QSN is a membership organisation for staff with responsibility for quality strategy and management within UK higher education. It provides a forum for the discussion of key issues of quality management and enhancement, and organises an annual Conference and smaller symposium events to discuss specific areas of interest.
Free to QSN members QSN members are invited to attend the inaugural meeting of a QSN Special Interest Group (SIG) for institutions which use EvaSys software for module evaluation or are thinking of using EvaSys. The SIG is intended to provide a network for EvaSys users for discussion and mutual support and to facilitate the sharing and development of good practice
The transformation of the quality management landscape continues with great rapidity and intensity. As the new regulator for English Higher Education, the OfS is adopting a bold, student-focused, risk-based approach, reflecting the significant changes to HE in the last 25 years and seeking to anticipate changes still to come. Familiar features – notably, the UK Quality Code – are also
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Paul Greatrix with the incidents that his security team have had to cope with on campus
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This week our panel discuss Augar review leaks, university bailouts and Sam Gyimah’s apps – recorded in front of a live audience at Wonkfest18.
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Jonathan Grant and Jente Althuis analyse university mission statements in search of the idea of service.
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Malcolm Todd of the University of Derby, makes the case for careers in sectors such as leisure to be seen as “high value” and argues that traditional views of “graduate jobs” needs to change.
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Louis Coiffait connects the dots at Wonkfest18 (including the sneak preview of the Universities UK-Britain Thinks research) and concludes that the sector needs to walk and talk research impact if it’s to satisfy the public’s soul.
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Ben Williamson contrasts the rise of HE metrics with the wider global distrust of experts, and makes a case for better use of qualitative methods in policy making.
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