25 Nov 2024

NERUPI Access and Participation Plan Working Group Presentation Session: Your access and participation plan has been approved – what happens next?

Online

Members only

The Access and Participation Plan Working Group is a forum for discussion, sharing practice and mutual support for those involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Office for Students Access and Participation Plans. All NERUPI members are cordially invited to the start of our November Working Group meeting to hear and discuss the reflections of a Wave 1 provider on their journey from APP approval to roll-out.

05 Dec 2024

NERUPI Toolkit Event: Developing evaluation culture and working with praxis teams

Online 13.00 - 15.00

Members only

The use Intervention Strategies to support planning and delivery of WP activities calls for the involvement of colleagues from across organisations and beyond. This session, for APP evaluators and programme managers, will focus on embedding an evaluation culture in organisations

11 Dec 2024

Student Carers

Online 10.00 - 13.00

Members only

Student carers form a broad group that includes young carers in school or in further or higher education, and higher education students with parental or other care responsibilities. All might experience inequalities that may limit progression at each stage of their educational journey. This NERUPI event will explore the latest research on student carers and the impact of caring responsibilities on student educational progression. We will learn about how NERUPI members and colleagues are supporting young carers and students with caring responsibilities, and identify and discuss key elements of an effective intervention strategy that might support the educational progression of student carers.

14 Jan 2025

Working with Boys and Young Men

Online

Members only

Drawing on work undertaken across the UK by Boys’ Impact , this session will introduce the complex interplay of challenges facing young working-class men as they negotiate their identities in compulsory education

23 Jan 2025

Learning, Teaching and Awarding Gaps

Online

Members only

Dr Eileen Pollard will explore the development and implementation of the Curriculum Design for Addressing Awarding Gaps framework at Manchester Metropolitan University.

06 Feb 2025

NERUPI Toolkit Event: The NERUPI framework and evaluation

Online 13.00 - 15.00

Members only

This session, for those new to evaluation or access and participation, will explore how the NERUPI framework, underpinning theory, and resources, support outcome and process evaluation. There will be a particular focus on the role of participant data in informing evaluation of whether activities are achieving the learning objectives within a NERUPI framework approach.

01 Apr 2025

NERUPI Toolkit Event: Using evaluation to amplify the student voice

Online 13.00 - 15.00

Members only

This session, for evaluators and managers, will focus on different methods of evaluation which emphasise the potential for student empowerment, for example through creative methods. It will be an opportunity to showcase approaches and discuss the implications for evaluation and practice.

08 Apr 2025

Peer Evaluation Course

Hybrid

Members only

There is a call for greater rigour and transparency in evaluation for widening participation and equity initiatives but external scrutiny does not automatically translate into better practice. Peer Evaluation provides opportunities for external feedback and objectivity from colleagues with similar challenges and expertise. Supported by a carefully designed curriculum, resources and expert team, participation in the course benefits both individuals and organisations.

10 Jun 2025

NERUPI Toolkit Event: Impact evaluation and causation, current state of play

Online 13.00 - 15.00

Members only

This session, for evaluators and managers, will consider how evaluation of the impact of intervention strategies is being taken forward within the context of Access and Participation Plans. It will consider the approaches to outcome and impact evaluation, and the methods being used in different contexts, and lessons learnt for ongoing evaluation practice.

24 Jun 2025

NERUPI Toolkit Event: Evaluating raising attainment

Online 13.00 - 15.00

Members only

This session, for those new to evaluation or access and participation, will consider evaluation approaches to raising attainment initiatives. It will focus on practitioner-led approaches to measuring raising attainment initiatives and lessons learnt.