Our initial reflections on the findings from the first national Pre‑arrival Academic Questionnaire (PAQ) pilot led by Michelle Morgan @it-se.bsky.social, UEL in collaboration with Advance HE and JISC, and funded by the Office for Students. cc @profwgarnham.bsky.social and Prof Debbie Holley.

Higher Education Policy Institute@hepi-news.bsky.social · last mo.

New Post: WEEKEND READING: Stop inducting students into a system that doesn’t fit them www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/07/05/w...

A4 As an institution engage with @it-se.bsky.social Michelle Morgan's PAQ (pre-arrival questionnaire) which goes out to students before they start uni. An amazing amount of useful data to better understand the students digital experience at school. www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie... #LTHEchat

Good work well worth a read @it-se.bsky.social

Brad G. Knight@bradlyg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As the authors wrote in Part 1, "There can be a tension between authentic belonging & varied institutional definitions of belonging and fitting in." Part 2 shares questions to ask students when creating effective steps to enabling a sense of ‘belonging.’ www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/05/24/w...

The awesome @amymorrell.bsky.social (who I am privileged to supervise for a #PhD) is looking for new students joining #UKHE #HigherEducation #AcademicSky this year to take part in her online survey about student belonging. If you're teaching first year #undergraduates, please do share with them? 🙏

🎉£90 raised already!🎉 with huge thanks to @thecarekid.bsky.social, @it-se.bsky.social, Liam, and Jim Goddard 🙏 let's try to hit £100 this weekend 💪 gvwhl.com/WNPJ0

Dr Zoe Baker@drzoebaker.bsky.social · last yr.

I am running the Yorkshire Marathon in October to raise money for The Care Leavers Association @careleavers.bsky.social and Settle @wearesettle.org 🎉🏃‍♀️ If you are able to do so, please consider sponsoring me to support these amazing charities 🙏😊 www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

I’ll be giving away at the very end of #aheconference25 a hardback copy of 6th edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from brilliant friends inc @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social &more Discount Code below

Closing Day 1 #SEDAConf25 #SEDAconf with a high energy @profsallybrown.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social et al. workshop. Generous with sharing sector wise practice, including national pilot to launch @it-se.bsky.social Pre-arrival questionnaire wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

Cutting the cake at the book launch for the sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social at the #sedaconf25

And if you want to buy me the sixth edition that sparked this conversation, you can use this code, SAVE 20% USE CODE 25ESA1 at routledge.com Valid 1 January 2025 - 30 June 2025 The Lecturer's Toolkit A Proctical Guldo to Asgessment SOTH LOXTION SAVE NOW Routledge

I’m sure @it-se.bsky.social will have plenty to say about that. Have you heard about her national level pre university entry survey that she is piloting with Advance HE?

Nigel Francis@nigelfrancis.bsky.social · last yr.

A4 touched on in A3 but there has been a definite shift towards consumerism. We also see students struggling with the cost of living, having to work almost full time or multiple jobs to be able to survive. Many students choose not to come to in person sessions and engage in other ways #LTHEchat

You might like this @it-se.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @philrace.bsky.social See also my website at sally-brown.net

Sally Brown@profsallybrown.bsky.social · last yr.

Published today! Our latest( 6th!) edition of the Lecturers Toolkit ! Thanks to everyone involved who made it happen! Thanks to for our contributing academics who have been uploading pictures of themselves holding the advance copies! We couldn’t be more delighted! Use the code below to get 20% off

The national pre arrival questionnaire (PAQ) is a valuable initiative led by @it-se.bsky.social with @AdvanceHE.bsky.social ALL universities would benefit from taking part in. Expressions of interest form below 👇

Michelle Morgan ITSE -Improving the Student Experience@it-se.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are a uni interested in getting involved in the National PAQ pilot with @AdvanceHE and @Jisc complete the interest in participating form by the end of April 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

Do it do it do it do it do it

Michelle Morgan ITSE -Improving the Student Experience@it-se.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are a uni interested in getting involved in the National PAQ pilot with @AdvanceHE and @Jisc complete the interest in participating form by the end of April 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

The pre-arrival questionnaire provides a brilliant opportunity for universities to find out about the hopes fears&aspirations of their students before they arrive in College so that preparations can be made to welcome them, ensuring higher retention&achievement thanks to @it-se.bsky.social ‘s work

Michelle Morgan ITSE -Improving the Student Experience@it-se.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are a uni interested in getting involved in the National PAQ pilot with @AdvanceHE and @Jisc complete the interest in participating form by the end of April 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

If you are a uni interested in getting involved in the National PAQ pilot with @AdvanceHE and @Jisc complete the interest in participating form by the end of April 👇 wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

The power of pre-arrival student questionnaires

Michelle Morgan and Jonathan Neves introduce a sector-wide pilot of a tool to find out more about students and their expectations before they arrive at university

wonkhe.com

Thanks it took a massive amount of updating to take account of changes in the last 5 years! Thanks so much for all the help from @it-se.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social and others. We’re presenting some of our thinking at the SEDA conference in May!

Santanu Vasant PFHEA@santanuvasant.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to you and Phil, hope you are both keeping well, I remember reading parts of the 4th Edition some years back, lots of practical advice.

The power of pre-arrival student questionnaires: I'm excited to see this potentially game-changing initiative get going in earnest. We need to understand students better as they start not on the way out. Congratulations to @it-se.bsky.social and Jonathan Neves. wonkhe.com/blogs/the-po...

The power of pre-arrival student questionnaires

Michelle Morgan and Jonathan Neves introduce a sector-wide pilot of a tool to find out more about students and their expectations before they arrive at university

wonkhe.com

Please repost - Grit Unleashed! Join us for a deep dive in a day co-designed and co-delivered by student participants themselves alongside Grit and Nottingham Trent University on June 5th from 11am to 3pm. @davidgilani.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social

At last!the sixth edition!

We will be there!

@suebecks@suebecks.bsky.social · last yr.

Bookings open for the Spring SEDA Conference www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...

@it-se.bsky.social Has some really important and useful publications in the area of transition including transition between levels

Amanda Seys@amandaseys.bsky.social · last yr.

A5. Deliberate transition planning into each new level of university learning. I see so many second year students who are so anxious when the mystical‘critical analysis’ starts being discussed and this seems to continue to cause anxiety up to postgrad level #LTHEchat

Thank you Sheila lots has changed in HE since the last edition 5 years ago and this new edition reflects this. It was a lot of work and we were helped by good friends including @it-se.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @kaysambell.bsky.social @markglynn.bsky.social and others

Sheila MacNeill@sheilmcn.bsky.social · last yr.

look out for this - an essential resource for anyone involved in teaching in HE

Where does time fly! Published 12 years ago with 40 good practice case studies and chapter experts from across the world using student experience transitions model.

#Becomingeducational #ARTmooc Module 4: Dreaming, Imagining, and Envisioning becomingeducational.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/b... #creativeHE - documenting art for wellbeing - sharing the resources - interjecting some reflections

#Becomingeducational #ARTmooc Module 4: Dreaming, Imagining, and Envisioning

#Healing #artmooc 2025 Post #4 PASTED IN: “Welcome to Module 4: Dreaming, Imagining, and Envisioning Dreaming We all dream, but each of us has a different relationship to dreams that can shift over…

becomingeducational.wordpress.com

A must have 👇

Sally Brown@profsallybrown.bsky.social · last yr.

@philrace.bsky.social and I are Very pleased to be told today on World Book day that our Lecturers Toolit will be published on 16th April. We will have discount flyers soon

Not to be missed! #LTHEchat

LTHEchat@lthechat.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore podcasting as assessment, with Jonatan Berhane @jonatanberhane.bsky.social and Nicole Blythe @njblythe18.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/03/02/l...

@bevgibbs.bsky.social, Director of Dyson Inst, and EPC CEO @johnnyrich.com on innovations in Engineering pedagogy that might be helpful to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social's current review of the curriculum and assessment. Via @hepi-news.bsky.social www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/18/a...

Ask not what you can do for engineering… - HEPI

The UK’s school curriculum neglects engineering, missing an opportunity to develop creativity, practical skills, and inclusive, real-world learning.

hepi.ac.uk

@it-se.bsky.social makes an irrefutable case that LLE should extend to postgrads, but as govts have found, launching even a basic LLE is difficult. Perhaps we need to start planning phase 2 of LLE (including extending to L7) while phase 1 is still in development? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/05/e...

Excluding Level 7 modules from the LLE is a huge, missed opportunity - HEPI

The exclusion of postgraduate study from the Lifelong Learning Entitlement risks missing opportunities to address advanced skills gaps in the UK.

hepi.ac.uk

Just dropped: @advancehe.bsky.social's #employability case study compendium. advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie... Had a quick glance – very useful. Looking forward to delving deeper.

Is it #school reluctance or refusal? How to tell the difference and help your child - Australian data and research, but definitely relevant to UK (and wider?). theconversation.com/is-it-school...

Is it school reluctance or refusal? How to tell the difference and help your child

If your child is spending lots of time in sick bay or has extreme difficulty getting ready for school, they could be signs of school refusal.

theconversation.com