https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/teaching-case-studies/ Legacy combined archive for research briefings, sector watch, and teaching-practice posts. en-gb Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:02:52 +0000 https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-enhancement-funding-student-feedback-practice/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-enhancement-funding-student-feedback-practice/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 QAA enhancement funding supports student collaboration and quality projects. We explore how universities could use bids to test student feedback practice. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-partnership-uncertainty-trust/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-partnership-uncertainty-trust/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From the paper: The Same, But Different: Teacher and student experiences of partnership. We examine uncertainty in partnership and propose questions for reviewing student feedback. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-caspian-vle-student-feedback-pilot/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-caspian-vle-student-feedback-pilot/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A QAA blog describes Caspian's VLE student feedback pilot, raising practical questions about how universities review digital learning with student input. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-ratings-achievement-modest-link/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-ratings-achievement-modest-link/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From the paper: A multilevel meta-analysis of student evaluations of teaching and academic achievement. A briefing on interpreting ratings alongside other evidence. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/uwe-community-listening-exercise-feedback-boundaries/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/uwe-community-listening-exercise-feedback-boundaries/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 UWE’s community listening exercise raises questions for universities about participation, confidentiality and how to report student feedback responsibly. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/edinburgh-students-housing-insecurity-disrupted-study/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/edinburgh-students-housing-insecurity-disrupted-study/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From the paper: Edinburgh’s Student Housing Crisis: The Impact of Insecure Housing on Student Wellbeing and Engagement. A briefing on students’ accounts and questions for local feedback analysis. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-quality-regulation-survey-wider-assessment-reform/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-quality-regulation-survey-wider-assessment-reform/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The OfS quality regulation survey asks English providers how regulation shapes academic quality decisions, creating a baseline for wider assessment reform. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-report-shows-how-student-engagement-costs-narrow-student-voice/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-report-shows-how-student-engagement-costs-narrow-student-voice/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A QAA committee report draws on 89 comments and member experience to identify participation costs and suggest more flexible engagement. It does not estimate national prevalence. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-review-student-feedback-evidence-tested/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-review-student-feedback-evidence-tested/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The OfS review of the European School of Economics shows how student feedback evidence is tested through module surveys, annual review, and visible action. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/students-report-severe-distress-during-academic-misconduct-investigations/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/students-report-severe-distress-during-academic-misconduct-investigations/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A study reports recalled distress among 22 students who had faced academic misconduct allegations. It supports scrutiny of the process, but does not establish diagnoses, national prevalence or causal effects. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-genai-student-feedback-analysis-safeguards/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-genai-student-feedback-analysis-safeguards/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sophie Leslie’s QAA practice note describes Swansea’s GenAI pilot and safeguards. It reports an early experience, with no dataset size or comparative accuracy evidence. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/doctoral-viva-feedback-fairness-support/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/doctoral-viva-feedback-fairness-support/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A University of South Australia evaluation combines 357 examination records with feedback from 70 respondents. Results differed after oral defence for 125 candidates, while positive accounts coexisted with concerns about chairing and administration. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/hertfordshire-registration-feedback-visible-action/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/hertfordshire-registration-feedback-visible-action/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 University of Hertfordshire's registration feedback shows how student comments led to clearer guidance, better enquiry tracking and visible service action. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ukri-pgr-career-development-report-student-feedback/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ukri-pgr-career-development-report-student-feedback/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A UKRI-funded study draws on PGR and stakeholder accounts to propose seven career-development recommendations, with a voluntary sample and no claim of national representativeness. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/academic-environment-satisfaction-predicts-student-motivation/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/academic-environment-satisfaction-predicts-student-motivation/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An exploratory survey of 591 students at one Hungarian university links motivation with satisfaction and student characteristics. These associations do not establish causal effects on motivation, retention or attainment. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/parent-carer-pgr-feedback-financial-pressure/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/parent-carer-pgr-feedback-financial-pressure/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Advance HE's parent-carer PGR feedback research shows how PRES averages can hide financial and support pressures, and where universities should act now. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-nss-2026-data-correction-benchmark-confidence/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-nss-2026-data-correction-benchmark-confidence/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The OfS corrected omitted-provider records and benchmark uncertainty measures on 27 August. The assurance that positivity is unchanged applies specifically to the precision fix. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-partnership-fails-when-hierarchy-shapes-the-work/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-partnership-fails-when-hierarchy-shapes-the-work/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An Australian ethnographic case examines a student–staff project that gathered useful feedback but retained hierarchical decision-making. The authors analyse institutional roles and employment pressures alongside participant behaviour. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/northampton-jisc-learning-analytics-student-support/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/northampton-jisc-learning-analytics-student-support/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jisc announced Northampton's planned September 2026 learning analytics rollout. The announcement describes intended support benefits, rather than measured outcomes. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-centred-culture-needs-student-voice-at-every-level/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-centred-culture-needs-student-voice-at-every-level/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A Swedish qualitative study develops the HOLUS and CO-SEEM models to connect student–educator relationships with programme, faculty and university conditions. The models are proposals for understanding practice, not tested interventions. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/engagement-scores-can-mask-student-change/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/engagement-scores-can-mask-student-change/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A review of three-wave data from 1,986 first-year students, distinguishing modelled differences between students from changes within individuals. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/jisc-survey-bot-protection-response-quality/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/jisc-survey-bot-protection-response-quality/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jisc survey bot protection can filter automated submissions, but universities should test access and monitor response patterns before using it more widely. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/university-wide-retention-work-needs-more-than-one-metric/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/university-wide-retention-work-needs-more-than-one-metric/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A source-limited review of de Freitas and colleagues’ evaluation of first-year interventions, connecting reported experience, progression and cost modelling. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/pre-arrival-student-feedback-strengths-continuation/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/pre-arrival-student-feedback-strengths-continuation/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sarah Yearsley’s Advance HE reflection proposes reading pre-arrival feedback for strengths as well as risks. Her account does not validate a continuation prediction tool. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/sussex-moves-assessment-feedback-to-canvas-after-students-report-confusion/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/sussex-moves-assessment-feedback-to-canvas-after-students-report-confusion/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sussex assessment feedback will move into Canvas in 2026/27 after students reported confusion across systems. Here is what universities should test next. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/block-delivery-higher-marks-lower-student-satisfaction/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/block-delivery-higher-marks-lower-student-satisfaction/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Victoria University data show different patterns in marks and satisfaction across postgraduate block formats. The comparison matched units, not individual students. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/soas-online-modules-student-feedback-before-launch/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/soas-online-modules-student-feedback-before-launch/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 SOAS reports that employed student testers changed menu design, assessment navigation and signposting before its planned September online intake. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-cartoon-project-student-feedback-teaching-materials/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-cartoon-project-student-feedback-teaching-materials/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Advance HE's cartoon project shows how surveys and qualitative student feedback can test teaching materials before UK universities use them more widely. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/hartpury-ptes-2026-results-subgroup-rankings-context/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/hartpury-ptes-2026-results-subgroup-rankings-context/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hartpury reports top-20-per-cent PTES positions in four areas. The published ranks identify comparison groups but cannot establish subgroup gaps or causes. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/academic-stress-is-the-strongest-university-related-distress-signal/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/academic-stress-is-the-strongest-university-related-distress-signal/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A source-limited review of Gilmore and colleagues’ Australian study, based on the research team’s public summary of 19,057 undergraduate responses. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/staffordshire-ptes-2026-results-deeper-analysis/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/staffordshire-ptes-2026-results-deeper-analysis/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Staffordshire reports 92.7 per cent PTES positivity and a rise to sixth place. Its announcement does not supply the response profile needed to explain the gain. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-new-subject-benchmark-statements-student-voice/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-new-subject-benchmark-statements-student-voice/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 QAA is creating three new Subject Benchmark Statements, giving universities a timely chance to bring student voice into course design, standards and review. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/first-year-learning-depends-on-academic-relationships/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/first-year-learning-depends-on-academic-relationships/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A qualitative study of 25 students at one Danish university explores lecturers, teaching assistants and peers. It examines perceived access to subject knowledge, not measured learning gains. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/degree-apprentice-student-voice-work-and-study/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/degree-apprentice-student-voice-work-and-study/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Lu Li’s Advance HE reflection reports weaker 2025 NSS results for degree apprentices in England and proposes feedback routes that account for working while studying. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/placement-wellbeing-depends-on-student-support-networks/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/placement-wellbeing-depends-on-student-support-networks/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A limited review of a qualitative study using four placement diagrams, with careful distinction between students’ own meanings and an analyst’s assumptions. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/london-met-nss-2026-overall-positivity-deeper-analysis/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/london-met-nss-2026-overall-positivity-deeper-analysis/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 London Met NSS 2026 results show stronger overall positivity, but institutions still need theme, cohort and comment analysis before deciding what to change. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/cost-quality-shape-student-attendance/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/cost-quality-shape-student-attendance/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A limited review of research with 40 student representatives at three post-92 institutions considers living costs, teaching and the reasons students give for attendance. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-national-teaching-fellow-student-partnership-evidence/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-national-teaching-fellow-student-partnership-evidence/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 National Teaching Fellow Syra Shakir argues for evaluating changed experiences and shared power. Her Advance HE reflection offers practice insights, rather than a causal study. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-international-student-voice-curriculum-support/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-international-student-voice-curriculum-support/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A QAA-funded four-university project offers staff a framework and audit tool for examining international student experience, with limits on what the workshops establish. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-evaluations-useful-when-comments-explain-scores/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-evaluations-useful-when-comments-explain-scores/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A study of 42 teachers combined repeated evaluations and 16 interviews. Teachers often found the process useful, while average scores showed little significant development. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-west-college-scotland-coordinated-student-feedback-system/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/qaa-west-college-scotland-coordinated-student-feedback-system/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 QAA's West College Scotland review calls for a coordinated student feedback system and systematic use of student voice evidence in formal quality processes. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/international-students-weigh-fees-rank-visas-work/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/international-students-weigh-fees-rank-visas-work/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A limited review using the authors’ KU Leuven discussion-paper version distinguishes 748 questionnaires from the 652 international students analysed and hypothetical choices from observed migration. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/worcester-nss-2026-subject-level-feedback-analysis/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/worcester-nss-2026-subject-level-feedback-analysis/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Worcester NSS 2026 results show strong subject-level feedback, and why universities should test course scores against comments and uncertainty before acting. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/neurodivergent-research-students-face-barriers-across-the-doctorate/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/neurodivergent-research-students-face-barriers-across-the-doctorate/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A review of 31 articles about neurodivergent research students, identifying eight themes across institutional culture, support, relationships and strengths. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-paq-technology-access-pre-arrival-student-feedback/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/advance-he-paq-technology-access-pre-arrival-student-feedback/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A PAQ pilot article reports differences in expected device use and mobile data allowances. Missing table denominators limit generalisation, and phone ownership does not establish effective access. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-commuter-student-research-journey-time-feedback/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ofs-commuter-student-research-journey-time-feedback/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An OfS-commissioned study links longer journeys with poorer reported experiences. Journey time distinguished groups within its sample; the findings are not national prevalence estimates. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/doctoral-supervision-autonomy-neglect/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/doctoral-supervision-autonomy-neglect/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A qualitative study of 27 Polish law doctoral candidates examines supervision, departmental belonging and bureaucracy around the 2018 reform. It does not evaluate the reform’s overall success. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ulaw-nss-2026-assessment-feedback-timing-in-focus/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/ulaw-nss-2026-assessment-feedback-timing-in-focus/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 ULaw NSS 2026 results put assessment and feedback above the England average, showing why timely comments, usefulness and visible action must be read together. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/edge-hill-nss-2026-student-feedback-internal-surveys/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/edge-hill-nss-2026-student-feedback-internal-surveys/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Edge Hill reports strong NSS results and describes internal Student Voice Surveys. Its announcement does not establish how those surveys contributed to the results. https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-narratives-reveal-learning-gains-grades-miss/ https://www.studentvoice.ai/blog/student-narratives-reveal-learning-gains-grades-miss/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An 83-student Dutch study develops a qualitative interview about perceived intellectual, performance and civic development. It does not isolate university-caused learning gains.