Building the evidence base for access & success
This Global Community brings together international expertise to strengthen how evidence is generated, shared and used to improve equitable access to higher education.
The group focuses on advancing robust, policy relevant and practice informed evidence that can support more inclusive higher education systems across diverse global contexts.
Recognising inequality worldwide
Recognising that inequalities are shaped by different social, economic and political conditions worldwide, the community provides a collaborative space to critically examine data, research methods and evaluation approaches, while learning from comparative and international perspectives.
Evidence plays a critical role in shaping who gets access to higher education, who succeeds, and how inequities are understood and addressed. Yet evidence is not neutral, and approaches that work in one context may not translate directly to another.
By connecting global expertise, this community:
- Strengthens the quality and relevance of evidence worldwide
- Enables learning across different higher education systems
- Supports more informed, equitable and sustainable decision-making
- Contributes to a stronger global evidence base for widening participation and student success
What the community focuses on
The community explores key questions such as:
- What evidence is currently used to inform access, participation and success?
- Where are the gaps, limitations or biases in existing data and research?
- How can qualitative and quantitative evidence be better combined?
- How can evidence be translated into meaningful policy and institutional change?
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