Reaching out to Kent: listening to the community and designing a new programme
By Ali Glossop, On Purpose Associate in the Widening Participation Team| Where you live is a contributing factor to how likely you will be to — [Read More]
Why you should read ‘The Book of Why’?
By Nadia Chechlińska, Research Associate| We all know ‘correlation does not imply causation’ – but how do we imply causation? In the second of her — [Read More]
We need to think carefully about how we are using evidence during lockdown
Vanessa Todman, Head of Student Experience Research | When approached about how to run social research during lockdown, often our advice is ‘don’t do it’. — [Read More]
Integrating experimental design into everyday practice
By Salome Gongadze, Research Associate| Here at What Works, we never miss an opportunity to insert a little behavioural insights experimentation into the rest of — [Read More]
Are We Still Thinking Fast and Slow? – Review
By Nadia Chechlińska, Research Associate| Nadia explains how, almost a decade on, ‘Thinking Fast and Slow’ is still an important text for higher education staff — [Read More]
Stuck in the Middle: Asian Students’ Sense of Belonging
By Jawad Anjum, On Purpose Associate| Over the past two years, our students who identify as Asian have had significantly lower reported feelings of ‘belonging’ than — [Read More]
Contextual Admissions: A-Level Playing Field
By Chiamaka Nwosu, Data & Research Analyst and Yasemin Genç, Research Associate| While it is a university’s prerogative to recruit the best talent, it has — [Read More]
A day in the life of an Evaluation and Research Adviser
By Henry Woodward- Evaluation and Research Adviser| This blog is often dominated by the behavioural insights and experimental trials aspect of What Works, but it — [Read More]
Access to university for working-class students: the rural/urban divide
Vanessa Todman, Head of Student Experience Research | Despite great efforts and progress in recent years, access to university is still unfair. More underrepresented students — [Read More]
All I want for Christmas is a Theory of Change
By Nadia Chechlińska, Research Associate| Outreach staff are all working towards a common goal: equal opportunity of access to higher education. It’s an ambitious goal — [Read More]