Podcasts

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An opportunity to hear from digital leaders reflecting on the future of digital leadership in this podcast recorded live at Digifest 2025.

We’re joined by Philippa Armstrong to hear stories of how technology is transforming teaching and learning in this podcast recorded live at Digifest 2025.

Andrew McFadyen and Dom Walker of Jisc discuss the digital experience insights (DEI) surveys and the planned national rollout for the DEI FE survey this April.

Mark Andrews and Jonathan Hofgartner examine how technology is transforming teaching and learning.

Phil Hanna, Stefanie Savage-Campbell and Dr Aidan Deery from Queen's University Belfast discuss AI, digital transformation and the evolving role of education.

Michael Webb, director of AI at Jisc, leads a panel of experts to explore the use of artificial intelligence within cybersecurity live at Security Conference 2024.

Rob Wraith from NCG talks about his upcoming Digifest session on using digital solutions to enhance employability skills among students.

Phil Whitehead from DN Colleges Group joins us to chat about immersive rooms, embracing AI, and sharing connections.

We launched the updated learning analytics platform at Data Matters 2025. James Hodgkin talked to Joe Allan about the new features and future plans.

Tim Fellows, James Canton and Nicola Buckley discuss bridging the gap between research and policy for a better-informed future.

Exploring how we can bridge digital inequity for international and transnational students, with insights from experts across Nigeria, Pakistan, and the UK.

Exploring how our managed SD-WAN service can help you meet the challenges of blended learning.

Beth Snowden from Craven College joins us to discuss embedding digital, sharing best practice with the FE community, and learning to fly a drone.

James Hodgkin and Jim Keane discuss what the future holds for learning analytics in education.

Chris Thomson hears from Miriam Firth about designing optionality into assessment in Higher Education.

Kellie Mote and guests discuss the opportunities and obstacles for making digital tools and AI more accessible in higher education.

Exploring the challenges of sharing research openly, especially for early career researchers, and the evolving nature of research culture in academia.

Hear from our members at Networkshop 2024 to learn how they approach challenges, industry trends and prepare for the future.

Elizabeth Newall welcomes guests from the University of Manchester to discuss how they support digital transformation in Manchester’s flexible learning programme.

Liz Bal leads a discussion on the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF), exploring its evolution, current practices, and future directions.

We’re joined by James Kieft, teaching and learning development manager at Activate Learning, to discuss bringing people together through digital technologies, developing skills and having the courage to try something different.

We chat with Alex Goffe, director of campus technology services at the University of Manchester, about their 2030 network vision and recently established IT operations centre (ITOC).

In this episode, we dive into the transformative world of open access monographs with Anna Hughes, Dr Joe Deville and Lucy Barnes.

Simon Birkett talks to Lucy Everest, global chief operating officer, and Fraser Muir, global director of information services, from Heriot-Watt University about their global approach to digital transformation to enable continuous evolution and improvement.

Host Sarah Knight is joined by Professor Paul Bartholomew, vice chancellor at Ulster University, to discuss Ulster’s strategy: people, place and partnership, and Paul’s close relationship with Jisc over the last 20 years.

Join Professor Tim Drysdale from the University of Edinburgh, Jisc Association of Learning Technology awards ALT award winner for digital transformation in 2023, as he explores the groundbreaking Remote Laboratories project in our latest episode.

Elaine Hartin and Andy Jaffrey from Ulster University join us to discuss their agile approach to strategic planning and the integration of digital technologies at the Belfast campus.

In this tech takes episode, we’re diving into the session border controller service.

Exploring the findings from the University of Bristol's research culture report, Dr Pen-Yuan Hsing’s work on research culture, and identifying markers for change.

Fumiko Pescott and Savneet Bains from Activate Learning join us to discuss their award-winning approach to digital technology in further education.

Kerry Heathcote, vice principal of curriculum and quality at College of West Anglia, joins us for our fourth further education and skills podcast to chat about their digital elevation strategy and the learner experience.

Recorded live at Digifest 2024, host Tom Moule chats to David Pike, Alina Bajgrowicz and Scott Hayden about AI and empathy.

Elizabeth Newall and guests delve into the digital experiences of international students in UK higher education.

Anna Vernon hosts an exploration of the recently launched review of transitional agreements with community experts Chris Banks and Professor Stephen Curry.

Heidi Fraser-Krauss, Jisc’s CEO, chats to Fiona Steel from Leeds Beckett University about using virtual reality and gameplay pedagogical approaches to address the gender disparity in STEM education.

Host Simon Birkett is joined by Helen Cocks from the University of Exeter to discuss how their agile culture is paying off for digital transformation.

Emily Wild hosts a discussion on research culture and assessment with Alex Freeman, creator of Octopus, and Simon Hettrick, chair of the Hidden REF.

In the third of our further education and skills focused podcasts, we’re joined by Stevie Emmanuel and Yusuf Ibrahim from Cardiff and Vale College.

In this episode, Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, Vincenzo Rinaldi and Heather Doran from the University of Dundee discuss the exciting project surrounding virtual reality being carried out at the Leverhulme Research Centre.

We've reached the final episode of our 'Is AI for me?' miniseries, in which Ruth Ahnert joins guest host Peter Findlay to discuss the relationship between humans and machines.

In our second further education and skills focused podcast, Sheena Murphy-Collett from Petroc College joins us to discuss digital growth, from seed to flower.

In the penultimate episode of our "Is AI for me?" miniseries, guest host Peter Findlay is joined by Huw Jones to discuss the age of artificial intelligence.

Our ‘Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities’ miniseries returns with part four with guest Leif Isaksen and guest host, Peter Findlay.

Elizabeth Newall welcomes Helen Beetham and Sheila MacNeill to discuss rethinking learning and curriculum design in higher education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adapt to new challenges.

Elizabeth Newall and guests from the University of Northampton discuss their innovative approach to rethinking learning and curriculum design in higher education.

Tim Fellows is joined by Dr Alex Freeman, founder of Octopus.ac, to discuss the platform and its future developments. Together, they explore how Octopus could align with researcher incentives and positively impact research culture.

Sarah Knight and guests explore the importance of consistency, quality feedback, and supporting student well-being at University College London (UCL).

In this episode, Simon Birkett, senior consultant for digital transformation at Jisc is joined by Dr Jodie Wetherall, associate director - Office of the CIO at the University of Greenwich to discuss the university's digital strategy and its impact.

Lis Parcell is joined by Matt Turner and Gabi Witthaus from the Higher Education Futures institute (HEFi), University of Birmingham to talk about a hybrid teaching project involving two universities.

In part three of our miniseries exploring artificial intelligence in the context of the humanities, Paola Marchionni is joined by Professor Jane Winters to discuss the often complex and messy data historians increasingly deal with when working with digital collections.

In this episode, Sarah Knight, head of learning and teaching transformation in higher education at Jisc is joined by Mike Phillips, the executive dean at the School of Health Science and Wellbeing at Staffordshire University where he discusses how the use of immersive learning and simulation learning is transforming the student experience in health care.

In this episode, we are joined by Professor Raheel Nawaz from Staffordshire University, where we learn about the exciting and innovative work he's leading on in the digital transformation space.

Paola Marchionni brings the second instalment of, ‘Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities’ mini-series.

We’re joined by Matthew Cranfield, head of IT at Croydon College, to discuss their journey through Cyber Essentials certification.

In the first of our further education and skills focused podcasts, we chat to Phil Peatling, head of digital learning at Boston College.

Paola Marchionni discusses the critical issues around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in humanities scholarship with Melissa Terras from the University of Edinburgh.