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
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
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How to surface and reduce the hidden costs of study
Additional costs of participation on some courses can pile on the pressure in way that destroys the student experience. Eve Woodall explains how one SU has worked collaboratively to tackle the issue.
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Working together to map and transform the student experience
Joe Holmes and Steve Haugh explain how Essex SU and its university collaborated on an ambitious evaluation of student experience to create a shared foundation for strategic planning
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The metrics by which higher education judges itself are out of date, argues UEL vice chancellor Amanda Broderick. It's time to optimise for purpose, not prestige
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Presenting the final report of the UPP Foundation’s inquiry into widening participation, Richard Brabner calls for ambition in getting in, getting on and getting out
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For SUs, free speech regulation is a terrible mess
Jim Dickinson reflects on a new legal case that highlights the importance of democratic debate and the right of citizens and members to discriminate on the basis of others' beliefs
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OfS’ quality reports are music to students’ ears
The higher education regulator's quality reports into business provision are proving to be a hit with students that have read them. Jim Dickinson tunes in
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Helping professional services get confident with data
Sophie Crouchman and Laura Jackson introduce a programme to develop data-confident staff to add value to everything universities do
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Belong from Wonkhe and Cibyl
For some, the heat is an access issue
Laura Duncan challenges us to rethink workplace temperature as an accessibility concern rather than a matter of personal preference
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Here’s what SUs need to know about OfS’ new regulation of access and participation
The Office for Students (OfS) has published new arrangements for the regulation of equality of opportunity in higher education in England and there are big opportunities for SUs.
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Free speech
Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?
Who are the students assumed to be losing out over free speech controversies, and how should we support them? Jim Dickinson interrogates the data.
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We need to talk about sabbatical burnout
One of the conversations we have a lot at this time of year with SUs is about burnout and sabbatical officer workload.
Policy forums and round tables
Today’s students are scrimpers, not spendthrifts
Reporting on focus groups with students in Nottingham for the UPP Foundation's latest report, Will Yates finds a new belt-tightening normal
Study Tour 2023: The low countries
As the sector expands, why are we letting more mean less?
Are we making compromises to the student experience just to make the numbers add up? Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott reflect on a week in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with student leaders.
Nick Smith's adventures in SU democracy and governance
