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Dr Tim Storer from the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance shares a novel and innovative approach to making the often dreaded PhD viva examination less intimidating for students.

Dr Sean Field and Dr Mette High describe the work of the new SFC-funded Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods (SRAEHL) towards making the changes needed for our future net zero society.

The Scottish Funding Council’s Interim Director of Access, Learning and Outcomes, Jacqui Brasted, introduces the new Outcomes Framework and Assurance Model. 

In the hands of the SFC-funded Brain Health ARC, the Bio-Hermes dataset offers the Scottish dementia research community a platform for new ideas, collaboration and early career development. Millie Mather explains more in our latest guest blog. During my working hours, I can be identified as the sole person in the room without a PhD in […]

The recent report on blended provision forms part of an SFC-supported enhancement project. In our guest blog, QAA Scotland’s Alison Eales explores its findings, the research behind them, and the project’s next steps. What did the research say? The key finding is that blended learning is now the norm across the Scottish tertiary sector. Even […]

On UN World Water Day 2024 our special guest blog comes from Scotland Hydro Nation Chair, Professor Andrew Tyler. Professor Tyler argues for a wider understanding of our collective responsibilities in sustainable water management and explains the disruptive nature of his role. Scotland’s identity is epitomised by plentiful water supporting wild, lush and productive lochs […]

In our guest blog for University Mental Health Day, Alex Weir writes about three support groups making a real difference to student wellbeing at UHI Perth.  In recent years, Student Services staff at UHI Perth and colleagues across the educational sector have noticed a rising number of students expressing feelings of loneliness and related well-being […]

Martin McGuire, Director for Scotland of WorldSkills UK explains how successful Scotland has been at WorldSkills National finals in 2023 but wants to build on that success. WorldSkills, a global movement of 86 countries including Germany, France, China, India and Brazil, provides a valuable mechanism for benchmarking the quality of skills. Through its competition-based assessment […]

Karen Gray, SFC’s lead for the new Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework, takes a personal look at the learner journey and at wide-ranging benefits inherent in the new framework. As I take up my new role as Assistant Director for Outcomes, Quality and the Learner Journey, we stand on the brink of launching Scotland’s Tertiary Quality […]