New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for...
by Claudio Morrison and Janroj Yilmaz Keles Introduction A paper for the Symposium on ‘Inequalities in HE during Covid-19’ (SRHE Conference, 6 December 2023, Birmingham) provides new evidence on the...
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by Paul Temple Remember the Metaverse? Oh, come on, you must remember it, just think back a year, eighteen months ago, it was everywhere! Mark Zuckerberg’s new big thing, ads everywhere about how it...
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by Neil Raven Much attention is now directed towards the role of evaluation in efforts to widening higher education participation. Indeed, the evaluation of interventions aimed at broadening HE...
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by Fabio R Aricò, Laura Harvey and Ritchie Woodard The pattern is familiar across many universities: more and more students are asking to be excused from attending classes, submitting coursework, and...
View ArticleThe increasing pressure on students after Covid-19
by Caroline Jones and Huw Bell After the pandemic students are facing difficulties linked to health, wellbeing, finances and employment prospects; increased rents, housing shortages, zero hours...
View Article‘To diary or not to diary’? – lessons learned from the SRHE workshop ‘Using...
by Panagiota (Peny) Sotiropoulou At the beginning of February 2024, I attended the in-person workshop on Using Diary Method in Social Research, organised by the SRHE and facilitated by Dr Emily...
View ArticleMy Marking Life: The Role of Emotional Labour in delivering Audio Feedback to...
by Samantha Wilkinson Feedback has been heralded the most significant single influence on student learning and achievement (Gibbs and Simpson, 2004). Despite this, students critique feedback for being...
View ArticleThe importance of academic mental health
by Roz Collings It was University Mental Health day on Thursday 14th March 2024. This is a national UK project organised by Student Minds and University Mental Health Advisory Network, aiming to start...
View ArticleGraduate outcomes: Beyond numbers, towards quality?
by Tej Nathwani and Ghislaine Dell with a foreword and afterword by SRHE Network Convenors Tracy Scurry and Daria Luchinskaya Foreword As many of us working with graduate employment statistics will...
View ArticleHigher education as a politicians’ playground
by Rob Cuthbert Higher education has always been something of a playground for junior politicians; HE ministers usually serve only short terms, and many are practising for bigger jobs. (Liz Truss and...
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