Will Woods
@willwoods
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I’m Principal and CEO of the Open College of the Arts. I have four kids and not much spare time! My tweets express my own personal perspective.
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A personal reflection on my journey with @opencollegearts and the decisions leading to our future collaboration with @OpenUniversity - may be of interest to @OCAstudents @OCAwriters @BAPhotoOCA
technocrapy.wordpress.com
Royal Festival Hall – OCA Graduation Life has been very busy and challenging – In 2017 I joined the Open College of the Arts as Principal and Chief Executive Officer. It’s been a …
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For the first time in decades, we are introducing a new artform: Digital Arts. 💻🎨 Find out why we have made this decision and what it means for you 👇 https://t.co/oONas5rmBZ
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‘Digital Arts’ joins Collections and Cultural Property, Combined Arts, Dance, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts as Arts Council England’s tenth supported artform.
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A little poem I did for Dickie Bird; I read it on @BBCYorkshire this afternoon. I wanted it to be loving and sentimental, like Dickie was.
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My take on today’s £86,000,000,000 announcement on research and development spending:
New Post: Bouquets or brickbats? How to interpret today’s announcement of £86 billion spending for research and development (R&D) to 2029/30 https://t.co/uF3wVjj76a
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Another one of the many @opencollegearts student stories. This one from Illustration degree student Jade Chaplin - really like her book cover illustration -
ocasa.org.uk
Hello! I'm Jade. I'm 29, from Chesterfield, and I work full time as an Educational Content Lead. I am on the OCA Illustration degree.
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Sunday Times investigation w/@LyonsIzzy The Student Loan Company has uncovered what it suspects to be a major fraud scandal Thousands of students are suspected of fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions of pounds in loans 1/6 https://t.co/sAaiWNDCZC
thetimes.com
Applicants are suspected of scamming taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds for courses they don’t intend to take
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A good article from Jim Dickinson on the conundrum facing the government with HE funding. The government's in a pickle over fees and funding https://t.co/rpw1V1K2rp via @wonkhe
wonkhe.com
Debates over higher education funding tend to focus on fees and maintenance - but what’s going on beneath the surface? Jim Dickinson goes down the watering hole Debates over higher education funding...
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NEW on Wonkhe: Working in the higher education sector has become more precarious than ever. David Kernohan tracks the changes through the data https://t.co/JddMjA66OV
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New Blog Post: Lessons from BETT: AI’s Role in Education Cost Management
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Entrance to the BETT Global event at London Excel Centre I went to the BETT conference this year and was invited to be ‘starter’ for a table talk session on “How does your institu…
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Attending BETT teaching and learning talk and Wow ..presenter of AI in edu mentioning learning styles. In 2025!! 🙄
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NEWS: @lisanandy announces a £60 million funding boost to support our booming creative industries, speaking at @glasshouseicm in Gateshead today Find out more: https://t.co/ZIVjDVlfTg
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England needs a new national coordinating body for university access, separate from the sector regulator, to tackle “worrying stagnation” in widening participation, a report says https://t.co/etWf7gsWvF
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A very sad (and entirely avoidable) tale…
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Best of 2024: Are degree apprenticeships opening up access, or entrenching privilege? Charlynne Pullen has been looking for answers
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Are degree apprenticeships opening up access, or entrenching privilege? Charlynne Pullen has been looking for answers
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At least 16 US institutions announced plans to shut in 2024, with closures expected to increase significantly in the years ahead. @byJoshMoody of @insidehighered summarises the state of the higher education landscape https://t.co/nX1VPcqZFD
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Useful aid memoir…
12 Sentences Emotionally Intelligent people use under pressure
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@willwoods @opencollegearts @OpenUniversity @OCAstudents @OCAwriters @BAPhotoOCA Really interesting reading; especially as I'm an ex student of both the OU and OCA. Really pleased too that Dorothy was able to collect her award.
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I'll be speaking at this free @HEPI_news/@cdbuni event on 16/1/25, arguing the case for grad employer contributions #FairerFunding Honoured to appear with @nickhillman @timleunig @rstephenson123 @StevenJones_MCR @XXFactorFacts et al. cdbuchair@gmail.com to attend in person/online
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We are recruiting to a couple of very special roles supporting quality and assessment - Quality Support Administrator - The Open College of the Arts @opencollegearts
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Phillipson has no desire to oversee uni bankruptcies, so the floating of ideas shouldn't come as a surprise (despite her earlier unwillingness to claim she would ride to the rescue). 1/5 https://t.co/Fbtb9LgSER
inews.co.uk
Policies on the table also include bringing back maintenance grants for students from low-income households
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