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Front Cover Our chapter (by the wonderful Dr Jo Thurston) and myself, explores a central tension in contemporary higher education: the growing importance of student voice alongside the risk that it becomes reduced to a compliance-driven exercise. While regulators such as the Office for Students (OfS) require evidence of student engagement, the chapter argues that this has too often led to metric-focused practices (e.g. NSS scores and “You said, we did” responses) that priorit

Debbie Holley and Mark Frydenberg EdTech World Forum London 12/13 May 2026 At the recent EdTech World Forum, our keynote “Beyond the Headset: From Consumers to Creators” explored a question that remains central to contemporary educational technology: we have digitised education and globalised classrooms—but have we truly transformed learning? Across higher education, immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) are frequently positioned as catal

At the heart of the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) is a commitment to building connections—across disciplines, across professional roles, and across international boundaries. Their aim is to create a vibrant, inclusive community where ideas in higher education research can be shared, challenged, and developed collaboratively. It was in this spirit that I had the privilege of co-delivering the 2026 HERG Symposium keynote with Mark Frydenberg, Distinguished Lecturer and

Reflections from the second AI in Nursing Research Group. Guest speaker: Mark Frydenberg, Bentley, USA. Reflections by Debbie Holley, Emerita Professor, Bournemouth University Pictured L-R Dr Rowena Slope, (research lead – AI in Nursing); Mark Frydenberg, Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox, Berkeley University, USA; Debbie Holley, Emerita Professor HEMS, and Lucy Stainer, nurse and doctoral student. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Save the dates: Join us at Newcastle University on Tuesday, 12th and Wednesday, 13th May 2026, with the iconic Gateshead Millennium Bridge beautifully illuminated by night. (Image credit ANTF symposia call) The call for abstracts just coming out.. deadline 15th December This is the work that colleague Ben and I submitted last year, but the NTF symposium encourages creativity, innovation and engagement. So we decided to reframe our face-to-face session as a murder mystery, and

The Roadshow panel! L-R - top Holly Earl, Awards Advisor AdvanceHE; Emerita Professor Debbie Holley (facilitator NTF 2014); David James Uni of Staffs (NTF 2025) - bottom row L-R Carys Kennedy UoA London (NTF 2025) Dr Danielle Tran UCL (NTF 2025) Louise Lumsden, Head of teaching Excellence Awards, AdvanceHE; Emerita Professor Angela O'Sullivan, ANTF Chair (not pictured) (NTF 2017) The National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) Scheme celebrates and recognises individuals who have made

As an ‘newbie’ Emerita Professor this autumn is about opportunities and finding a balance between ongoing projects at the University,...

“The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed. The key to this...

Colleagues, Professor Sam Porter kindly agreed to be ‘murdered’ by his team, but in the best possible cause – creating an interactive...

Dr Holly Henderson, NTF, PFHEA, Professor Debbie Holley, NTF, PFHEA Introducing Prof Ed McFly our personalised Artificial Intelligence...

Education 4.0 is conceptualised as a set of choices through a lifelong pathway whereby learners have ownership and control of their...

Abstract Notions of a digital future frame this chapter, and from this starting point the affordances of technology in a higher education...

This #Take5 is brought to you from Professor Debbie Holley – Bournemouth University. We have all experienced the pandemic pivot – and now...

Those interested in the student experience may be interested in a new national report, published today and hosted on the AdvanceHE...

The Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) held their annual conference and showcases in Brighton this month, and HSS...

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Delighted to collaborate with Professor John Cook and the Springer team on this new publication. This interesting chapter responds to the...

A presentation to the ALT Evaluations of Learners’ Experiences of e–Learning Special Interest Group (ELESIG) group by Debbie Holley,...

Please complete our questionnaire! Do your children, or friends’ children have itchy eczema? We are trying to find out how we can use...

Reimagining education and the student experience This year the Digifest’s focus was on learning, teaching and libraries, and took place...