As you will be aware on the 25 May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force. Although this is European legislation, the Government has confirmed that GDPR will be implemented in the UK regardless of the fact that it is likely to be leaving the EU shortly after. GDPR is viewed as a good piece of legislation that will provide consistent data protection rights across Europe. Although the principles of GDPR are consistent with those of the current Data Protecti...

In the lead up to the “Why Evaluate? A widening participation symposium” run by OFFA and the University of Sheffield’s Widening Participation Research and Evaluation Unit (WPREU), EMWPREP were asked to write a blog in response to the question ‘Why Evaluate?’ Check out our thoughts and read the other blogs debating this theme here.

We are pleased to be able to advertise a full-time post of EMWPREP Project Officer (NCOP). The new HEFCE funded National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) seeks to work with young people, via 29 geographically located consortia in disadvantaged areas, who are achieving the qualifications they need to put them on a trajectory for HE but subsequently take a different path. The East Midlands Widening Participation Research and Evaluation Partnership (EMWPREP), based at Loughborough Univers...

We are pleased to be able to advertise a part-time post to provide support to the East Midlands Widening Participation Research and Evaluation Partnership (EMWPREP). The post-holder will assist in the extraction, manipulation and analysis of data to help evaluate specific outreach activities, as well as helping support the EMWPREP office on a day-to-day basis. For more information including details of how to apply please click here and search EMWPREP