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]
HE Access trials
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]
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]
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]
Thank you, teachers!
Susannah Hume, King’s College London and Behavioural Insights Team | Friday 22 June was Thank a Teacher Day. For many people, one thing they could thank their teachers for — [Read More]
The power of role models for white working-class boys
Eliza Kozman, Behavioural Insights Team | Poor white British boys are one of the worst performing groups in English education. From primary school through to — [Read More]