NEON Access and Success Academy

Capacity building is crucial in order to both support learners into higher education and to ensure their success. Through this work we can empower higher education professionals to drive meaningful change within their organisations and communities.

The NEON Access and Success Academy is a comprehensive set of bespoke capacity building activities designed to help higher education professionals develop and refine the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver and evaluate effective interventions. These events are open to all with significant price reductions for NEON members. As well as the regular events that we offer we can also design and deliver bespoke training for institutions and other partnership projects.

“Enjoyable as well as informative and thought-provoking. The presenter’s knowledge and insights and some of the breakout room discussions with colleagues were all very useful and insightful.” — NEON Access Academy 2022 participant

NEON Access and Success Academy for 2024/25

Evidence of Impact Series

• Effective Research Methods and Practice When Working with Younger Learners (Online, February 2025)
• Adopting Quantitative Methods to Demonstrate Impact (Online, November 2024)
• Comparison Groups and Causality – Can This Work for Widening Access? (Online, December 2024)
• Dissemination: Writing Up Your Research for Publication & Presenting Findings to a Non-specialist Audience (Online, January 2025)

Influencing the Influencers: Parents & Teachers (Online, November 2024)

Widening Access across the Student Lifecycle through Coaching & Mentoring (Online, February 2025)

Supporting Students into Graduate Careers – Reducing Gaps in Graduate Employability and Postgraduate Study (Online, March 2025)

The Principles of Information, Advice and Guidance and Their Importance for Widening Access (Online, July 2025)