Helping working class females find their place at university
Vanessa Todman, Senior Behavioural Insights Advisor | Recently, there has been a lot of interest in the impact of working-class identity on the education of — [Read More]
Think about staff as well as students when designing behavioural interventions to address the BAME attainment gap
By Pri Perera, Research Associate | An unacceptable gap exists between the attainment of different student groups across UK Higher Education institutions (HEIs). In particular, — [Read More]
What’s Next for What Works? Fewer Surprises!
Michael Sanders, Reader in Public Policy at the Policy Institute at King’s and Executive Director of the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care | — [Read More]
In 2019, I would like to see Higher Education learning more from other sectors
Vanessa Todman, Senior Behavioural Insights Adviser | Last week, our Associate Director Susannah launched a series of blogs celebrating the anniversary of the set-up of — [Read More]
The Importance of Social Capital
Vanessa Todman, Senior Behavioural Insights Adviser | As we head into the holiday period, many of our first year students will be spending the next — [Read More]
Welcome to King’s! Reflecting on the importance of a good start at university
Joe Pollard, Research Associate | Welcome to King’s! Reflecting on the importance of a good start at university Transitioning from school to university can be — [Read More]
Realist causal evaluation – securing the utopian vision
Eleri Burnhill, King’s College London | At the Brilliant Club Conference this year, Anne-Marie Canning, our Director of Social Mobility and Student Success, delivered the — [Read More]
The Unintended Benefits of Letting Interventions Go Off-Piste
By the What Works Intern | Recently the What Works Department, along with some help from our friends at BIT, started running an intervention offering — [Read More]
How do we raise parents’ aspirations for their children?
By Eleri Burnhill, King’s College London | Widening participation initiatives aim to raise the aspirations of students from underrepresented backgrounds to progress to higher education, — [Read More]
Reflections on the Behavioural Insights and Student Success Training
Nasima Bashar, King’s College London | In higher education, interventions supported by behavioural insights (BI) can aid student decision-making and increase student engagement and sense — [Read More]