TASO Ethnicity Awarding Gap

About this project

Despite increased attention over recent years, this gap remains significant across the sector.

The team, led by Dr Sally Andrews, will review Access and Participation Plans (APPs), explore Higher Education Provider (HEP) websites, and consult with stakeholders to develop a thorough understanding of the experiences and approaches of those working to address the situation. The team will discuss and refine emerging findings with an expert reference group of leading academics and practitioners across the sector. The project will create a typology or classification of interventions and a report outlining the learnings from the project.

 Project activity

The project will involve three distinct phases: 

• Review of Access and Participation Plans (APPs), HEP websites and submissions to the Race Equality Charter to produce the initial typology. 

• Stakeholder interviews and focus groups to gain further understanding of institutional infrastructure, attitudes, and approaches. 
• Refinement of the typology and key themes by an Expert Reference Group, set up as part of the project.

TASO will use the findings as a foundation for future work in this area to supporting better evaluation and an understanding of what works.

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