Fran McKay

Academic Quality Manager @TrentUni | @OxfordDeptofEd alumna | 🔋 infrequent (often event) tweeter.

Into Professional Services as regulatory policy actors.

[Dr Sarah Broadberry 🐾 @DrSBroadberry]

A change of scene for the day. A stunning setting and perfect weather for a productive Academic and Professional Practice team away day. Thank you @wcarey and @mckay_fran for your valuable input. Exciting times ahead! @AttenboroughNR

[Danielle M Hinton, SFHEA 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇹🇿 @hintondm]

Interested in #quality, #ThirdSpaceProfessionals, #Policy #HigherEducation?

'Structured agency', normalising power, and third space workers: higher education professional services staff as regulatory policy actors

https://t.co/rtpezgaf5V

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

@hintondm Thanks for sharing Danielle. I'm presenting some of the developments of this work at a conference (soon to be announced) in March.

[Sandra Sinfield @Danceswithcloud]

#LoveLD - love #thirdspacesymposium - hopeful piece by #FranMcKay on the possibility of humane and dialogic relationships between Quality and academics - rather than more policy - better policy - more audits! Yes please!

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

Well done @The_AUA, an amazing step for truly recognising the messy wonderful world of HE professionals #AHEP

[SP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦 @sarahwelshy]

Let's have 'project funerals' - shelve and retire those projects that have served their purpose, that didn't lead to anything, that have hit dead ends and are just sucking time and resource #aua23

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

Professional services learning to self-advocate is so important. You hold a unique set of skills that the sector requires.

[Dr Maisha Islam @MaishaIslam_28]

An interesting approach to looking at #inclusive curriculums from @TrentUni - a phenomenological approach to find out what students through about such a complex concept! Extra kudos to @Erick_MoratG for saying ‘phenomenology’ more times than any human should! @RAISEnetwork

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

Ella Popper's comment on plural third spaceS is significant. Even just differentiating the experience and contribution(s) of central versus school-based Professional Services would produce a whole host of unique findings #AUA23 @The_AUA

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

@c_verney @The_AUA 109 Charlotte :)

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

I couldn't be more thrilled to attend a whole session on the HE PS research landscape, thank you @The_AUA for bringing these disparate projects together. #aua23

[Dr Danny Kingsley (she/her) @dannykay68]

AGREED - many people working in scholarly communication occupy this third space https://t.co/c7XsM1utPb ‘Structured agency’, normalising power, and third space workers: higher education professional services staff as regulatory policy actors

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

A lovely little review from AUS! https://t.co/X2eTgiQ3QN

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

"As the Office for Students (OfS) continues to normalise its power in institutions, these insights have important implications for labour force management, in turn allowing for the meaningful enactment of central policy within universities"

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

My postgraduate research findings are now available open access here: https://t.co/owlh285Pyh

#professionalservices #OfS #educationpolicy

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

My postgraduate research findings are now available open access here: https://t.co/owlh285Pyh

#professionalservices #OfS #educationpolicy

[QAALive @QAALive]

📢 We are kicking off our Quality Insights Conference this morning. Over the next two days we will be providing live updates here and you can follow along with #QIconference23

[Dr Sylvie Lomer @SE_Lomer]

@Azdastyari This is the wrong question. You can never fit work into the week because our work is infinite and constantly expanding. So you prioritise ruthlessly and then you just stop. No emails, no reading, nothing. Mostly nothing terrible happens as a result

[qsntweets @qsntweets1]

The maestro James at work

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

I'm at the #TEFReset22 today, would be great to catch colleagues for a coffee between sessions. Equally happy to discuss my work on the role of professional services in this policy space.

[Fran McKay @mckay_fran]

@EireannAttridge @helenarambles If this is wolfson, oxford then I'm happy to talk / answer any Qs helena!