Students
Expectation mis-management – applicants’ views on HE
Applicants' expectations of universities are very different to their experience, but whose fault is that, if anyones? David Morris takes a look at the new HEPI and Unite-Students report.
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Ignoble – a new essay mill scandal?
There's more bleak news about the use of essay mills for cheating in our universities, but it doesn't quite stack up to using SparkNotes as a Nobel Laureate.
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What’s in a name? Arriving at Graduate Outcomes
The new name for the survey now formerly known as DLHE has attracted some comment. Rachel Hewitt explains how HESA arrived at 'Graduate Outcomes'.
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Karaoke kings & queens: stressbusting for students
Whilst in previous exam seasons we have seen a number of innovations designed to help relieve students’ stress during these most difficult times, this year has been a little disappointing.
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Could TEF initiate a ‘golden age’ for student services?
A recent AMOSSHE roundtable explored the impact that TEF might have on student services. Nicola Barden asks whether student services will be shown to be more valuable than ever as a result.
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HEPI-HEA student survey: the good, the bad, and the ugly
We run through the headlines and key implications of this year's influential HEPI/HEA student experience survey.
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Setting standards on student security and wellbeing
Troubling news about universities' record on student safety and sexual violence has become all-too-common, but we need to start focusing on the good work that institutions are doing to tackle it. Lucy Winrow introduces ProtectED, a new accreditation scheme.
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People in higher education: Amatey Doku
Nona Buckley-Irvine meets the new NUS Vice President for Higher Education to talk about TEF, the black attainment gap, working with the sector, and Cambridge.
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Student resilience – it’s all about empowerment
Accompanying a new Unite Students report on student resilience, Jenny Shaw outlines a new model for considering how students adapt to new environments and can be best supported through their studies.
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From ivory tower to good neighbour
The image of an ivory tower presents universities set apart from their surrounds yet most are physically, socially, culturally economically and environmentally present within cities, towns and neighbourhoods.
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