Evidence
Evidence from Studiosity’s partner universities, and how each finding was measured
Studiosity is a learning assurance platform for universities: feedback that develops student thinking, and validation in which students demonstrate the thinking is their own. Each finding on this page carries its classification and how it was measured.
The key
Four classifications, one on every finding
Independently measured covers third-party studies with a stated method and multi-institution data, such as Nous Group 2026. Single institution covers evaluations authored by partner institutions, such as Georgia State, Bedfordshire, Toronto, Brock and Ajman. Structural covers mechanism shown rather than quantified. In progress covers Validate outcomes.
- Independently measured
- Third-party studies with a stated method and multi-institution data, such as Nous Group 2026.
- Single institution
- Evaluations authored by partner institutions, such as Georgia State, Bedfordshire, Toronto, Brock and Ajman.
- Structural
- Mechanism shown, not quantified: the operationalisation chain, the educator settings, the three dimensions, suggestion-not-correction, stage-aware feedback, academic governance, patent-pending status.
- In progress
- Validate outcomes.
Independently measured · Writing Feedback PlusIndependently measured
Retention among Studiosity users, independently measured
8.8
percentage points
Independent researchers at partner institutions have published evaluations of Studiosity every year since 2017.
Studiosity use was associated with a weighted average retention uplift of 8.8 percentage points against non-users, across seven universities in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, independently modelled by Nous Group in 2026.
Studiosity’s return on investment across seven partner universities in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom was a weighted average of 7.3x, independently modelled by Nous Group in 2026.
Method. The analysis drew on enrolment, usage and retention records for 21,593 Studiosity users and 134,202 non-users across seven universities, two in Australia, one in New Zealand, four in the United Kingdom.
Method. The estimate applies a 50 per cent attribution factor and caps cohort retention uplift at 10 per cent.
Method. Applying the 50 per cent attribution factor gives a weighted average retention uplift of 4.7 percentage points, the figure the 7.3x return is built on.
Scope. Measured across the Studiosity Plus service as delivered 2024–25, seven universities, 21,593 Studiosity users.
Single institution · Writing Feedback PlusSingle institution
One partner, three findings.
Finishing the course.
In Georgia State University’s Fall 2025 pilot, students who used Studiosity recorded a DFW rate of around 8%, against 38.9% for non-users in the same classes.
The writing, across drafts.
On the same assignment, the writing score rose with each submission, through two, three, four and five drafts. Scored by our own tool, so it measures what the tool measures.
Structural · ValidateStructural
How Validate reports a result
Validate launched to partners on 1 July 2026. Validation is reported as a threshold the student reached or did not. No score is produced. Validate assesses three dimensions, in fixed order: Cognitive Command, Authorship Continuity, Human Factors.
StructuralStructural
Some things are true because of how it’s built.
The governance chain can be inspected end to end on a real assessment. No negative claim about a student is ever generated. Findings come back in the same framework the educator’s settings were drawn from. Everything the model produces is reviewed by a standing academic function led by our Chief Academic Officer. Our Academic Advisory Board is listed here.
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