Student experience

The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf)

Posted . Filed under Brightspace, Co-creation, Covid-19 responses, Curriculum design, Digital skills.

The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf) 12 presentation rooms, two keynotes and an amazing ‘high fidelity’ site for networking – well done to UCLs Simon Walker and Sandra Lusk leading the way with the virtual MSTeams conference. The team used MSLive Events for the keynotes, and Dr Gideon Shimison launched the event with his keynote ‘The Brave New University’ reflecting on what has really changed since the 1950s model of learning depicted in the cartoon…. Read more » about The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf)

HE policy update for the w/e 15th June 2018

Posted . Filed under CELebrate, employability, EU, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, Student, Teaching and Learning, TEF, TEL, Widening participation.

A busy week for publications this week, while the government have been busy with Brexit votes and there is a positive story about immigration rules. The Economics of HE The Commons Public Accounts Committee published its report on the higher education market on Friday. After some interesting evidence sessions, Research Professional report that the outcome is disappointing:… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 15th June 2018

What students really want – a CELebrate/policy event

Posted . Filed under Assessment and feedback, CELebrate, Education, Equality and Diversity, Events and workshops, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, Student, Teaching and Learning, TEF, Widening participation.

BU hosted Dr Diana Beech from the Higher Education Policy Institute on Wednesday morning for a policy breakfast, part of this year’s CELebrate symposium.  In a packed room and despite the early start, we had a great discussion about student perceptions, value (and value for money). Diana started with a review of the HEPI/AdvanceHE 2018… Read more » about What students really want – a CELebrate/policy event

HE Policy update for the w/e 8th June 2018

Posted . Filed under Education, employability, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, Student, Teaching and Learning, TEF, Widening participation.

HEPI Student Experience Survey The  Higher Education Policy Institute  (HEPI) and  Advance HE  have published a joint  report on student academic experience.  The report was launched at the annual HEPI conference and Sam Gyimah gave the keynote address. The report includes a lot of insight and is worth looking at – there are some new questions… Read more » about HE Policy update for the w/e 8th June 2018

Advance HE Scotland and UWS – Retention Symposium April 2018

Posted . Filed under Conference Report, HEA, News.

A Scottish colleague forwarded me this report from a conference – and I spotted BUs own Michelle Morgan featured talking about enhancing the student experience. The full post is here: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/advance-he-scotland-and-uws-retention-symposium-april-2018 == extract from Advance HE blog site: Michelle Morgan, Associate Dean for Student Experience at Bournemouth University, opened the event with a keynote titled… Read more » about Advance HE Scotland and UWS – Retention Symposium April 2018