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Education: Reports, News & Social Media

  • Tip to save you time and start your research on the best track: check and follow links using your unit e-reading lists (select the 'Reading List' link in your unit on Brightspace). Or, check your course handbook for recommended resources and ask your course leader(s) for advice. Plus, regularly check your units in Brightspace where course leaders may post and upload extra resources.

BU's FLIE

FLIE logo

TED Talks and Toolkits

TED Talks:

Toolkits - examples in UK Higher Education Institutions and Associations:

UK Higher Education Strategies and Policies

UK Government Department for Education

DfE - UK Government


Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)


Research Excellence Framework (REF)

What is the REF?

REF2021


Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF)

What is the KEF?

[Logos and links are up to date in Feb 2022]

Organisations and Associations (valuable sources of reports and news)


​EDUCAUSE - a nonprofit association and the largest community of technology, academic, industry, and campus leaders advancing higher education through the use of IT.


European University Association (EUA)


Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA)


Office for Students (OfS)


Quality Assurance Agency(QAA)


Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)


Universities UK


UK Research and Innovation

[Logos and links are up to date in Feb 2022]

Newspapers (e.g. Times Higher Education THE)

Professor Debbie Holley's public inaugural lecture (31 Jan' 2018)