Access the publishing guidance
As part of the latest Access and Participation Plan (APP) guidance, the OfS expects Higher Education providers to: “publish the results of its evaluation, both of what works and what does not work, to build the scale and quality of the evidence base for access and participation activity across the sector” (p16).
Regulatory Advice 6 lists several channels through which providers can share their evaluation findings, including academic journals, conference presentations and learning lunches (p59). But what do these different options look like in practice? When would one channel be more appropriate than another?
A subgroup of the Russell Group Widening Participation Evaluation Forum has worked together to create some guidance in this space. The document details a range of evaluation publication types and platforms that are available, as well as some key considerations for each.
It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all outputs and channels, but please do get in touch if we have missed anything important. We welcome feedback and further examples of good practice which could be included, and will update the guidance sporadically.
Please contact h.j.mozley@soton.ac.uk with any suggestions or recommendations.
Authors:
Dr Heather Mozley (Access and Participation Evaluation Manager, Widening Participation and Social Mobility, University of Southampton)
Jonathan Schulte (LSE Evaluation Lead, Eden Centre for Education Enhancement, LSE)
Sam Braide (Widening Participation Research and Evaluation Officer, Access, Participation and Outreach, University of Exeter)
Shireen Quraishi (Senior Evaluation Officer, Access and Widening Participation, UCL)
Dr Elizabeth Ann Rahman (Senior Evaluation Officer, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Oxford)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Samantha Child and Emma Thomas from Applied Inspiration for providing feedback and raising concerns relevant to small and specialist providers
Date of last update: 7th June 2024
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