QAA Membership Podcast

Our latest QAA podcast marks the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity (IDOA). This global event takes place online on 16 October and will include a panel convened by QAA and chaired by our Chief Executive Vicki Stott. Hosted by QAA's Dr Kerr Castle, this new episode features Loughborough University's Professor Sandie Dann and IDOA co-chair Professor Mary Davis:Sandie

Chaired by our regular host Dr Kerr Castle, QAA's latest podcast explores the effective evaluation of higher education practices and initiatives, and how to make approaches to evaluation meaningful and manageable. Kerr's guests this month are Liz Austen, Professor of Higher Education Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University, and Stella Jones-Devitt, Professor of Critical Pedagogy

In QAA's latest podcast, our regular host Dr Kerr Castle chairs an expert panel for a lively discussion reflecting on what we've learnt from TEF 2023. Kerr is joined by Professor Claire Pike (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education Enhancement at Anglia Ruskin University), Roscoe Hastings (Director of Teaching Enhancement and Excellence at the University of Exeter), and our very own Hele

This latest QAA podcast marks the publication of the new edition of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education.Our guests are Dr Helen Driscoll, interim PVC for learning & Teaching at the University of Sunderland, Swansea University's Dr Kate Chapman, co-organiser of the QAA Programme Leaders Network, Rachel Sutton, Associate Director of Quality at the University of London, Charl

In this episode, our regular host Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of awarding gaps and what we can do to close them. Kerr is joined by Kevin Brazant, Progression & Attainment Project Manager at the University of the Arts London, Dr Sally Andrews, Pedagogic Projects Development Manager at Staffordshire University, Professor Nicky King, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor at the

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of how the core concepts of competence-based education compare with those of more traditional educational models and how the purposes of assessment might be reimagined through competence-based education. He is joined by Mike Ewen, the Head of the Teaching Academy at the University of Hull, along with Dr Dom Henri, Senior Lectu

In this latest episode we explore ways to enhance the impact of projects carried out by work-based learners – and specifically some of the challenges which part-time students face in combining their academic learning with creating impact from that learning outside of the classroom. During the episode, our contributors introduce a new toolkit designed to equip educators with the k

Our latest podcast explores the challenges we face in embedding employability in our curricula, and the kinds of strategies and support that can benefit both educators and their students. To address these issues, we take a look at a new toolkit focusing on pedagogy, assessment and curriculum content, designed to help students gain the knowledge, skills and experience they need to t

In this latest episode, teaching staff and students from Loughborough University and Birmingham City University (BCU) come together to discuss the opportunities for enhancing the student learning experiences offered by a new collaborative observation project they’ve been engaged in. The podcast is chaired by QAA's Dr Kerr Castle, who observes that this Collaborative Enhancement P

In this latest episode of the QAA Membership Podcast, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist) explores multimodality in higher education with the team behind the QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project, Harnessing Multimodality in Higher Education.The episode features Professor Sam Elkington (Professor of Learning and Teaching at Teesside University); Pro