projects, designed to improve the sector’s access to high-quality, robust evidence on what works to eliminate inequalities in higher education.
Our research projects sit under our research themes, which are guided by our Theme Working Groups and were chosen following a period of consultation with the sector.
Below, find further information on the research that is currently underway.
Theme 1: Effectiveness of widening participation outreach
Multi-intervention outreach and mentoring (MIOM)
Summer school evaluation
Theories of change for attainment-raising initiatives
Theme 2: Gaps in the student experience
Ethnicity and race equality gaps
Teaching and learning in the time of COVID
Learning analytics
Institutional data use
Theme 3: What works for employment and employability
What works to reduce equality gaps in employment & employability?
Theme 4: What works for mental health & disability
What works to tackle mental health inequalities in higher education? What works to reduce equality gaps for disabled students in higher education?
Other projects
Value of higher education (HE)
Education pathways: Equality gaps in earnings and employment