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Digital learning in Higher Education- more flexible, but also more lonely

February 24, 2021 Hannah Ogundipe Akinbode 0

By Hannah Ogundipe Akinbode, Research Manager Digital learning allows students who have long commutes, caring commitments, or a need to work to support their studies — [Read More]

Test, Learn, Adapt- What Might Formula One be able to teach Higher Education?

January 6, 2021 Vanessa Todman 0

Higher Education has a lot it can learn from other sectors. After a difficult year for everyone, Vanessa Todman explores what Formula One may be — [Read More]

Helping care-experienced students develop a sense of belonging

November 10, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

By Jack Mollart-Solity, Widening Participation Manager*| Making friends is a key part of developing a sense of belonging at university, which then impacts motivation to — [Read More]

Ethnicity and Disadvantage: Not Two Sides of The Same Coin

October 21, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

By Chiamaka Nwosu, Data and Research Analyst | Are universities relying on inadequate data to understand the progression and success of students from ethnic minority backgrounds? — [Read More]

Can Nudge Plus help us encourage sustainable pro-social behaviour change?

October 15, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

By Sanchayan Banerjee, PhD student at the London School of Economics and Political Science * | Nudges are low-cost, high-impact behavioural strategies that encourage people to — [Read More]

Why social capital and belonging are interlinked – the importance of cultural capital

October 8, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

By Vanessa Todman, Head of What Works | Vanessa Todman argues that in understanding sense of belonging and social capital of university students we need — [Read More]

So where do we go from here?

October 1, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

By Michael Bennett,  Associate Director for Widening Participation | With our report on our findings from our first two years published, Michael Bennett reflects on — [Read More]

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Reaching out to Kent: listening to the community and designing a new programme

September 4, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

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’?

July 7, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

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

May 13, 2020 Vanessa Todman 0

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]

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