QAA Membership Podcast
Episodes
How Subject Benchmark Statements are changing: Architecture & History of Art
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a special podcast released to mark the publication of this year's suite of revised Subject Benchmark Statements, QAA's Quality & Stan...
Sustaining Higher Education in Challenging Times
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can sustainability stay central in higher education amid financial pressures?In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Rehema White (University of St...
Professor Phillip Dawson: Assessment Design for a time of AI
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Qualit...
Vicki Stott in conversation with Paul Greatrix
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Reg...
Terms of engagement
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest podcast focuses on the challenges and opportunities raised by approaches to student engagement.Hosted by QAA's Dr Matt Denton, this ep...
Academic integrity and generative artificial intelligence
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest QAA podcast marks the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity (IDOA). This global event takes place online on 16 October and wil...
Evaluation 101
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chaired by our regular host Dr Kerr Castle, QAA's latest podcast explores the effective evaluation of higher education practices and initiatives,...
What we've learnt from TEF 2023
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The value of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Awarding gaps
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our regular host Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of awarding gaps and what we can do to close them. Kerr is joined by Kevin Br...
Competence-based education
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle introduces a discussion of how the core concepts of competence-based education compare with those of more traditional ...
Enhancing the impact of work-based learners on global issues
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode we explore ways to enhance the impact of projects carried out by work-based learners – and specifically some of the challenge...
Embedding employability
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest podcast explores the challenges we face in embedding employability in our curricula, and the kinds of strategies and support that can benef...
The rewards of collaborative observation
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode, teaching staff and students from Loughborough University and Birmingham City University (BCU) come together to discuss the opp...
Exploring multimodality in higher education
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the QAA Membership Podcast, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist) explores multimodality in higher e...
Towards neuro-inclusivity
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist, QAA) sits down with Liss Chard-Hall (Specialist Study Skills Tutor...
An exploration of phenomenon-based learning
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Stafford...
Understanding the factors that impact student engagement
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Dr George Hulene, Associate Dean of Faculty of Bu...
Speaking my language – understanding and supporting the experiences of disabled students
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (Quality Enhancement and Standards Specialist at QAA) sits down with Sean Cullen, lecturer at Brunel Univers...
Adventure and exploration in playful co-curricular learning
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The value of HE engaging with industry
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Kerr Castle (QAA’s Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) sits down with Dr Non Vaughan Williams and Emily Way from Swa...
Improving support for postgraduate researchers (PGRs)
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s instalment, Dr Kerr Castle (QAA’s Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) chats with Mercy Mwansa (University of Leeds) an...
"Making the business of assessment clear to all"
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amrita Narang (Quality Enhancement & Standards Specialist) chats with Dr Paul Campbell (University of Leicester), Bethany Sumner ...
Academic integrity
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Si Bullock (Quality & Standards Specialist) sits down with Professor Michael Draper from Swansea University to discuss academic i...
Unpacking the hidden curriculum of higher education
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about unpacking the ‘unspoken rules’ or ‘hidden curriculum’ in Higher Education with Pam Birtill and Richard Harris f...
Subject Benchmark Statements: Policing
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we talk to Ian Pepper - Curriculum Qualifications and Apprenticeship Senior Adviser and Head of Centre at Harperley Hall, College of ...
Students' views and experiences of pass/fail assessment
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we explore the institutional context for pass/fail assessment in undergraduate and postgraduate courses with colleagues from Leeds Ar...
Making the language of assessment inclusive [Part 2]
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part podcast, we talk about the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Making the language of assessment inclusive'. The project...
Enterprise and embedded employability in higher education
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we consider the student experience of enterprise and embedded employability in higher education with Helen Hughes from University of ...
Enterprise, entrepreneurship and student ambition
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss enterprise, entrepreneurship and student ambition with Rob Ingram from Falmouth University and Ruth Donnelly from Universi...
Making the language of assessment inclusive [Part 1]
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part podcast, we talk about the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Making the language of assessment inclusive'. The project...
Supporting transitions into College-based higher education
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss student transitions into college-based higher education, with Leon Annett from Cardiff & Vale College and Jane Nickiss...