Will Woods
@willwoods00uk.bsky.social
CEO of OCA. Enjoys Ed tech, Arts education and widening access to HE. Into cycling and hiking. Four kids and not much spare time!
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Some fabulously informed comments on this piece. Really if you work at a university and want to understand what is happening right now, this is a very good place to start.
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March 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Some fabulously informed comments on this piece. Really if you work at a university and want to understand what is happening right now, this is a very good place to start.
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-fi...
wonkhe.com/blogs/the-fi...
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If you fancy discussing ways of working in learning technology, there's still time to register for our first @altuk.bsky.social Independent Consultancy & Career Pathways SIG event, an online unconference this Friday afternoon (2–3.30pm)! More info at the link 🙂
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March 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you fancy discussing ways of working in learning technology, there's still time to register for our first @altuk.bsky.social Independent Consultancy & Career Pathways SIG event, an online unconference this Friday afternoon (2–3.30pm)! More info at the link 🙂
www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/even...
www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/even...
This is a good well presented article from Jim Dickinson on the finance conundrum that the government faces with HE - The government's in a pickle over fees and funding wonkhe.com/blogs/the-go...
The government's in a pickle over fees and funding
Debates over higher education funding tend to focus on fees and maintenance - but what’s going on beneath the surface? Jim Dickinson goes down the watering hole Debates over higher education funding t...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is a good well presented article from Jim Dickinson on the finance conundrum that the government faces with HE - The government's in a pickle over fees and funding wonkhe.com/blogs/the-go...
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With more universities announcing significant redundancy programmes, I've taken a look at what HESA Staff data (out yesterday) tells us about staff starting at or leaving academic employment in UK higher education.
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HESA Spring 2025: staff
Working in the higher education sector has become more precarious than ever. David Kernohan tracks the changes through the data
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January 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
With more universities announcing significant redundancy programmes, I've taken a look at what HESA Staff data (out yesterday) tells us about staff starting at or leaving academic employment in UK higher education.
wonkhe.com/blogs/hesa-s...
wonkhe.com/blogs/hesa-s...
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I don't understand HE financing - how is a Russell group uni with students queuing up to attend, in trouble? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
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January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I don't understand HE financing - how is a Russell group uni with students queuing up to attend, in trouble? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Blog Post: Lessons from BETT: AI’s Role in Education Cost Management technocrapy.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/l...
Lessons from BETT: AI’s Role in Education Cost Management
Entrance to the BETT Global event at London Excel Centre I went to the BETT conference this year and was invited to be ‘starter’ for a table talk session on “How does your institu…
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January 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New Blog Post: Lessons from BETT: AI’s Role in Education Cost Management technocrapy.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/l...
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This is a terrific video about curlews, which thankfully still breed within the (wide!) boundary of the City of Sheffield.
Happy New Year from all of us at Curlew Action!
We’re excited to kick off 2025 by sharing a special film we created with our amazing patron and ambassador, David Gray:
We’re excited to kick off 2025 by sharing a special film we created with our amazing patron and ambassador, David Gray:
David Gray & Curlew Action, 2025
YouTube video by Curlew Action
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January 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This is a terrific video about curlews, which thankfully still breed within the (wide!) boundary of the City of Sheffield.
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The sad and surprising tale of how a series of terrible decisions by a regulator pushed one of our best known theatre schools out of undergraduate higher education. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The sad and surprising tale of how a series of terrible decisions by a regulator pushed one of our best known theatre schools out of undergraduate higher education. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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December 27, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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The @makeuk.bsky.social #IndustrialStrategy Skills Commission has launched a call for evidence! As a Commissioner, I want to hear your views on #skills needs, challenges, existing initiatives etc. Contribute to this important work by responding here: makeuk.org/insights/pub... #UKmfg
Make UK’s Industrial Strategy Skills Commission Launches Call for Evidence
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December 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM
The @makeuk.bsky.social #IndustrialStrategy Skills Commission has launched a call for evidence! As a Commissioner, I want to hear your views on #skills needs, challenges, existing initiatives etc. Contribute to this important work by responding here: makeuk.org/insights/pub... #UKmfg
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Have you heard about Open Research Online (ORO)? It's the #OpenAccess repository of The Open University's peer reviewed and published #research.
The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. Take a look: oro.open.ac.uk
The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. Take a look: oro.open.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Have you heard about Open Research Online (ORO)? It's the #OpenAccess repository of The Open University's peer reviewed and published #research.
The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. Take a look: oro.open.ac.uk
The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. Take a look: oro.open.ac.uk
This is a thing now apparently. Hunting for the “Christmas Rat” for a member of the family who shall remain nameless. Reminds me of Rowland Rat:
December 10, 2024 at 10:25 AM
This is a thing now apparently. Hunting for the “Christmas Rat” for a member of the family who shall remain nameless. Reminds me of Rowland Rat: