Quasi-experimental methods can be just as robust
By Henry Woodward, Quantitative Consultant at Stonehaven and Chiamaka Nwosu, Data and Research Analyst at King’s College London It is a commonly held misconception that — [Read More]
Randomised Controlled Trials
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]
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]
Reflections from the RCT practitioner workshop
By Eleri Burnhill, King’s College London | The need to provide evidence of the impact that access interventions are having on the outcomes of disadvantaged — [Read More]
The whats and whys of RCTs (Part 2)
By Susannah Hume, King’s College London and Behavioural Insights Team | This is Part 2 of a 2-part blog series on using RCTs to evaluate — [Read More]
The whats and whys of RCTs (Part 1)
By Susannah Hume, King’s College London and Behavioural Insights Team | An overarching principle that guides all of BIT’s work is the importance of testing. — [Read More]
Increasing attendance at the Welcome Fair
By Lucy Makinson, Behavioural Insights Team | I. The benefits of participation in student societies Participating in extracurricular activities is an important part of being — [Read More]
Five trials to increase student engagement through text messages
By Maija Koponen, King’s College London | Universities offer a range of services and activities designed to support students and enrich their university experience, but — [Read More]