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Making sense of higher education – resources

Hot topics: the debates shaping UK higher education right now

Slide deck from Debbie McVitty

Better than guessing: using data in higher education

Slide deck from Mark Corver and Nora Colton

Data: where to find it, how to use it

Slide deck from David Kernohan

What does higher education cost and who should pay for it?

Slide deck from Joy Elliott-Bowman

Why it is hard to change things in universities (and what to do about it)

Slide deck from Debbie McVitty

How to get on and get ahead working in higher education

Slide deck from Ben Tucker

How things were and how things came to be – the Hidden History of HE

Slide deck from Mike Ratcliffe

The student voice and what it can tell us

Slide deck from Jim Dickinson

Think like a policy maker

Slide deck from Jim Dickinson

Will technology save us?

Slide deck from David Kernohan

What is academic quality and how do we know it’s happening?

Slide deck from Debbie McVitty

Universities and their Place

Slide deck from Graeme Wise

What is university research for?

Slide deck from James Coe