Really looking forward to this course, facilitated by the wonderful Liz Austen (Booth) and me. Follow the link here via QAA to join us for a bit of online wholesome evaluation fun 🤓

When Kamala took the stage at the DNC convention. Ladies, find men that support you like this.

my SU-keeno radar goes so hard

Michelle Obama saying she's been at every powerful table you could think of and quickly realizing "they're not that smart." I think about how many women feel that exact same way while in male-dominated rooms/fields.

actively sobbing

I think we manifested the political version of Ted Lasso. I'm not kidding.

In case anyone still cares, here's a short thread on how an online rumor takes off: Amid rumors that Taylor Swift or Beyonce would perform at the DNC, this blue check account with 600,000 followers tweeted at 12:28 PM CT that a "big surprise" was on the way. The tweet took off.

on mary poppins 60th anniversary, i think we would be remiss if we didn’t recognize the other icon of the film

£100,000 for a three bed house in London

Really a huge relief that spending money on books doesn’t count as spending money. I got super lucky with that one

Mike's blog is v good and chimes with much of QAA's work on LLE but perhaps more importantly I HAVE to know what search term was used by the Higher Education Policy Institute team to source this cover photo for it

We offer HE providers in England the opportunity to have a cyclical quality enhancement review by QAA, providing independent assurances to stakeholders about the standard of a provider’s academic awards and quality of learning experience. Find out more 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=qHwHrt…

You’ve outdone yourselves. A huge thanks for packing up your tents and cleaning up your campsite rubbish. Check out this photo of our campsite field from Wed, a little later than usual, but taken after the very last volunteer had packed up. Truly beautiful work! #LeaveNoTrace

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer will collect a new Siberian kitten to live with his family in No 10 today The kitten will join Larry the Cat [@mattchorley]

a whole two years ago I joined QAA and what a wild and lovely ride its been🥰

One day I might do a short blog on the similarities of working in public affairs/comms in the air quality and education quality sectors for any niche audiences that traverse the two camps because there are a weird amount of similarities

Really brilliant to hear from Peter Kyle about the Government’s vision for HE from the perspective of Science, Innovation & Technology at Universities UK Annual Conference, hosted at Uni of Reading 👏

Nominations for Chair of the Education Committee are open until 4pm on Monday 9 September. Track the candidates here 👇 committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/…

Today the Mail has an investigation into "Barely literate students with no GCSEs being accepted onto university courses and given thousands of pounds in taxpayer cash they will never pay back" dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

🇧🇷 We have published the latest in our series of Country Reports, which focuses on the contexts and conditions of higher education in Brazil. QAA International Insights Members can access the Country Report here: qaa.ac.uk/news-events/ne…