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High quality learning means developing and upskilling educators on the pedagogy of AI
AI has the potential to change educator practice, but it needs the right support to be in place. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell invite you to contribute to a new Wonkhe-Kortext project on educating the AI generation
With Rachel Maxwell
· Policy Watch
The latest sector-wide financial sustainability assessment from the Office for Students
Debbie McVitty digests the autumn update from OfS on the financial outlook for English HE providers
· Wonk Corner
Educator expertise is needed to work out how AI can uplift, not constrain, cognition
Sometimes you read something that expresses what you were thinking far better than you ever could.
· The Post-18 Project
The Post-18 Project: Realising the ambitions of the post-16 white paper
On the publication of the government’s post-16 white paper, Debbie McVitty and Mark Leach respond to the challenges it poses both to universities and colleges as well as policymakers, if the ambitions are going to to tra
With Mark Leach
· Policy Watch
What is in the post-16 education and skills white paper for higher education?
Higher education reform is here – along with a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education and skills. Debbie McVitty and David Kernohan work through the details of the government’s agenda for HE
With David Kernohan
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A joined up post-16 system requires system-level thinking combined with local action
One of the problems the forthcoming white paper will try to solve is fragmentation in post-16 provision. Debbie McVitty reflects on what makes systems work
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The case for collaborative purchasing of digital assessment technology
Elsewhere in the world HE institutions jointly buy technology platforms – could the same happen here? Debbie McVitty explores the case for join-up on digital assessment
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The PM’s announcement on higher level participation is a win for the HE sector
Debbie McVitty argues that the new target of two thirds participation in higher level learning finally gives the sector an agenda to rally around
· Analysis
The Wonkhe HE staff survey – how good is work in higher education?
Debbie McVitty introduces the first tranche of findings of the Wonkhe HE staff survey, exploring quality of work against a backdrop of financial pressure
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Higher education mergers are a marathon not a sprint
Debbie McVitty talks to the heads of institution of the universities of Greenwich and Kent to explore the possibilities and next steps for the proposed new multi university group
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Warm words from ministers to Universities UK, but a noticeable absence of buttered parsnips
Ministers at Universities UK conference were keen to show their appreciation for the sector – but Debbie McVitty argues that a deeper relationship with government remains elusive
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What’s coming up for HE policy in 2025–26
Debbie McVitty reads the runes for the academic year ahead and wonders whether this will be the year that the Westminster government grasps the nettle on making higher education policy
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Behind the scenes at UCAS on level 3 results day
Level 3 results day at UCAS is the most wonderful time of the year. Debbie McVitty was on the ground in Cheltenham for “UCAS Christmas”
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The possibilities for radical collaboration in HE go far beyond mergers
KPMG UK and Mills and Reeve have created a playbook for exploring innovative forms of structural collaboration between education providers. Debbie McVitty explains why it’s needed
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How can students’ module feedback help prepare for success in NSS?
Wonkhe and evasys are planning a new project exploring the link between module feedback and NSS outcomes – Helena Lim and Debbie McVitty assess current practice and invite you to get involved
With Helena Lim
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Machine learning technology is transforming how institutions make sense of student feedback
Livia Scott and Debbie McVitty explore how AI can support rapid interpretation of students’ qualitative comments in feedback surveys
With Livia Scott
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Higher education governance needs the conflict between academic and business imperatives to be successful
Debbie McVitty argues that successful governance needs to manage tensions between the academic and business ends of institutions
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What we’ll be talking about at The Festival of Higher Education 2025
Debbie McVitty and Alistair Jarvis explain what’s shaping their thinking as they build this year’s Festival of Higher Education – returning to Senate House this November
With Alistair Jarvis
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Higher education can cut through the immigration debate with a focus on quality
As the sector awaits the publication of a white paper on legal migration, Simon Emmett and Debbie McVitty reflect on how higher education can avoid getting caught in the crossfire
With Simon Emmett
· Policy Watch
OfS continues to sound the alarm on the financial sustainability of English higher education
The latest financial sustainability report from OfS finds a worsening sector-wide financial performance but less evidence of over-optimistic future projections. Debbie McVitty breaks down the bad news