I was very fortunate to be invited to present a workshop on how Student partnerships are driving institutional change at the UUK Enhancing the Student Experience conference. This was an opportunity to present the findings from our Digital Student project as well as the outcomes from our Change agents’ network which has been supporting student …
The BIS Outcome Based Success Measures Consultation sets out detailed proposals for using student outcomes as a key metric for Further Education. The new experimental data set created by BIS to support this activity provides an indication of sustained student outcomes. An emphasis on destination and the data available changes the way FE is evaluated …
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This week I have been engaged in a MOOC, the 12 Apps of Christmas run by Regents University. It looks at a mobile app each day in the context of mainly learning and teaching practice. The course is a great and fun way of engaging with some apps you may not have heard of. On […]
Save the date: 2 June 2016: The University of Lincoln, building on the success of the previous Jisc CAN face to face networking events, is hosting a 1 day ‘meet up’ event for staff and students across the UK who are working in partnership on curriculum innovation projects in UK further education and skills and …
Recently I spent a busy couple of days at the QAA’s Quality Enhancement Network events on digital literacy. As a brand new review theme for 2015-16, digital literacy attracted a large number of delegates – around 90 across the two events – to hear about previous work in this area and to prepare for review. …
Sarah Knight has already posted about the recent pilot workshop in London where we tested out drafts of the digital student survey questions and ideas about what different stakeholders could do with the results. Students, Heads of Student Experience, Heads of IT services and e-learning specialists from over 20 institutions were represented so we felt …
Posted on behalf of Clare Killen: The fourth CAN case study, ‘A research-engaged and collaborative community’, from the University of Lincoln, is now available in Word format or PDF format along with 3 other CAN case studies on the Resources Page of this blog. This case study looks at the variety of ways students are …
Register for the next CAN webinar on 20 January 2016, which runs from 12:30-1:30, here: https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/524/home Dan Derricott from the University of Lincoln will present the session, ‘Growing a whole institution culture of commitment to student engagement. ‘ As the student engagement agenda has gained momentum in UK higher and further education, there are numerous …
Two weeks ago I set off hopefully to attend the the AoC Annual Conference and Exhibition 2015 at The ICC, Birmingham, little realising that if FE thought it was experiencing troubled times then our railways system is so much worse. Monday evening and the Euston to Birmingham railway line was experiencing a perfect storm of vandalism, …
Today I had the opportunity of facilitating 2 workshops at the Jisc Digital Leaders FE course in Bristol. Having attended the first half of this course a month ago, I was aware of the challenges and opportunities participants from FE and skills providers faced in developing their digital leadership skills and in turn influence the …