Date: 07th October 2025
Location: Online
Please note this event is for Members onlyMauricio Rivera and Robyn Long, University of Sussex will present evidence of the validity and reliability of newly developed survey scales (i.e., university support knowledge and decision-making, academic and social self-efficacy, self-regulated learning, and graduate progression preparedness), highlighting two key uses and applications: (1) characterising university students in relation to the attributes measured by the scales and (2) evaluating Access and Participation Plan activities and intervention strategies, in conjunction with existing sector tools such as TASO’s Access and Success Questionnaire.
The session will also explore how these scales align with and support the measurement of outcomes within the NERUPI framework.
It will run from 14:00 - 15:30.
Mauricio Rivera, Research and Evaluation Manager, University of Sussex
Mauricio leads the planning and implementation of research and evaluation projects at the University of Sussex, with a focus on quantitative methods. His background is in psychology, research methods, and survey development and measurement. He has worked in the Higher Education sector in Chile and the UK with an interest in equity, and fair access and participation.
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Robyn long, Head of APP Research and Evaluation, University of Sussex
Robyn leads the research and evaluation strategy for the University of Sussex’s Access and Participation Plan, working across the full lifecycle of access, success, and progression activities and interventions, and whole provider strategic change projects. Robyn also supports evaluation strategies for wider institutional portfolios, including the University Strategy, and various programmes and projects that feed into TEF and REF.
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