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o Overall approach
o Data sources
o Search strategy
o Data handling
o Prisma for harms studies
o Table on harms identified per study
o Table of harms by mitigation identified per review
o Quality assessment
Evaluating Sector-related harms and mitigations
We took a two-stage approach in evaluating the rapid evidence review. The first stage was
to identify the harms experienced by students and staff of further education. We looked to
the limited number of research studies in the UK on the impacts of Covid 19 on further
education, together with a total of 30 reports of primary studies from relevant
organisations in the Sector. These are mainly based on surveys, literature reviews and
administrative statistics (see Table 1). Their inclusion was based on a high degree of
relevance to the six impact themes and the relative robustness of the research method
employed.
Primary documentation searched for harms
Relevant documentation has been reviewed from the following UK-based organisations for
both evidence of harms and mitigations.
Government agencies UK
DfE and DWP - guidance documents
Scottish Funding Council - strategic documents
Northern Ireland Direct
Ofqual
FE sector representative organisations
Association of Colleges
Colleges Wales
Colleges Scotland
Sixth Form Colleges Association
Further Educational Trust for Learning (FETL)
Trade union/professional associations
UCU
UNISON
NUS
Awarding bodies
Pearson
City and Guilds