Tag: online learning

Rethinking Online Student Acquisition: From Buying Demand to Building It

Mid-century-style illustration contrasting two approaches to online student recruitment: a crowded, costly world of ads, clicks, leads and conversion on one side, and a university-led approach built around research, partnerships, community, authentic learning and lasting impact on the other.
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What if the problem with the rising cost of online student acquisition isn’t simply that acquisition has become more expensive, but that universities and OPMs keep acquiring students in much the same way? A recent exchange with Neil Mosley got me thinking about the orthodoxy that has developed around online student recruitment. Why is student … Continue reading Rethinking Online Student Acquisition: From Buying Demand to Building It

What the Revised TEF Means for Fully Online Degree Courses

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The Office for Students has announced significant changes to the Teaching Excellence Framework, and while most of the commentary has focused on headline ratings and recruitment caps, providers of fully online degree programmes face a specific set of challenges that deserve closer attention. Here's what the revised TEF means for the online sector — and … Continue reading What the Revised TEF Means for Fully Online Degree Courses

Looking Beyond the Data: Reflections on the 2025 Voice of the Online Learner Report (UK Edition)

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Risepoint's 2025 Voice of the Online Learner: UK Edition arrives at an important moment for the sector. For more than a decade, the US edition of this report has provided valuable longitudinal insight into the motivations and realities of online students, but this is the first time Risepoint has produced a dedicated UK version. It … Continue reading Looking Beyond the Data: Reflections on the 2025 Voice of the Online Learner Report (UK Edition)

Google’s AI and the Future of Learning: From Content Delivery to Curiosity

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When Google published a major update on AI and Education in May 2024, it signalled a significant step in how one of the world’s largest technology companies imagined learning in an AI-enabled world. Google showcased the potential of large language models to tutor, summarise, assess and personalise content at scale. Yet, it drew fair criticism … Continue reading Google’s AI and the Future of Learning: From Content Delivery to Curiosity

Why the UK’s Skills Vision Needs a Digital Spine

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The Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper (DfE, 2025) sets out an ambitious plan to align education with the needs of a changing economy. It promises flexibility, lifelong learning, and regional empowerment — a vision many in the sector have long championed. Yet, beneath the rhetoric of transformation lies a familiar omission: the digital … Continue reading Why the UK’s Skills Vision Needs a Digital Spine

Canvas–OpenAI Alliance: Is the LMS Model now on Borrowed Time?

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The recent announcement of a global partnership between Instructure (makers of Canvas LMS) and OpenAI is more than just a high-profile edtech collaboration—it may well mark a turning point in the evolution of digital learning ecosystems. Framed as an ambitious step toward embedding agentic, generative AI experiences within the VLE, the deal has the potential … Continue reading Canvas–OpenAI Alliance: Is the LMS Model now on Borrowed Time?