Will Woods

A personal reflection on my journey with @opencollegearts and the decisions leading to our future collaboration with @OpenUniversity - may be of interest to @OCAstudents @OCAwriters @BAPhotoOCA technocrapy.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/tak…

We’re supporting Barnsley to become the UK’s first government-backed Tech Town. Supporting AI adoption and improving services for the local community. Free AI and digital training Business AI adoption help Faster healthcare services Saving teachers time with admin support

For the first time in decades, we are introducing a new artform: Digital Arts. 💻🎨 Find out why we have made this decision and what it means for you 👇 buff.ly/PvRLLcO

A little poem I did for Dickie Bird; I read it on ⁦@BBCYorkshire⁩ this afternoon. I wanted it to be loving and sentimental, like Dickie was.

My take on today’s £86,000,000,000 announcement on research and development spending:

Another one of the many @opencollegearts student stories. This one from Illustration degree student Jade Chaplin - really like her book cover illustration - ocasa.org.uk/post/student-s…

Sunday Times investigation w/@LyonsIzzy The Student Loan Company has uncovered what it suspects to be a major fraud scandal Thousands of students are suspected of fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions of pounds in loans 1/6 thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

A good article from Jim Dickinson on the conundrum facing the government with HE funding. The government's in a pickle over fees and funding wonkhe.com/blogs/the-gove… via @wonkhe

NEW on Wonkhe: Working in the higher education sector has become more precarious than ever. David Kernohan tracks the changes through the data bit.ly/40tazQs

New Blog Post: Lessons from BETT: AI’s Role in Education Cost Management technocrapy.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/les…

@fergmoane Sorry to have missed you Fergal. It would be great to meet up. BETT was interesting but very heavily AI focussed this year.

@willwoods Searched you out today at BETT - think we might have missed each other by a few hours (clearly I can’t release myself from my own school until the afternoon!) All the best!

Attending BETT teaching and learning talk and Wow ..presenter of AI in edu mentioning learning styles. In 2025!! 🙄

NEWS: @lisanandy announces a £60 million funding boost to support our booming creative industries, speaking at @glasshouseicm in Gateshead today Find out more: gov.uk/government/new…

England needs a new national coordinating body for university access, separate from the sector regulator, to tackle “worrying stagnation” in widening participation, a report says ow.ly/IvQi50UFvZn

A very sad (and entirely avoidable) tale…

NEW on Wonkhe: Exit, pursued by a bear bit.ly/3DHasJt

Best of 2024: Are degree apprenticeships opening up access, or entrenching privilege? Charlynne Pullen has been looking for answers wonkhe.com/blogs/whether-…

At least 16 US institutions announced plans to shut in 2024, with closures expected to increase significantly in the years ahead. @byJoshMoody of @insidehighered summarises the state of the higher education landscape timeshighereducation.com/news/more-us-c…

Useful aid memoir…

@willwoods @opencollegearts @OpenUniversity @OCAstudents @OCAwriters @BAPhotoOCA Really interesting reading; especially as I'm an ex student of both the OU and OCA. Really pleased too that Dorothy was able to collect her award.

I'll be speaking at this free @HEPI_news/@cdbuni event on 16/1/25, arguing the case for grad employer contributions #FairerFunding Honoured to appear with @nickhillman @timleunig @rstephenson123 @StevenJones_MCR @XXFactorFacts et al. cdbuchair@gmail.com to attend in person/online