Reiko Murray

Events and Membership Services Officer

With a background spanning charity fundraising, events and membership services, Reiko has spent more than a decade bringing people together through impactful events, partnerships and community engagement. She is passionate about creating opportunities, building relationships and supporting positive social change.

At NEON, she supports events, membership services, and communications, helping to deliver a professional, engaging, and seamless experience for members.

The latest news in NEON’s and the widening participation sector’s work

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Who gets in? University benchmarks for social mobility

12 Aug 2026

Hard hats, graduation caps… and lifelong opportunity in between

28 Jul 2026

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Who gets in? University benchmarks for social mobility

12 Aug 2026

Hard hats, graduation caps… and lifelong opportunity in between

28 Jul 2026

Opening Doors to Elite Careers: How Higher Horizons, Keele and Harper Adams Are Changing the Game

23 Jul 2026

Nine in ten students expect to work during term time – new report shows paid jobs are now the norm

22 Jun 2026

Young people’s prospects shaped by mix of postcodes, ethnicity and gender

18 Jun 2026

Supporting Positive Outcomes for Contextual Offer Students – Early Intervention: A Student Centred Approach to Supporting Success

13 Apr 2026

Scaling Opportunity to Higher Education

26 Mar 2026

Disadvantaged pupils with SEND effectively shut out of high performing schools

24 Mar 2026

English Social Mobility Index Results

24 Mar 2026

What next for Widening Access in Higher Education?

13 Mar 2026

The Transformative Power of Information, Advice and Guidance in Widening Participation

12 Feb 2026

How to deliver a more ambitious approach to racial equity in higher education

05 Feb 2026

Why Measuring Impact in Higher Education Matters- and How to Do It Right

05 Feb 2026

UCAS expands fee waiver to care leavers after tens of thousands on free school meals benefit from first scheme

22 Jan 2026

Help shape the future of post-16 education in Wales

21 Jan 2026

A collaborative approach to developing e-learning for HE staff to understand and support disabled students

08 Jan 2026

Not just location, location, location: How living situation shapes the student experience

28 Nov 2025

New report reveals social mobility is flatlining across wealthier countries

12 Nov 2025

Interim Director for Fair Access and Participation appointed

10 Nov 2025

Widening access at a crossroads

06 Nov 2025

NEON part of a national coalition calling on Chancellor to invest in adult and community education in Autumn Budget 2025

05 Nov 2025

New WAHEN report shows inequalities in higher education access and success in all countries in the world

28 Oct 2025

Massive inequalities in accessing SEND system revealed

16 Oct 2025

Enhancing Student Support through Proactive Engagement

19 Sep 2025

Bolstering confidence and connections amongst medical students from widening participation backgrounds: a tailored programme of support

12 Sep 2025

A New Access Model: Built by Students, for Students

05 Sep 2025

Barriers Not Bridges: The Breakdown of Human Rights in Dutch Higher Education for Displaced Ukrainians

04 Aug 2025

What can a better understanding of teachers engagement with masculinity, mental health and the manosphere in the school classroom offer to widening access?

18 Jul 2025

The Civic University: How Universities Can Represent Their local communities

07 Jun 2025

Developing Intercultural Fluency, Carbon Literacy and Employability of WP Students through In-Person Sustainable Global Experiences

28 May 2025

Data-Driven Outreach: Transforming FE student Support with Market Segmentation

23 May 2025

New report shows coastal and rural young people missing out on higher education

19 May 2025

T Levels and the T Level Ambassador Network: Building a Stronger Future for Technical Education

01 May 2025

Your NEON working group for vocational learners

24 Apr 2025

Assessing the attractiveness of employers, the impact of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

20 Mar 2025

An important message from Professor Graeme Atherton

03 Mar 2025

The Framework for Personalised Learning with AI Tools

30 Jan 2025

New NEON research shows widening regional inequalities in university admission for poorer students

14 Jan 2025

Working in Partnership to Diversify Our Student Body

09 Jan 2025

Treating All Students the Same, and Each Student Differently

13 Dec 2024

Busting myths about university is a widening access issue

30 Nov 2024

Integrating Mature Male Students in English Universities

24 Oct 2024

Learn about NEON Establishing Evidence and Measuring Impact Working Group

27 Sep 2024

Empowering estranged and care experienced students to create local communities and sociable, safe spaces

20 Sep 2024

NEON Capacity Building Programme 25/26 to kickstart crucial year for access and success work

19 Sep 2024

Making mentoring impactful: using practitioner assessment to drive student outcomes in widening participation

13 Sep 2024

Addressing Differential Outcomes for Diverse Learners with NEON Working Group

06 Sep 2024

Listening to youth voice – insights from 16,000 young people

26 Jul 2024

NEON Summer Symposium 2024 in review

20 Jun 2024

Advance HE and HEPI publish the Student Academic Experience Survey 2024

13 Jun 2024

Scaling Student Support on the Journey to 1 Million

28 May 2024

National coalition calls for next government to urgently overhaul approach to post-16 education

16 May 2024

NEON’s continuing commitment to estranged students

15 Apr 2024

Time to end travesty of poorest students racking up highest debts

21 Mar 2024

NEON responds to the Office for Students commissioned report, ‘A review of collaborative support for improving equality of opportunity in access to higher education’

04 Mar 2024

Independent review calls for Uni Connect improvements

28 Feb 2024

Pupils’ attainment gap is a ticking time bomb for social mobility

22 Feb 2024

New NEON research shows postcode lottery in chances of going to university for free school meal pupils

07 Feb 2024

Lack of policy action risks widening attainment gap

24 Jan 2024

Report argues for student focused approach to improving higher education outcomes

12 Oct 2020

A student finance national education programme

01 Nov 2019

New report shows differences in white working class students going to university by higher education provider

14 Feb 2019

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