Day One Speakers
10:00amKeynote addressDr Eliza Kozman, TASO Deputy Director
10:15amKeynote: Why measuring risks to equality of opportunity matters

In this session we will be unpacking the Office for Students’ new equality of opportunity risk register.		John Blake, Director for Fair Access and Participation at Office for Students
11amBreak
11:30am Value of HE: social mobility accelerator or handbrake to success?

A new TASO report will shed light on the social, cultural and economic value of attending higher education for disadvantaged groups of students.		Dr Eliza Kozman, Deputy Director, TASO

Baljinder Rana, Head of Aimhigher West Midlands

Dr Claire Crawford, Associate Professor of Economics at UCL CEPEO

Rajan Gill, Student at University of Birmingham
12:30pmLunch Break
1:30pmEvaluating attainment-raising programmes: Theories of Change

TASO recently partnered with six higher education providers to develop Theories of Change for pre-16 attainment-raising activities with the support of an independent evaluator.

In this session we will hear from them about this process and learn more about how you can adapt our Theory of Change templates for your evaluations. 		Rain Sherlock, Evaluation Manager, TASO

Jack Mollart-Solity, Head of What Works, KCL

Sally Bamber, Senior Lecturer, PGCE Secondary Mathematics, University of Chester

Raynette Bierman, Associate Director, Ipsos
2:30pmBreak
3:00pmEvaluation in practice: pitfalls and progress

These sessions will give you an exclusive look into our evaluations with our partners on key research themes.

TASO project leads and partners
4:30pmClosing keynoteDr Omar Khan, TASO Director
6pm - for overnight guestsDrinks reception, followed by dinner for overnight guests who buy the accommodation package.

 

 

Day Two
9:30amKeynote: A journey through evidence and evaluation
9:45amWorkshop: Planning your evaluation: starting with a Theory of Change
11:00amBreak
11:15amWorkshop: Types and strength of evidence: assessing external sources, and producing your own evidence
12:30pmLunch
1:30pmWorkshop: Implementation and process evaluation (IPE)
2:45pmWrap up
3:00pmClose