The Student Voice Weekly

By Dr Stuart Grey

The Student Voice Weekly is a short podcast for UK higher education leaders who want to turn student feedback, policy and research into practical action.

Each week, Dr Stuart Grey, founder of Student... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

The Student Voice Weekly episodes:

March 26, 2026Make quality assurance visible, or students will assume it is not working
This week, Dr Stuart Grey discusses quality assurance visibility: why students often assume nothing changes when the feedback system is hard to see.
The episode covers QAA research on student representation, accreditation visibility, survey benchmarking and the governance work needed to make student voice credible.
In This Episode
Why having feedback channels is not the same as having a healthy student voice system.
What QAA research across 78 institutions suggests about student representation practice.
Why accreditation and quality assurance work needs to be visible to students.
How benchmarking and triangulation can stop teams overreading sector averages.
What Glasgow's Student Voice Framework signals about connected governance.
Why "about average" is not always the same as "no action needed."
Student Voice Practice
Stuart reflects on conversations with institutions preparing for NSS season and the recurring gap between collecting feedback and knowing whether the system behind it is working.
Research Spotlight
Students see accreditation work better when quality assurance is visible
Student survey data works better when universities benchmark and triangulate it
Sector Watch
QAA research on student representation practices across 78 UK institutions
University of Glasgow launches a Student Voice Framework
From the Archive
What are accounting students telling us about university life?
Do structured collaborations improve learning for history students?
Lancaster University partners with Student Voice AI
Practical Takeaway
Pick one feedback channel and map the route from student comment to owner, decision and communication back to students. If that route is unclear, the system may look performative even when work is happening.
Full episode page: https://www.studentvoice.ai/podcast/episodes/005-make-quality-assurance-visible-or-students-will-assume-it-is-not-working/
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March 20, 2026When scores all move together: halo effects, bias, and what to do with student feedback
This week, Dr Stuart Grey discusses what to do when student evaluation scores all move together. Halo effects and bias change what the data can tell you, but they do not make student feedback useless.
The episode covers correlated evaluation scores, gender stereotypes in teaching recognition, joined-up wellbeing survey practice and Glasgow's MyGrades rollout.
In This Episode
What halo effects mean in student evaluations.
Why correlated scores make fine-grained diagnosis risky.
How comments and operational data can make broad score signals more useful.
How gender stereotypes shape who gets recognised for teaching excellence.
Why King's wellbeing survey and Glasgow's MyGrades point towards more joined-up student feedback systems.
Why coding consistency matters when small teams analyse thousands of comments.
Student Voice Practice
The episode reflects on the challenge of keeping student comment analysis consistent when a small team is coding large volumes of feedback across cycles.
Research Spotlight
Halo effects in student evaluations: what correlated scores are actually telling you
Gender stereotypes shape who gets recognised for teaching excellence
Sector Watch
King's launches a wellbeing survey positioned alongside NSS and PTES
Glasgow rolls out MyGrades university-wide after acting on student feedback
From the Archive
Are adult nursing students' workloads manageable?
Oral examination as an online assessment tool
Can online psychology match the on-campus experience?
Practical Takeaway
Treat small differences between evaluation items with caution. Use comments to check whether a low score reflects one specific issue, a broader experience problem or a general halo effect.
Full episode page: https://www.studentvoice.ai/podcast/episodes/004-when-scores-all-move-together-halo-effects-bias-and-what-to-do-with-student-feedback/
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8min
March 13, 2026Confusion, workload, and the real drivers of misconduct
This week, Dr Stuart Grey discusses academic misconduct, workload and feedback timing: why integrity cases often point upstream to unclear assessment design, deadline pressure and uneven support.
The episode connects a study of 3,070 misconduct reflections with evidence on feedback speed, the latest TEF data dashboard and OfS condition E10 on subcontracting.
In This Episode
Why misconduct, feedback complaints and regulation dashboards should not be treated as separate stories.
What student reflections after misconduct cases reveal about confusion, workload and confidence.
Why faster feedback policies do not automatically produce better NSS outcomes.
What teams should look for in the latest TEF dashboard.
Why OfS condition E10 makes student voice evidence important in subcontracted provision.
How comment analysis can separate punitive explanations from design problems.
Student Voice Practice
March assessment season brings misconduct, feedback and workload into the same student experience. Stuart explains why these signals need to be read together.
Research Spotlight
What 3,070 misconduct reflections reveal about academic integrity policy
Faster feedback policies do not guarantee better NSS results
Sector Watch
OfS publishes latest TEF data dashboard
OfS condition E10 tightens subcontracting requirements
From the Archive
Scheduling Challenges for Education Students
Challenges of Collaborative Learning and Its Assessment
Definitions of Fairness in Machine Learning, Explained Through Examples
Practical Takeaway
Review one recent set of misconduct or assessment comments and mark where students describe confusion, workload pressure, unclear collaboration rules or low confidence. Those categories point to different interventions.
Full episode page: https://www.studentvoice.ai/podcast/episodes/003-confusion-workload-and-the-real-drivers-of-misconduct/
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8min
March 05, 2026Response rates are not a shortening problem
This week, Dr Stuart Grey discusses why low response rates are not mainly a questionnaire-length problem. The real issue is whether students believe the feedback process is credible, useful and worth their time.
The episode covers research on teaching evaluation participation, postgraduate feedback, OfS student pulse results and QAA assessment literacy guidance.
In This Episode
Why shortening a survey is rarely enough to change student participation.
What an experiment with 1,061 undergraduates suggests about incentives and impact messaging.
How postgraduate feedback changes when students see themselves more like customers.
What OfS pulse survey findings say about current student experience pressure points.
How QAA assessment literacy guidance links expectations, assessment and feedback.
How to think about response rates as a value-exchange problem.
Student Voice Practice
March is when module evaluations, NSS messaging and committee evidence needs collide. The episode looks at what happens when feedback collection meets operational reality.
Research Spotlight
What gets students to fill in teaching evaluations? Evidence on incentives and messaging
From student to customer: what changes in postgraduate feedback
Sector Watch
OfS student pulse survey results, what universities should do now
QAA assessment literacy toolkit, aligning expectations to improve student feedback on assessment
From the Archive
Student voices in evaluation - motivations and perceptions
The important role of student voice in curriculum design
Impacts of peer tutoring on academic performance
Practical Takeaway
Before shortening another questionnaire, test whether students can see what changed last time they gave feedback. If they cannot, the issue may be credibility rather than survey length.
Full episode page: https://www.studentvoice.ai/podcast/episodes/002-response-rates-are-not-a-shortening-problem/
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8min
February 25, 2026Resilience is not a wellbeing service, it is a teaching design outcome
This week, Dr Stuart Grey discusses resilience, teaching design and trust in student voice evidence: why clear goals, active learning and neutral survey practice matter more than another wellbeing signpost.
The episode connects research on student resilience with OfS NSS promotion guidance, corrected TEF dashboard calculations, and the practical question of how universities read student comments about clarity, difficulty and support.
In This Episode
Why resilience is shaped by course design, not just wellbeing services.
How active learning and clear goals can reduce avoidable ambiguity for students.
What students mean when they talk about teaching excellence.
Why NSS promotion needs careful, neutral handling.
What institutions should check after OfS corrected TEF dashboard calculations.
A simple way to separate comments about clarity, difficulty and support.
Student Voice Practice
Stuart reflects from the HESPA conference on how university planning, administration and student voice evidence meet in practice.
Research Spotlight
Active learning and clear goals are linked to stronger student resilience
What Students Really Mean by Teaching Excellence
Sector Watch
OfS updates NSS promotion guidance, avoiding inappropriate influence in 2026
OfS corrects TEF data dashboard calculations, what institutions should check in student experience evidence
From the Archive
What is Student Voice? What is Student Voice AI?
Are accounting students overloaded and under-supported?
Do biology students want different assessment methods?
Practical Takeaway
Try a two-question clarity check on one course or module: do students know what good work looks like, and do they know where to go when expectations feel unclear? Then act on one concrete finding.
Full episode page: https://www.studentvoice.ai/podcast/episodes/001-resilience-is-not-a-wellbeing-service-it-is-a-teaching-design-outcome/
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FAQs about The Student Voice Weekly:

How many episodes does The Student Voice Weekly have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.