QAA Membership Podcast

How can sustainability stay central in higher education amid financial pressures?

In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Rehema White (University of St Andrews) and Charlotte Bonner (EAUC CEO) challen…

In this podcast, we share Professor Phillip Dawson's keynote address on Assessment Design for a time of AI, which he presented at our 2025 Quality Insights Conference last month. 

Phillip is co-direct…

In the latest edition of the QAA podcast, our Chief Executive Vicki Stott talks with Paul Greatrix – who last month retired from his position as Registrar at the University of Nottingham at the end o…

Our latest podcast focuses on the challenges and opportunities raised by approaches to student engagement.

Hosted by QAA's Dr Matt Denton, this episode considers how strategies for learner engagement …

Our latest QAA podcast marks the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity (IDOA). This global event takes place online on 16 October and will include a panel convened by QAA and chaired by …

Chaired by our regular host Dr Kerr Castle, QAA's latest podcast explores the effective evaluation of higher education practices and initiatives, and how to make approaches to evaluation meaningful a…

In QAA's latest podcast, our regular host Dr Kerr Castle chairs an expert panel for a lively discussion reflecting on what we've learnt from TEF 2023. 

Kerr is joined by Professor Claire Pike (Pro Vic…

This latest QAA podcast marks the publication of the new edition of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education.

Our guests are Dr Helen Driscoll, interim PVC for learning & Teaching at the University of…

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of how the core concepts of competence-based education compare with those of more traditional educational models and how the purposes of assess…

In this latest episode we explore ways to enhance the impact of projects carried out by work-based learners – and specifically some of the challenges which part-time students face in combining their …

Our latest podcast explores the challenges we face in embedding employability in our curricula, and the kinds of strategies and support that can benefit both educators and their students. 

To address …

In this latest episode, teaching staff and students from Loughborough University and Birmingham City University (BCU) come together to discuss the opportunities for enhancing the student learning exp…

In this latest episode of the QAA Membership Podcast, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist) explores multimodality in higher education with the team behind the QAA-funded Coll…

In this instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist, QAA) sits down with Liss Chard-Hall (Specialist Study Skills Tutor) and Dr Graeme Pedlingham (Deputy Pro Vice Chancello…

In this latest podcast episode, QAA’s Dr Kerr Castle talks with Dr Kate Cuthbert and Sue Lee, who both work in Staffordshire University’s Staffordshire Centre of Learning and Pedagogic Practice. 

Toge…

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Dr George Hulene, Associate Dean of Faculty of Business and Law at Coventry University; Professor …

In this latest instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Sean Cullen, lecturer at Brunel University and Student Voice Commissioner for the Disabl…

In this latest episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist with QAA) sits down with Dr John Lean and Dr Catherine Elkin from Manchester Metropolitan University to discuss ad…

In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (QAA’s Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) sits down with Dr Non Vaughan Williams and Emily Way from Swansea University, as well as Rachel Evans, to discuss th…