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WONKHE Mapping the potential of AI in the age of competence based higher education

Mike Ewen thinks through what students need to learn to be able to do with artificial intelligence – and how it could help students develop across the range of higher education competencies. To read the Blog click here


WONKHE What did we lose when we turned polytechnics into universities?

Thirty years on from the abolition of the “binary divide”, did polytechnics become universities, or did universities become polytechnics? Andy Grayson reflects on what has been won and lost. To read the Blog click here


WONKHE What is the Teaching Excellence Framework’s theory of change?

Is the TEF about recognising excellence, informing student choice, or raising the profile of teaching? Debbie McVitty explores its role in learning and teaching. To read the article click here

WONKHE Accelerating the sector’s journey to net zero

Higher and further education providers urgently need to get better at measuring and reporting their carbon footprint. EAUC interim chief executive Fiona Goodwin introduces a new standardised carbon emissions framework.

Finally, we have a way forward for robust and transparent carbon reporting in higher education. A new Standardised Carbon Emissions Framework (SCEF) for universities and colleges has been launched by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), enabling institutions to measure, report and manage their carbon emissions. To read the article click here