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As part of an ongoing review of our audiences and where and how they want to engage with us, we feel that this platform is no longer the right place for us to be. We will be focussing on LinkedIn and Bluesky as our main social media platforms. We hope you'll join us there.

You can find us on LinkedIn at: uk.linkedin.com/company/the-qu… uk.linkedin.com/showcase/qaa-s… ... and on Bluesky at: bsky.app/profile/qaafor…

As part of an ongoing review of our audiences and where and how they want to engage with us, we feel that this platform is no longer the right place for us to be. We will be focussing on LinkedIn and Bluesky as our main social media platforms. We hope you'll join us there.

Registration is now open for our 2024 annual conference! It will take place online on 18-19 September and will explore how high-quality lifelong learning can be made a reality across all four nations of the UK. Register here: eur.cvent.me/xKqym

Dr @AilsaCrum asks our closing panel whether they see generative AI as a blessing or a curse for higher education? Prof Tim Quine @UniofExeter - "If we're not careful, AI doesn't support student learning, it substitutes for it." #QIconference24

Dr Eirini Gallou @UniStrathclyde addresses practical approaches to inclusivity in sustainability strategies #QIconference24

"How do we meaningfully embed sustainability into the everyday practices of students and staff?" - Dr @KerrCastle chairs our panel on addressing global challenges and sustainability through pedagogy and everyday practice #QIconference24

Dr Georgina Gough @UWEBristol addresses how we need to reflect sustainability developments in practice and industry back into the development of students #QIconference24

Students want sustainability to be mandatory and embedded across curricula. We can't implement sustainable practices across the sector without student involvement - Katie Major-Smith @marjonuni #QIconference24

Lexy Jones, Student Services and Wellbeing Manager, will be speaking at the @QAAtweets Quality Insights Conference today. Lexy will speak about how Norland supports the development of learner identity from pre-arrival, during students' studies and throughout graduates' careers.

Sue Lee and Dr Kate Cuthbert from @StaffsUni lead a workshop on understanding and enhancing the core characteristics of successful academic communities #QIconference24

@KinashInAus reminds us quality assurance is personal and professional, and how important it is to have the right tools to tackle dissonance - i.e. when your value-based quality expectations (for students, staff & learning) do not match those of your institution #qiconference24

Universal Higher Education's Professor Shelley Kinash asks whether we have to choose between supporting the development of students as learners or earners #QIconference24

"These challenges raise pretty fundamental questions about what higher education is for and how we engage students" - Professor Gregor Kennedy, DVC @UniMelb #QIconference24

It's Day 2 of @QAAtweets #QIconference24 and very excited to hear from Prof Gregor Kennedy @UniMelb, who starts by reflecting on what higher education is for, how we engage students, and asks if we need to change our educational approach.

Professor Gregor Kennedy, DVC at @UniMelb considers debates around the role of higher education, and questions around accessibility, diversity, relevance and demand, as well as funding, costs, pricing and sustainability at #QIconference24

Welcome to day two of #QIconference 24! Dr @AilsaCrum introduces our international keynotes.

Being introduced to “conscious abandonment” or the ability to unlearn what is no longer true or relevant by @Rebecca_GradC was one of my highlights of the panel today. Something that’s going to be super important for grads of tomorrow (and today!)

"How do we use processes to make sure we're learning from the activities that are happening... to improve the student experience?" - Graham Garforth from @OpenUniversity at #QIconference24

"QA needs to be valuing the critical thinking alongside the paperwork" - Jon Renyard from @inspiredAUB #QIconference24

Some fascinating findings of a QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project on innovation in quality assurance are shared by Emma Lewis from @nmite_ac at #QIconference24