Recommendations
For the Office for Students
1 . Provide further clarity on signposting expectations , including identifying minimum expected levels for signposting delivery and hub websites .
2 . Further communicate and exemplify , i . e . through cases studies , the benefits of creating a ‘ one-stop-shop ’ for outreach activities in regions and the role of the hubs ’ websites in achieving this .
3 . Reduce the level of monitoring and evaluation data required for signposting , especially the items that most partnerships find burdensome , e . g . tracking queries made via phone or in person .
4 . Further explore how to best evaluate the impact of signposting activities .
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