What the Data (Use and Access) Bill Means
🗓️ Vote due 19 June 2025 If you’ve been quietly ignoring the Data (Use and Access) Bill up to now, […]
What’s Yours to Carry: Making Sense of Control, Influence and Letting Go
One of the most useful tools I’ve picked up over the years, both in mentoring others and talking myself out
Why Every HE Professional Should Learn the Basics of Data Literacy
In today’s data-saturated higher education landscape, understanding data is no longer just the remit of analysts or registry teams. Whether
Why You’re Not Growing: You Keep Picking Low Hanging Fruit
You’re working hard. Tasks are getting ticked off, emails are answered, maybe even a few wins are landing on your
How to Make Sure Your Data Strategy Doesn’t Die on a SharePoint Shelf
Plenty of organisations invest time and energy into creating a shiny new data strategy, only for it to be quietly
Do You Really Need AI? Knowing When Simple Analysis Is Enough
AI is everywhere in higher education data circles these days. Predictive models, natural language processing, even generative tools are being
Stepping Down, Looking Back: My Time on the SROC Committee
Back in late 2018, not long after I started working at Futureworks, I found myself at an IHE event chatting
The Data Whisperers: Bringing HE Data Professionals Out of the Shadows
In higher education, there’s a group of professionals whose work impacts nearly every decision, every strategy, and every student outcome,
The Future in Focus: Emerging Trends in Data Visualisation for Education
In an increasingly data-driven education landscape, visualisation is no longer just about making numbers look pretty—it’s about making them meaningful.
Why Every Higher Education Provider Needs a Data Strategy
In today’s data-rich landscape, higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to make smarter, faster, and more evidence-based decisions. Whether