Reports
Evaluation reports
Undergraduate student messengers: Reinforcing young people’s higher education ambitions? Follow-up research
This report provides the results of follow-up research to further test the findings of a published randomised controlled trial study, which found mixed evidence with regards to how ‘low cost, high volume’ university outreach interventions change subsequent application behaviour
- Authors: Laura Hope and Michael Kerrigan
- OfS evaluation standard: Type 3
Oracy (Pilot) report 2024
This pilot implementation and process evaluation (IPE), complete with core Theory of Change (c-Toc) focuses on a pilot project, delivered in partnership with . within two Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈéshire primary schools. The project sought to improve and instil a range of oracy related skills for pupils in years two and three.
- Author: Jon Hoskin-Campion - 2024
- OfS evaluation standard: Type 1
Read the evaluation report: Oracy (Pilot) report 2024
Using learning analytics to prompt student support interventions
In higher education (HE), learning analytics (LA) systems are used to collect, analyse and display data to help understanding student engagement and learning. This report was commissioned by The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) to look at how learning analytics can identify students at risk of withdrawing and which interventions work to re-engage studies in their studies.
- Author: Dr Rob Summers
- Contributors: Dr George Cox, Carolyn Fearn, Tim Hardy, Emma Hynd, Dr Eliza Kozman, Helen Parkin, Pujen Shrestha, Katie Smaylen, Dr Patrick Taylor, Dr Eleanor Turpin, Felicity Woodhouse - 2024
- OfS evaluation standard: Type 3
Equality gaps in the uptake of sandwich courses and placements
This report was commissioned by The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) to address the gaps in our knowledge about the barriers to students from widening participation (WP) backgrounds accessing, and succeeding on, sandwich year courses.
- Author: Peter Crowson
- Contributors: Michael Kerrigan, Bec Aeddi and Zsanett Bicsa - 2023
- OfS evaluation standard: Type 1
Research reports
School Transition literature review: primary to secondary
- Author: Jon Hoskin-Campion - 2022
Read the School Transition literature review: Primary to Secondary
Evaluative Options review
This paper examines various evaluative approaches, assessing their relevance and suitability for programme-based evaluations within the Centre for Student and Community Engagement at NTU.
- Author: Jon Hoskin-Campion - 2022
Read the Evaluation Options review
School Insights research: COVID-19
This research report sets out a number of findings relevant to partner school adaptation(s) to the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this, it also looks at what the Centre for Student and Community Engagement's (CenSCE) response should be within this changed context. The report is based on interviews with 11 stakeholders from Primary and Secondary Schools with insights from the supporting literature, both grey and academic.
- Author: Jon Hoskin-Campion - 2020