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Phil Richards

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Phil Richards

Chief Innovation Officer

Phil leads and continuously develops a world class futures team at Jisc. He was formerly director of IT at Loughborough University, head of ICT at Plymouth University and assistant director of information services at Aberystwyth University. He has a first class honours degree in physics and a doctorate in nuclear structure physics from University of Oxford.

3 pieces

Newest first, since April 2016

  1. · Comment

    Good data needs to underpin applicant decision making, even if they never see it

    Applicants tend not to use data in making university decisions. But, as Phil Richards argues, high quality data supports an accurate picture of the type of experience they may expect

  2. · Data

    Data analytics can make TEF more relevant and efficient

    Using learning analytics can make TEF judgements more reliable and less bureaucratic, argues Jisc’s Phil Richards.

  3. · Comment

    Time to retire Big Brother from the learning analytics debate

    Phil Richards responds to Eric Bohms’ blog, and argues that it’s time to move past conspiratory notions of how learning analytics might be used by universities.