Introducing OfS’ new proposals on quality and standards

by Susan Lapworth

Comment

20/07/21

3

TEF: rebooted

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

20/07/21

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

by David Kernohan

Explainer

5/07/21

5

Credit frameworks in a lattice of learning

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

26/05/21

Is the HE sector looking in the wrong place for the government’s Augar response?

by Edward Peck

Comment

24/05/21

1

Micro-credentials – big problems?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

16/04/21

1

Peer review of teaching and the blended learning environment

by Mark Campbell

Comment

2/03/21

1

The expectation gap II – students’ hopes for learning and teaching in the next normal

by Anna Jackson

Research

3/02/21

1

The race against time to graduate new key workers

by Luke Myer

Comment

18/01/21

Seven things the HE sector learned in 2020 – and what universities should prepare for in 2021

by Debbie McVitty

Long read

21/12/20

1

Transnational education and the global value of UK higher education

by Douglas Blackstock

Comment

15/12/20

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

by Ailsa Crum

Comment

27/11/20

To improve quality assessment we should bring back subject review

by David Kernohan

Stacks

23/11/20

2

Reviewing and proving the value of degrees

by Julia Buckingham

Comment

16/11/20

4

UUK to tackle “low quality courses”

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

16/11/20

Never mind the quality, feel the exhaustion

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

15/10/20

2

Is the OfS “actively monitoring” digital teaching quality?

by David Kernohan

Wonk Corner

9/10/20

Higher education is transformative – it should be open to all

by Paul Ashwin

Comment

23/09/20

What is the PhD experience?

by Debbie McVitty

Policy Watch

25/06/20

3

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

by Debbie McVitty

Comment

3/06/20

4

Universities, PSRBs and Covid-19

by Douglas Blackstock

Comment

2/04/20

Student welfare and safeguarding are issues of quality

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

8/11/19

2

Scotland’s approach to quality makes universities better for everyone

by Rowena Pelik

Analysis

30/10/19

What did you do in the quality wars?

by David Kernohan

Long read

21/10/19

Looking for value for money from OfS

by Jim Dickinson

Policy Watch

21/10/19

2

The things we lost when we made quality about outcomes

by Debbie McVitty

Analysis

21/10/19

2

How should we judge the quality of transnational provision?

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

16/10/19

A different class of information to address grade inflation

by David Kernohan

Policy Watch

10/10/19

2

A roadmap through the worlds of quality assurance and student engagement

by Maureen McLaughlin

Comment

8/10/19

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

by Liz Austen

Comment

4/10/19

2

You’re spoiling us Secretary of State – yet another letter from Sanctuary Buildings

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

1/10/19

1

Do accredited courses attract more discerning students?

by David Kernohan

Analysis

12/08/19

2

A better use of qualitative data can inform policy

by Jennie Walmsley

Comment

12/06/19

1

How are degrees calculated – and why does it matter?

by David Kernohan

SUs

blogs-su

30/05/19

The sector needs clarity over mandatory subscriptions

by Douglas Blackstock

Comment

20/05/19

A code for quality

by David Kernohan

SUs

blogs-su

9/05/19

QAA subject benchmarks, or why the subject of a course defines the course of a subject

by Alison Felce

Comment

15/04/19

1

Why should I care about QAA and HESA?

by David Kernohan

SUs

blogs-su

11/04/19

Teaching-only universities are impossible creatures

by Gavin Moodie

Australia

2/04/19

Running the gauntlet of Ofsted inspection of higher apprenticeships

by Jane Turner

Comment

19/03/19

Pop-up goes the curriculum

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

26/02/19

Quality data for a quality sector

by Helen Cullis

Comment

16/01/19

The UK’s new Quality Code in practice

by Maureen McLaughlin

Comment

18/09/18

Quality assurance, with a Welsh accent

by Helen Marshall

Comment

29/06/18

The wisdom of students: monitoring quality through student reviews

by Alex Griffiths

Analysis

28/06/18

2

Teaching quality- a sticky wicked problem?

by Alastair Robertson

Comment

13/06/18

1

What’s next for the Quality Code?

by Maureen McLaughlin

Comment

6/04/18

UK Quality Code 2.0

by Catherine Boyd

Comment

27/03/18

2

Grade inflation could be the next battleground for higher education

by Allan Howells

Comment

25/01/18

2

Proposed Quality Code how do I love thee not? Let me count the ways…

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Comment

18/12/17

4

Getting the UK Quality Code just right

by David Kernohan

Comment

11/12/17

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

by Xenia Levantis

Comment

9/11/17

Understanding degree algorithms

by Samuel Roseveare

Comment

18/10/17

3

What’s good again? Consultation launched on new UK Quality Code

by Catherine Boyd

Policy Watch

11/10/17

New ways to tackle the essay mill cheats

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

10/10/17

2

‘Too many Firsts’ mean another discussion of GPA

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

6/10/17

4

Below standard: grade inflation in TEF

by Ant Bagshaw

Comment

11/09/17

TEF – is it here to stay or a flash in the pan?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

25/07/17

End of the peer show? Examining external examiners

by Sue Rivers

Analysis

13/07/17

8

Ignoble – a new essay mill scandal?

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

4/07/17

1

Degrees of autonomy: universities and apprenticeship standards

by Catherine Boyd

Analysis

6/04/17

Standards deviations, and suggested amendments to the Bill

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

16/12/16

1

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

by Vicky Gunn

Analysis

7/12/16

External examining should no longer exempt universities from proper scrutiny

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

7/11/16

6

From burgers to bouncers: new providers, another new analogy

by Mike Ratcliffe

Comment

4/11/16

2

Degrees of choice: credit transfer and university autonomy

by Mark Atlay

Analysis

31/10/16

0

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

by Katie Akerman

Analysis

13/10/16

37

Validator of first resort: assuring quality in challenger institutions

by Liz Marr

Analysis

12/10/16

4

Quality and Excellence – Can you spot the difference?

by Tony Strike

Analysis

3/10/16

Trials and commendations: the TEF Technical Consultation response

by Ant Bagshaw

Policy Watch

29/09/16

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

by Alastair Robertson

Analysis

23/09/16

0

Transformative projects for educational change

by Stephanie Marshall

Comment

12/07/16

Another false dawn for Grade Point Averages?

by Martin Hewitt

Analysis

3/06/16

1

Standing up for standards in the new higher education system

by Ant Bagshaw

Policy Watch

22/05/16

1

The student voice is missing from the TEF

by Alex Pool

Comment

22/05/16

Ten things you might have missed about the White Paper

by Andrew McGettigan

Analysis

18/05/16

8

Peace in our time? The other future of quality assessment

by Team Wonkhe

Analysis

16/05/16

Two quality assurance systems to one: remembering the Joint Planning Group – Part 2

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

10/05/16

1

Two quality assurance systems to one: remembering the Joint Planning Group – Part 1

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

3/05/16

High-rise challenge: the new quality assessment model

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

4/04/16

1

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

by Andrew McGettigan

Analysis

4/04/16

Quality assessment through the looking glass

by Gordon McKenzie

Comment

22/03/16

2

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

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

21/03/16

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

by Mark Leach

Comment

18/03/16

2

New quality assessment system digested

by Louisa Darian

Policy Watch

18/03/16

Will the next quality system be genuinely risk-based?

by David Cairns

Analysis

15/03/16

3

Validate this: fun and games with quality assurance

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

25/01/16

1

Who gains from the grumbles?

by Steven Jones

Comment

11/01/16

3

Beyond the Green Paper architecture: we still need QAA

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

7/01/16

2

Redress must be at the heart of future HE regulation

by Jim Dickinson

Comment

20/11/15

0

Are UK universities being cast academically adrift?

by Christopher Newfield

Comment

17/11/15

0

CETLs and the ghosts of teaching excellence past

by David Kernohan

Analysis

13/11/15

1

Anthony Seldon’s producer interest and bad history of higher education

by Tom Bailey

Comment

8/11/15

The TEF’s first assessment

by David Kernohan

Analysis

6/11/15

6

End the university closed shop now!

by Paul Greatrix

Registrarism

2/11/15

2

Metrics and quality: do the numbers add up?

by Ian Kimber

Analysis

2/11/15

1

Proposing a sustainable Teaching Excellence Framework

by Stephanie Marshall

Comment

5/10/15

Parliamentary scrutiny

by Hugh Jones

Analysis

20/09/15

Balancing the future of the quality system

by Ian Kimber

Comment

13/08/15

Dimensions of quality research

by Steven Hill

Analysis

27/07/15