QAA Membership Podcast
The QAA Membership Podcast series hosts discussions on some of the biggest issues facing higher education institutions.
Episodes
26 episodes since 2023
Evaluation 101
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 thi...
August 30, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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43:11
What we've learnt from TEF 2023
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 Ed...
August 08, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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52:28
The value of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education
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 ...
June 28, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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45:48
Awarding gaps
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 Ar...
May 07, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:01:33
Competence-based education
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-b...
April 05, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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54:17
Enhancing the impact of work-based learners on global issues
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 t...
March 08, 2024
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36:46
Embedding employability
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...
February 01, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:31
The rewards of collaborative observation
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 obser...
January 09, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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36:07
Exploring multimodality in higher education
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,
November 30, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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46:45
Towards neuro-inclusivity
In this instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist, QAA) sits down with Liss Chard-Hall (Specialist Study Skills Tutor) and Dr Graeme Pedlingham (Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor – Student Experience, University of Sus...
October 24, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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56:49
An exploration of phenomenon-based learning
In this latest podcast episode, QAA’s Dr Kerr Castle talks with Dr Kate Cuthbert and Sue Lee, who both work in Staffordshire Univer...
August 22, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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31:48
Understanding the factors that impact student engagement
In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Dr George Hulene, Associate Dean of Faculty of Business and Law at Coventry University; Professor Eleanor Davies, Associate Dean of Teaching an...
August 01, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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39:41
Speaking my language – understanding and supporting the experiences of disabled students
In this latest instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Sean Cullen, lecturer at Brunel University and Student Voice Commissioner for the Disabled Students Commission (DSC), to talk about t...
July 10, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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41:50
Adventure and exploration in playful co-curricular learning
In this latest episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist with QAA) sits down with Dr John Lean and Dr Catherine Elkin from Manchester Metropolitan University to discuss adventure and exploration in playful co-curricu...
May 30, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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35:16
The value of HE engaging with industry
In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (QAA’s Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) sits down with Dr Non Vaughan Williams and Emily Way from Swansea University, as well as Rachel Evans, to discuss the value of the higher education sector en...
April 26, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:39
Improving support for postgraduate researchers (PGRs)
In this month’s instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (QAA’s Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) chats with Mercy Mwansa (University of Leeds) and Rachel Van Krimpen (University of Nottingham) about different barriers to success for postgradua...
March 31, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:38
"Making the business of assessment clear to all"
In this episode, Amrita Narang (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) chats with Dr Paul Campbell (University of Leicester), Bethany Sumner (University of Wolverhampton) and Dr Gary Hazeldine (Birmingham City University) about improvi...
February 21, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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38:50
Academic integrity
In this episode, Si Bullock (Quality & Standards Specialist) sits down with Professor Michael Draper from Swansea University to discuss academic integrity. The pair consider contract cheating, student attitudes to misconduct and...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:29
Unpacking the hidden curriculum of higher education
In this episode, we talk about unpacking the ‘unspoken rules’ or ‘hidden curriculum’ in Higher Education with Pam Birtill and Richard Harris from University of Leeds.Along with their colleague Madeleine Pownall, Pam and Richard were fir...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:57
Subject Benchmark Statements: Policing
In this podcast, we talk to Ian Pepper - Curriculum Qualifications and Apprenticeship Senior Adviser and Head of Centre at Harperley Hall, College of Policing - about the new Subject Benchmark Statement for Policing. Subject Benchm...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:41
Students' views and experiences of pass/fail assessment
In this podcast, we explore the institutional context for pass/fail assessment in undergraduate and postgraduate courses with colleagues from Leeds Arts University, and ways in which the experience of pass/fail assessment can support authentic ...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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58:46
Enterprise, entrepreneurship and student ambition
In this episode, we discuss enterprise, entrepreneurship and student ambition with Rob Ingram from Falmouth University and Ruth Donnelly from University of Edinburgh.Considering how enterprise and entrepreneurship are approached at each...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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48:16
Enterprise and embedded employability in higher education
In this episode, we consider the student experience of enterprise and embedded employability in higher education with Helen Hughes from University of Leeds, Edward Pollock from Robert Gordon University, and Iwan Williams from University of Live...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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53:11
Making the language of assessment inclusive [Part 2]
In this two-part podcast, we talk about the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Making the language of assessment inclusive'. The project is led by the University of West of the England, in partnership with University of Brighton, University...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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16:06
Making the language of assessment inclusive [Part 1]
In this two-part podcast, we talk about the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Making the language of assessment inclusive'. The project is led by the University of West of the England, in partnership with University of Brighton, University...
February 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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25:59