Blog submissions
Successful outreach requires an agile approach
This article emphasises the importance of adopting agile, responsive strategies to university outreach programs to effectively engage and support underrepresented students, ensuring inclusivity and adaptability in higher education initiatives.
- Authors: Laura Bates - April 2025
- Platform: Times Higher Education, Campus
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Social capital and the degree awarding gap: spaces, places and relationships
This report explores how social capital, belonging, and culturally affirming spaces influence the degree awarding gap between Black and White students in UK higher education institutions.
- Authors: Amira Asantew, Reuel Blair - April 2025
- Platform: HEPI
Levelling Up: How not to let the opportunity pass – an APP case study
This blog submissions explores the opportunity Levelling Up continues to present to universities and the need to do something different, such as Systems Thinking and Collective Impact approaches to drive change.
- Authors: David Woolley - 2024
- Platform: HEPI
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Students transfer through, not just to university
The traditional, one size fits all model of transition into university is never going to work for the diverse student body of the mid-21st century. This blog submissions explores what can be done about it.
- Authors: David Woolley and Jon Down - 2024
- Platform: Wonkhe
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Busting myths on low aspirations - it's not them it's us
The myth that low aspirations hinder achievement in disadvantaged communities is persistent. Yet, evidence shows systemic issues are the true barriers.
- Authors: David Woolley - 2023
- Platform: HE Professional
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Personal tutors can't solve the crisis of student engagement alone
This blog submission examines the role that data and technology can play in supporting student engagement.
- Author: Ed Foster - 2023
- Platform: Wonkhe
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Entry tariffs don't tell us the whole story
To address gaps in graduate outcomes, institutions need to dig deeper into data, factors like gender, ethnicity, qualifications, and socio-economic background need to be considered before implementing targeted interventions.
- Author: Mike Kerrigan - 2022
- Platform: Wonkhe
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Students who lead and serve other students have better outcomes
The blog discusses why students who engage in leadership roles or serve others have improved academic and personal outcomes.
- Authors: Mike Kerrigan and Laura Guiver - 2022
- Platform: Wonkhe
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To address the gaps in outcomes we need to interrogate the data
Institutions must move beyond assumptions and analyse nuanced data, including intersectional factors, to design interventions that close achievement gaps and promote equality in education.
- Authors: Mike Kerrigan - 2022
- Platform: Wonkhe
Read the blog submission: To address the gaps in outcomes we need to interrogate the data
Reflections on setting up a student panel
Reflections on setting up a student panel within the Centre for Student and Community Engagement at Nottingham Trent University (NTU): Some guidance for fellow listeners...
- Authors: Jon Hoskin-Campion - 2022
- Platform: FACE
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Are we really all back on campus?
This blog submission explores the gap between universities' attempts to resume on-campus activity and the reality that many students still engage with learning remotely, raising concerns about social isolation and limited on-campus space.
- Authors: Mike Kerrigan and Ed Foster - 2021
- Platform: Wonkhe