Evaluation
Evaluations of higher education accesss, school outreach, and student participation and success initiatives, using experimental designs and process-focused methods
Trends and patterns
Research on experiences and outcomes in schools, further education, and higher education, often using secondary data analysis and longitudinal surveys
Institutional research
Work carried out in collaboration withh specific institutions and building evidence for local policies to improve student access, experience and outcomes
Evaluation
Evaluations of higher education accesss, school outreach, and student participation and success initiatives, using experimental designs and process-focused methods
Evaluation of the Network for East Anglian Collaborative Outreach
A multi-modal impact and process evaluation using experimental, quasi-experimental, and qualitative designs to understand the effects of this UniConnect outreach programme on student knowledge of, expectations for, and access to higher education.
Project ongoing
Evaluation of ‘The Scholar Programme’ by The Brilliant Club
A randomized control trial to understand the impact of ‘The Scholar Programme’ on pupils’ critical thinking and self-efficacy in the higher education access domain.
Project complete
Evaluation of the ‘Accelerated Reader’ reading programme
A large-scale randomized control trial run in partnership with RAND Europe and supported by the Education Endowment Foundation to understand the impact, and process of potential change, of the programme on pupils’ reading outcomes.
Project complete
Evaluation of ‘Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants’
A large-scale randomized control trial run in partnership with RAND Europe and supported by the Education Endowment Foundation to understand the impact, and process of potential change, of this TA-focused programme on pupil outcomes.
Project complete
Trends and Patterns
Research on experiences and outcomes in schools, further education, and higher education, often using secondary data analysis and longitudinal surveys
Creative Chances and Choices
A mixed-methods secondary data analysis and participatory qualitative research project exploring trajectories and experiences in school, further, and higher education, and employment in the creative sector
Project ongoing
A collaborative mixed-methods project to develop and test a range of measures for use by the higher education sector in research and evaluation around student access and success work.
Project complete
Institutional research
Research carried out in collaboration withh specific institutions, building evidence for local policies to improve student access, experience and outcomes
Evaluation of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme – Phase 2
A mixed-methods exploration of the experiences and impact of the University of Cambridge’s flagship financial support mechanism, including in its redeveloped format starting 2021
Project ongoing
Evaluation of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme – Phase 1
A mixed-methods exploration of the experiences and impact of the University of Cambridge’s flagship financial support mechanism for undergraduate student outcomes
Project complete