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  • The Purpose of Education

    23 July 2021 by Brendan Coulson

    This blog was kindly contributed by Brendan Coulson, Education Project Start-Up Lead at Nottingham Trent University. The purpose of education is a widely debated topic across the education system. The Education Secretary stated at the HEPI Annual conference that: We must never forget that the purpose of education is to…

  • Scottish universities: stranded between union and devolution

    21 July 2021 by Peter Scott

    This blog was kindly contributed by Peter Scott, Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education. At the level of high (low?) politics the three-centuries union of England and Scotland still endures – despite Brexit and Scotland’s enforced departure from the European Union and despite the Scottish…

  • Marking schemes – does inclusive practice lead to a ‘standards’ problem?

    20 July 2021 by Helena Gillespie

    This blog was kindly contributed by Helena Gillespie, Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of East Anglia. You can find Helena on Twitter @helenauea @uniofeastanglia. The Office for Students have launched a review of ‘inclusive’ practice in assessment in higher education. Details are scant at…

  • Teacher Assessed Grades: how the process worked in a large secondary school

    19 July 2021 by Neil Renton

    This blog was kindly contributed by Neil Renton, Headteacher of Harrogate Grammar School, Red Kite Learning Trust and an Association of School and College Leaders member. We have all stood outside the examination hall talking about what we hoped would be in the exam and discussing what we had revised.…

  • Universities need creative solutions to make digital learning more social (COVID-19)

    17 July 2021 by Monika Nangia

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Monika Nangia, Director of Student and Academic Services at SOAS, University of London. When designing digital strategies, universities must recognise the importance of enabling social connections among learners. Universities can go some way to achieving this by investing in building innovative and new…

  • Disaggregating BAME to look at awarding gaps more closely

    16 July 2021 by Richard Boffey

    This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Richard Boffey, Head of AccessHE, the pan-London network driving the higher education access, success and progression agenda for underrepresented learners across the capital. You can find Richard and AccessHE on Twitter at @rgboffey and @AccessHE. Of the 24 recommendations put forward in…

  • Putting academic freedom on a solid footing

    12 July 2021 by Dean Machin

    This blog was kindly contributed by Dean Machin, Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth, who writes here in a personal capacity. Today the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill comes to the House of Commons. The sector seems split on its significance. Is it an attempt to trigger…