20 years of the quality enhancement framework

by Ailsa Crum

Comment

10/10/22

1

£9k? £6k? Actually only £2.39 – It’s Dangerous Medicine

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

27/02/15

A challenge for senior leaders to act on evaluation evidence for improving student outcomes

by Liz Austen

Comment

27/06/24

A code for quality

by David Kernohan

SUs

blogs-su

9/05/19

A critical moment for the quality debate

by Mark Leach

Analysis

8/06/15

11

A different class of information to address grade inflation

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

10/10/19

2

A manifesto for higher education from an academic perspective

by Steven Jones

Comment

9/06/24

8

A new QAA Quality Code

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

28/11/23

2

A quiet plea for pluralism in regulation

by Jess Bridgman

Comment

12/06/15

A roadmap through the worlds of quality assurance and student engagement

by Maureen McLaughlin

Comment

8/10/19

A tale of two quality systems?

by Mark Leach

Comment

29/06/15

Academic standards: back to the future

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

14/07/15

2

An academic partnership carol

by Angela Halston

Comment

14/12/22

4

Degrees of autonomy: universities and apprenticeship standards

by Catherine Boyd

Analysis

6/04/17

Degrees of choice: credit transfer and university autonomy

by Mark Atlay

Analysis

31/10/16

0

Devolved-yet-not-independent: TEF and accountability in Scotland

by Vicky Gunn

Analysis

7/12/16

Is the UK’s external examining system past its sell-by date?

by Katie Akerman

Analysis

13/10/16

37

End of the peer show? Examining external examiners

by Sue Rivers

Analysis

13/07/17

8

Quality and Excellence – Can you spot the difference?

by Tony Strike

Analysis

3/10/16

Standing up for standards in the new higher education system

by Ant Bagshaw

Policy Watch

22/05/16

1

Subject-level TEF: It’s about the programmes, stupid!

by Alastair Robertson

Analysis

23/09/16

0

Ten things you might have missed about the White Paper

by Andrew McGettigan

Analysis

18/05/16

8

Another false dawn for Grade Point Averages?

by Martin Hewitt

Analysis

3/06/16

1

*Another* clamp down on “low-grade” degrees?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

24/09/23

Are proposals on quality really in the student interest?

by Jim Dickinson

Policy Watch

20/07/21

2

Are the inspectors coming for your business school?

by Jim Dickinson

Policy Watch

26/05/22

7

Are the low-value courses in the room with us now?

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

3/06/24

3

Are the subject benchmarks about to have their moment in the spotlight?

by David Kernohan

Comment

30/03/22

4

Are UK universities being cast academically adrift?

by Christopher Newfield

Comment

17/11/15

0

As well as objects, students should be users of data too

by Liz Austen

Comment

4/10/19

2

Back to school with Jo Johnson

by Mark Leach

Analysis

1/07/15

0

Balancing the future of the quality system

by Ian Kimber

Comment

13/08/15

Benchmarks are reference points, so why do so many see them as requirements?

by Richard Harrison

Comment

11/01/23

8

Better by design – embracing complexity in curriculum development

by David Spendlove

Comment

12/10/23

Beyond the Green Paper architecture: we still need QAA

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

7/01/16

2

Blanks and omissions in HEFCE’s quality plans

by David Cairns

Analysis

29/06/15

1

Boots in Beds

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

14/11/23

2

Brace brace. Another review of quality is coming in England

by Jim Dickinson

Wonk Corner

5/09/24

Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

7/11/24

4

To improve quality assessment we should bring back subject review

by David Kernohan

Stacks

23/11/20

2

Bringing international trust back into the English quality assurance system

by Vicki Stott

Comment

4/08/24

3

Campus wokery as academic rigour

by Sunday Blake

Research

14/10/22

3

A new report on the care system has big implications for higher education

by Chris Hoyle

Comment

30/05/22

2

CETLs and the ghosts of teaching excellence past

by David Kernohan

Analysis

13/11/15

1

Transformative projects for educational change

by Stephanie Marshall

Comment

12/07/16

External examining should no longer exempt universities from proper scrutiny

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

7/11/16

6

Too little or too much? HEFCE’s new model for quality assessment

by Mark Leach

Comment

18/03/16

2

HEFCE’s new quality system gives students a role but robs them of power

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

21/03/16

From burgers to bouncers: new providers, another new analogy

by Mike Ratcliffe

Comment

4/11/16

2

The student voice is missing from the TEF

by Alex Pool

Comment

22/05/16

Concerns over assessment and challenge in latest OfS quality investigation

by Michael Salmon

Wonk Corner

21/05/24

1

Credit frameworks in a lattice of learning

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

26/05/21

Dimensions of quality research

by Steven Hill

Analysis

27/07/15

Do accredited courses attract more discerning students?

by David Kernohan

Analysis

12/08/19

2

End the university closed shop now!

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

2/11/15

2

Engaging students as partners: two steps forward, one step back

by Xenia Levantis

Comment

9/11/17

ENQA highlights risk of UK nations divergence on quality assurance

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

26/07/23

Evaluating the Enhancement Themes – they’re collegiate but are they effective?

by Ailsa Crum

Comment

27/11/20

External examiners are in the last chance saloon

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

5/08/21

8

Finally some guidance on external examiners

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

15/08/22

6

Finding “outstanding” higher education providers in England

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

3/04/24

1

From student representation to student partnership

by Roni Bamber

Comment

18/04/23

Getting the UK Quality Code just right

by David Kernohan

Comment

11/12/17

Grade inflation could be the next battleground for higher education

by Allan Howells

Comment

25/01/18

2

Below standard: grade inflation in TEF

by Ant Bagshaw

Comment

11/09/17

HEFCE press the quality reset button

by Derfel Owen

Analysis

29/06/15

1

High-rise challenge: the new quality assessment model

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

4/04/16

1

Higher education is transformative – it should be open to all

by Paul Ashwin

Comment

23/09/20

Higher education’s engagement with AI will have to keep a keen eye on the world of work

by Eve Alcock

Comment

20/02/24

How are degrees calculated – and why does it matter?

by David Kernohan

SUs

blogs-su

30/05/19

How can smaller providers progress their university ambitions?

by Helen Stokley

Comment

19/08/22

How do OfS’ “boots on the ground” investigations work?

by David Kernohan

Analysis

12/10/23

2

How do we manage the quality of degree apprenticeships?

by Elizabeth Cleaver

Comment

14/05/22

2

How should we judge the quality of transnational provision?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

16/10/19

How universities actually identify “low quality” courses

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

18/01/22

How will universities score in the great OfS spelling bee?

by Jim Dickinson

Policy Watch

7/10/21

5

Improving the quality of assessments of quality

by Nick Braisby

Comment

7/02/24

2

In its response to HE reform the sector is falling into a trap of its own making

by Jonathan Simons

Comment

18/07/23

7

International quality standards are evolving, but England is watching from the sidelines

by Douglas Blackstock

Comment

3/09/24

4

Is the OfS “actively monitoring” digital teaching quality?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

9/10/20

It is possible to tame higher education’s wicked problems – here’s how

by Claire Hamshire

Comment

10/12/24

Keeping High Standards in Higher Education

by Newell Hapson-Jones

Analysis

11/02/11

Labour’s tertiary approach to higher education quality could take lessons from Scotland

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

1/07/24

Learning design is the key to assuring the quality of modular provision

by Nick Mount

Comment

11/05/22

1

Life after the designated quality body

by Vicki Stott

Comment

7/11/22

8

Looking for value for money from OfS

by Jim Dickinson

Policy Watch

21/10/19

2

Make Room! Make Room! Quality, new providers and the gateway conundrum

by Andrew McGettigan

Analysis

4/04/16

Metrics and quality: do the numbers add up?

by Ian Kimber

Analysis

2/11/15

1

Micro-credentials – big problems?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

16/04/21

1

In the Augar response ministers are trying for a third way between capping opportunity or letting the HE market run amok

by Debbie McVitty

Policy Watch

24/02/22

1

Nearly thirty years of reviewing business and management provision

by David Kernohan

Comment

21/09/23

Never mind the quality, feel the exhaustion

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

15/10/20

2

New quality assessment system digested

by Louisa Darian

Policy Watch

18/03/16

New ways to tackle the essay mill cheats

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

10/10/17

2

No government has ever achieved credit transfer in HE. Will it be different this time?

by David Kernohan

Explainer

5/07/21

5

No logo

by Emily Collins

Comment

2/08/12

Of knights and knaves – can universities be trusted to navigate through Covid-19?

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

3/06/20

4

OfS has a new priorities letter from ministers

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

31/03/22

3

OfS has more to say to the Industry and Regulators Committee

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

7/06/23

OfS knows best on quality and standards – what could go wrong?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

2/03/22

4