Evaluation 101

About this episode

This episode explores the effective evaluation of higher education practices and initiatives.

Chaired by our regular host Dr Kerr Castle, QAA's latest podcast explores the effective evaluation of higher education practices and initiatives, and how to make approaches to evaluation meaningful and manageable. Kerr's guests this month are Liz Austen, Professor of Higher Education Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University, and Stella Jones-Devitt, Professor of Critical Pedagogy at Staffordshire University. Between 7 November and 12 December, the Quality Assurance Agency will run a...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Kerr Castle

Guests: Liz Austen, Stella Jones-Devitt

Topics covered

• evaluation
• higher education
• pedagogy
• educational practices
• initiatives

Keywords

• evaluation
• higher education
• pedagogy
• educational initiatives
• QAA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sheffield Hallam University, Staffordshire University, Quality Assurance Agency

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