The Lifelong Learning Entitlement: What Does It Mean for Higher Education?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is due to launch in late 2025. But what does it mean for the higher education sector?
The Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education
AI is transforming higher education but not without risk. We explore the major ethical considerations all providers should be taking into account.
The Top 3 AI Tools for Professional Services in Higher Education
AI is transforming higher education. This article explores the tools that professional service teams can adopt to help them take advantage of the benefits and improve efficiency.
Virtual Career Fairs: A Tool for Engaging Students in Employability Online
As digital presence becomes increasingly important for employability services in the HE sector, we explore how to set up your virtual career fair for best impact.
Harnessing the Power of Video Marketing for Higher Education Institutions
Video marketing can be an impactful tool for enhancing student recruitment and marketing campaigns in higher education. This article explores what video marketing can bring to your recruitment strategy, including practical tips and examples from across the UK sector.
3 Solutions to Increase Student Engagement with Careers and Employability Services
As research indicates a drop in engagement with university careers services, we explore solutions for employability professionals looking to enhance their service impact.
The New Quality Code: 6 Key Takeaways from QAA
Tom Yates (Director of Corporate Affairs, QAA) explores 6 of the central themes that run through the new Quality Code published on 27 June 2024.
A Guide to Using Area-Based Measures to Improve Equality of Opportunity
Area-based measures of disadvantage have been a staple of widening participation agendas in higher education for some time now. But what exactly are these measures and how can they be used to improve equality of opportunity in the UK?
Supporting Parents Through Their Studies: Insights from the University of Chester and QAA
Chester's Andrea Todd and QAA's Susi Peacock share tips on enhancing the learning experience of students who are parents.
Embedding Wellbeing into the Curriculum: Introducing the Compendium of Good Practice
Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris introduces Advance HE’s Compendium of Good Practice for embedding wellbeing into the curriculum.
Through the Lens of Business School Careers Services: Pathways to Progression in Professional Services
This article explores how universities could provide fertile ground for professional services staff to progress into ‘third zone’ or 'pracademic' roles.
Student Loneliness: Let’s Talk About It
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport who run the Better Health - Every Mind Matters Loneliness campaign is working with HE Professional to help provide the higher education sector with information to help support students who are disproportionately affected by loneliness.
10 Ways to Combat Student Loneliness: A Guide for Higher Education Professionals
Student loneliness is a major challenge across the higher education sector. This comprehensive guide outlines 10 action areas for professional services seeking to support efforts to tackle loneliness.
How Will Professional Services be Affected by the LLE?
As providers prepare for the introduction of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement, we consider how service delivery might be impacted.
What to Expect: Trends in Higher Education Marketing and Student Recruitment
We explore some of the most important trends dominating the student recruitment landscape across the UK’s higher education sector.
Live Projects: A Valuable Addition to a Student’s Work Experience Portfolio
Live projects enable employers to engage meaningfully with large numbers of students, help universities to deliver their employer engagement aims at scale, and give educators more control over what students are learning while engaging with industry.
Storytelling for Gen Z: How to Tailor Your HE Marketing Campaigns for a New Generation
In this article, we explore how universities can tailor storytelling techniques in their marketing campaigns to appeal to Gen Z’s sensibilities, needs and characteristics.
Making Student Representation Matter: Building Trust between Students and the Institution at the University of St Andrews
This article explores the Rector's role at St Andrews in enhancing student representation and rebuilding trust within the university community.
How Higher Education Marketing Professionals Can Use Data to Drive Student Recruitment Campaigns in the UK
We explore how higher education marketing professionals can use data to drive their student recruitment campaigns in the UK, highlighting a number of examples of innovation in this area across the sector.
Top 5 Challenges Facing Professional Service Leaders in UK Higher Education Today
This blog explores the specific challenges facing professional service leaders in the UK higher education sector and potential solutions.