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Latest blogs

Micro-credentials good practice: A tertiary view from Scotland
Deputy Chair
Scottish Tertiary Education Network for Micro-credentials
17/11/2023

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