Can we nudge students at university?
Michael Sanders, Reader in Public Policy at the Policy Institute at King’s | In the decade since Thaler and Sunstein’s book Nudge was published, behavioural — [Read More]
Student Success trials
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]
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]
Introducing the King’s ACES framework
By Vanessa Todman, King’s College London | The What Works team (and its predecessor KCLxBIT) have now conducted thirteen RCTs, a series of workshops and — [Read More]
Sense of belonging and social capital: our hot topics for 2018/19
By Vanessa Todman and Susannah Hume, King’s College London | In one of our first blogs on this site, our Director, Anne-Marie Canning, described the — [Read More]
How to reduce student dropouts: introducing the King’s Community Ambassadors Scheme
By Kim Hall, King’s College London | Starting university for the first time is a daunting experience for many young people. For some, the challenges — [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]
The What I Wish I’d Known Diaries and Other Programme Content
By Maija Koponen, King’s College London | The What I Wish I’d Known programme is one of our two randomised control trials focused on enhancing — [Read More]
Introducing the What I Wish I’d Known Programme
By Maija Koponen, King’s College London | A central focus throughout our work on KCLxBIT has been to find ways to apply behavioural insights to — [Read More]