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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

Strategy and Policy in Higher Ed. Executive Officer (Education) @QMUL. Trustee @bright_tweets and @greenwichsu. Views all mine, retweets not necessarily Camberwell, London Joined March 2013
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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

6 months ago

How should the @officestudents shift from assurance to enhancement in quality? What can we learn from colleagues in Norway about continuous enhancement? Read more in my new @Hepi blog with @SMarshallYork on the future of teaching excellence across higher education. @QMUL

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Higher Education Policy Institute @HEPI_news

6 months ago

How should the @officestudents shift from assurance to enhancement in quality? What can we learn from colleagues in Norway about continuous enhancement? Read more in my new @Hepi blog with @SMarshallYork on the future of teaching excellence across higher education. @QMUL

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

8 months ago

Some changes to the Bill are welcome, but having the Office for Students continue to set up a complaints scheme where there is limited evidence, and when ultimately it should be laser focused on the sustainability of the sector muddies the regulatory waters and focus further.

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Ben Bloch @realBenBloch

8 months ago

Some changes to the Bill are welcome, but having the Office for Students continue to set up a complaints scheme where there is limited evidence, and when ultimately it should be laser focused on the sustainability of the sector muddies the regulatory waters and focus further.

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Jamie Murphy @Microbedoc2

9 months ago

Getting on the property ladder as someone single and without parental backing is a nightmare, particularly in London. Does anyone have experience with 5% deposit mortgages? Appreciate the rates higher, but I'm currently dumping £1.8k on rent per month.

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Josh Freeman @joshfreemanUK

10 months ago

Fantastic to be back at @QMUL to hear the exceptional Simon Marginson delivering the annual Drapers Lecture. "The most important compromise a university makes is a spatial one... it is one hand local and national, and on the other universal and global."

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

In a session on governance in HE, @SeamusGillen makes the salient point that governance models sometimes in higher education date to 19th century and there needs to be a radical shift for the 21st century as the model is in crisis to be able to respond @Wonkhe festival

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

David Behan interim chair @officestudents says that students need to co create solutions with OfS rather than being only consulted. Agree completely. For some practical recommendations @MarthaLongdon and I put together this @GuildHE briefing last year mcusercontent.com/b736b238f281ea…

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

Sally Mapstone President of @UniversitiesUK outlining the importance of higher education institutions as anchored in their community and building local capacity @Wonkhe festival of HE

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

Looking forward to the sessions and seeing colleagues old and new @Wonkhe festival of higher education today

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

Agree with this - there is both a lack of transparency about the subsidising of research by fees and, crucially, too much income spent still on vanity projects and chasing metrics rather than core transformative teaching and research

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Steven Jones @StevenJones_MCR

10 months ago

Agree with this - there is both a lack of transparency about the subsidising of research by fees and, crucially, too much income spent still on vanity projects and chasing metrics rather than core transformative teaching and research

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Torsten Bell @TorstenBell

10 months ago

A far greater proportion of private than state school pupils get extra time in exams… which is even odder when you consider the wider context this is happening within: we know special educational needs are more prevalent in poorer areas ft.com/content/5f96ea…

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

10 months ago

Great article on the importance of educators shaping student identities actively with them, rather than enabling a mentality of passive consumerism, which can lead to worse student outcomes

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Jim Dickinson @jim_dickinson

10 months ago

Great article on the importance of educators shaping student identities actively with them, rather than enabling a mentality of passive consumerism, which can lead to worse student outcomes

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Chris Parr @ChrisJParr

10 months ago

"Courses & departments are closing up and down the country. Dozens of institutions have implemented redundancy schemes. There's only so much fat that can be trimmed." Budget will make universities’ funding crisis worse says @millionplusCEO Rachel Hewitt: researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

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Refuge @RefugeCharity

11 months ago

You might have seen this notification in the past couple of days 👇 This change to the block function has highly concerning implications for survivors of online abuse. And for those concerned about updates, the advice X has given is for users to make their accounts private.

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

11 months ago

The issue for a long time with OfS isn’t the role it needs to perform, but the way it has chosen to do it. Incidents like this show how long trust will take to rebuild with the higher education sector

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John Morgan @johncmorgan3

11 months ago

The issue for a long time with OfS isn’t the role it needs to perform, but the way it has chosen to do it. Incidents like this show how long trust will take to rebuild with the higher education sector

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

11 months ago

I agree with this - the argument was made when fees trebled that the system would raise its quality and access, but there’s mixed evidence this has happened. We must do better at articulating and measuring impact in a credible way, particularly if fees rise again

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Jess @Jess_Lister

11 months ago

I agree with this - the argument was made when fees trebled that the system would raise its quality and access, but there’s mixed evidence this has happened. We must do better at articulating and measuring impact in a credible way, particularly if fees rise again

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Anne-Marie Canning @amcanning

11 months ago

Our collective letter in The Times today regarding reintroduction of maintenance grants. @IntoUniRachel @NickBent @JohnnySRich @JayneCETaylor @SteveHaines101 @AnnaSearle4 @SamHolmes_edu thetimes.com/comment/letter…

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Ben Hunt @bjaminhh

12 months ago

Utterly bizarre that there is a focus on students who achieved lower grades at A level then going on to have firsts as a negative thing - surely learning gain and, most importantly, social mobility and the transformation higher education brings, is a positive thing?

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Phil Baty @Phil_Baty

12 months ago

Utterly bizarre that there is a focus on students who achieved lower grades at A level then going on to have firsts as a negative thing - surely learning gain and, most importantly, social mobility and the transformation higher education brings, is a positive thing?

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Aaron Porter @AaronPorter

12 months ago

Positive morning facilitating a joint session with the senior team at Queen Mary @QMUL & @QMSU - thanks to Colin Bailey & Tahmid Khan, their respective teams for a productive discussion and plans for the academic year ahead. Ps - always good to see the Clement Attlee statue too!

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Nick Harrison @NickHarrison73

12 months ago

Uni rankings in the news today. But for a different view, here is our @suttontrust social mobility university ranking from a few years ago. Queen Mary top, Westminster second. Generally, Modern unis are very strong for driving mobility. @Rachel_Hewitt_ , relevant for our panel on…

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Nick Hillman @nickhillman

a year ago

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