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Can we nudge students at university?

August 5, 2019 Vanessa Todman 1

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]

Think about staff as well as students when designing behavioural interventions to address the BAME attainment gap

April 1, 2019 Vanessa Todman 0

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

December 10, 2018 Vanessa Todman 5

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

June 18, 2018 Vanessa Todman 7

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

May 30, 2018 Vanessa Todman 8

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

November 1, 2017 Susannah Hume 0

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

September 15, 2017 Eleri Burnhill 7

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

September 7, 2017 Susannah Hume 0

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

September 1, 2017 Susannah Hume 0

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]

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  • The importance of project pilots – reflections from our online decision-making module
  • Reflections on the King’s Wellbeing Survey – A student intern’s perspective
  • The science and art of asking good questions in qualitative research
  • A sense of belonging – what it means for higher education institutions
  • Sanctuary Scholarships, unlocking access to education for refugee students

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