Rachel Maxwell shares insight from University of Keele’s use of engagement analytics to improve student retention in the foundation year

Janice Kay, Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter and to Kortext, discusses the importance of using digital platforms and engagement data to enhance educational gain and student outcomes.

Personal tutoring is an aspect of academic practice. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell asked academics how they view it.

Leaders from six institutions working to transform their academic support provision reflect on what they are trying to achieve.

It is tricky to infer direct causation from academic support to student success, but it can be done. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell called in the experts.

Universities can use data insights from end-to-end digital platforms to drive student learning engagement and improve academic outcomes.

Compassionate student communication that ensures engagement is personal and unique to each student could enhance the university experience.

Student success means ensuring every student is given the opportunity to become the best student – and individual – they can be. Here, Dr David Grey and Dr Rachel Maxwell discuss why a personal tutoring system without students at its heart is not fit for purpose.

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Simon Rimmington, Director of the Foundation Year at Keele University. His piece is a case study of how a data-driven approach can support student success.

Technology supporting learning and teaching should stand or fall by whether it can contribute to keeping students consistently engaged in learning, says Janice Kay.

A year ago, generative AI like ChatGPT was barely on our radar. Today, the technology has moved into the mainstream. Universities are now trying to deal with the developments in terms of how it will impact workflows, job roles and education itself.