Yet again, a TASO report has concluded there is limited sector evidence of causal impact regarding interventions which aim to close equality gaps in higher education.
Since 2020, a variety of TASO reports have reached similar conclusions and recommended more and better evaluation across the sector.
This is echoed by the Office for Students (OfS) which is about to set expectations for an increase in the “quality and volume” of evaluation within institutions as part of updated Access and Participation Plans.
This perceived lack of progress on gathering evaluative evidence could lead to various conclusions. I believe the positivist focus on collating causal evidence is too restrictive – but with colleagues, I have written about this before.
