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TopicAcademic quality & standards

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We keep asking students for feedback – but are we actually listening?

Rida Mir|SU blog|30/09/26

The Quality Code’s new advice is an audit tool for manifesto goals

23/09/26

How to interrogate the student experience at subject level

13/09/26

What is the latest on the TEF and how might a university (or one of its subjects) do on student experience?

08/09/26

QAA’s student committee has found the cost of engagement, and cash is not the answer

04/09/26

The ultimate guide to curriculum reform for SUs

31/07/26

What SUs in Wales, NI and Scotland can learn from a new quality report

24/07/26

Ten things buried in the NSS SU question’s best year ever

08/07/26

What SUs need to know about a new report on AI and assessment

08/07/26

It feels like nothing ever changes: How to address the student voice section of NSS

08/07/26

What SUs need to know about a new framework for surveying students

19/06/26

What SUs (in England) need to know about the future of the TEF

11/06/26

Top ten takeaways from the 2026 Student Academic Experience Survey

11/06/26

How the National Review of Awarding Arrangements will work in Scotland (and why/how SUs can be involved)

05/05/26

Two more quality reviews in Scotland tell us more about the rights students should enjoy

05/05/26

Now that’s what I call The Secret Life of Students 2026

Mack Marshall|SU blog|19/03/26

What Scotland’s quality reviews tell SUs about the rights students should expect

05/03/26

The TEF and why it matters to SUs – 2026 edition

24/02/26

The top six takeaways for SUs from PRES 2025

19/02/26

19 things that went wrong at Regent College London – and what reps can learn from it

05/02/26

What SUs can learn from the QAA’s report on assessment practice at Glasgow

30/01/26

When the essay mill pretends to be your friend

Daniel Sokol|SU blog|16/01/26

Pass/fail is better for learning and better for mental health

08/12/25

If students can’t use AI, should staff be able to?

24/11/25

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