Welcome to our blog, where guest authors and specialists discuss issues which really matter for our sector, in the UK and around the world.
Latest blogs
Quality enhancement through collaboration, trust and empowerment (a celebration of the Scottish approach)
Professor Catriona Bell, Director of Learning Enhancement & Academic Development
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
28/09/2022
Past, present and future: Evaluating Enhancement Themes - a journey through space time?
Quality Enhancement Specialist, QAA Scotland
10/08/2022
Reflecting on my time as Student Lead for the Scottish Enhancement Themes
Vice President for Education, Aberdeen University Students’ Association and Student Theme Leader
28/07/2022
The importance of unique learning artefacts and portfolios in micro-credential courses
Head of Learning Services South-East Asia (SEA)
OpenLearning
27/06/2022
Micro-credentials: The college approach
Dean of Faculty, Hospitality and Leisure
City of Glasgow College
23/05/2022
Scotland's Enhancement Themes: Resilient Learning Communities
Quality Enhancement Manager
QAA Scotland
26/10/2021
Kirkcaldy High School: A Year of Challenges & Opportunities
Guidance Teacher & Teacher of Biology / Developing The Young Workforce Coordinator & Teacher of Modern Studies
Kirkcaldy High School
26/07/2021
Reflecting on my time as Enhancement Theme Student Lead
Enhancement Theme Student Lead
Glasgow Caledonian University
05/07/2021
Going digital - there is no going back!
Director of Academic Development and Student Learning
Glasgow Caledonian University
30/06/2021
Widening participations and resilient learning communities in the arts
Lecturer in music and music business
University of the Highlands and Islands
20/04/2021
Previous blogs
Starting up a vertically integrated project
VIP Director and Associate Dean of Education (Arts and Divinity)
University of St Andrews
22/02/2021
Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development at the University of Strathclyde
VIP4SD
University of Strathclyde
22/02/2021
Resilience breeds resilience
Quality Enhancement Specialist
QAA Scotland
15/02/2021
Learning from and Leading with the national Enhancement Theme
Lecturer (Veterinary Medical Education)
University of Edinburgh
18/01/2021
There’s an app for that! So why isn’t everyone using it?
Subject Specialist: Strategy (Accessibility)
Jisc
12/01/2021
Building Resilient Communities: Covid-19 and beyond!
Vice-Principal (Education)
University of Aberdeen
07/12/2020
STEPping Up to the Challenge of COVID-19: Reflections from a New Online Skills Development Programme
Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development
University of St Andrews
23/11/2020
Essential event for a new era in higher education
Director of Membership, Quality Enhancement and Standards
QAA
30/10/2020
When the Rest of the World Joined the Early Adopters – Learning from Focus On: Technology Enhanced Learning
Quality Enhancement Manger and Quality Enhancement Specialists
QAA Scotland
05/10/2020
Addressing Digital Poverty at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Senior Director: Academic Affairs
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
07/09/2020
Supporting incoming students: induction and community-building in digital environments
Quality Enhancement Specialist
QAA Scotland
24/08/2020
Induction in disruption: Becoming a sabbatical officer in 2020
Current Vice-President Education and Enhancement Theme Student Lead
Heriot-Watt University Student Union
20/07/2020
Using evidence in higher education
Quality Enhancement Specialist
QAA Scotland
08/07/2020
Learning from disruption – exploring what counts in higher education
Head of Quality and Enhancement
QAA Scotland
24/06/2020
Students as partners – Challenges facing students’ unions throughout covid-19
Quality Enhancement Specialists
QAA Scotland and QAA Wales
29/05/2020
Supporting students to develop transition skills during times of uncertainty
Quality Enhancement Specialist
QAA Scotland
21/04/2020