Independent higher education consultant for online learning. Fellow at the Centre for Online and Distance Education, University of London.https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mvmkvzsv7623"if, as we are repeatedly told, UK higher education is high-quality and our universities are some of the best in the world, why are some acting like they’re trying to shift as many flat-screen TVs as they can on Black Friday?" https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/online-degrees-pricing-and-the-pursuit-of-scale16 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmkvzsv7623https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mv5i5gqhjs2x"for OPMs to continue to be valuable partners long into the future, they need to offer more than a standard set of capabilities that universities have historically lacked. Or, to put it another way, some new thinking and creativity is required." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/why-are-more-university-opm-partnerships-ending-early10 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5i5gqhjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mv2xnt24lq2h"One of the problematic elements of discounting or pricing things too low is that it can, over time, become an expensive mistake. Too often, it is driven by desperation rather than strategy, or by a fetishisation of “scale”." buff.ly/ibYya5p https://buff.ly/ibYya5p09 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2xnt24lq2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mumpobbc3s2hNice to be quoted alongside others on the takeover of Lincoln Bishop University by GUS. For what it's worth, I predict we’ll see a very different institution develop over time, driven by an orthodoxy, that seems to have permeated UK HE at the moment.... https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/lincoln-bishop-private-takeover-sign-unhealthy-system03 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumpobbc3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mtq7qs3kf327"There is a subtle but very important difference between a strategy that only seeks to reach new audiences through a lifelong learning offer and one focused on deepening relationships with existing & past students and serving them over their lifetimes." buff.ly/uHSjyd4 https://buff.ly/uHSjyd423 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq7qs3kf327https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mtjdjlhz422pThis is a significant turn of events, especially given Turnitin’s dominance in UK higher education and the lack of alternatives, which in my opinion has been fundamentally unhealthy for the sector. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/southampton-dumps-turnitin-over-use-students-work-train-ai20 Aug 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjdjlhz422phttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mtioedofj72i"One of the biggest question marks people place over the LLE is demand. But it is impossible to prove demand in advance for something that does not currently exist in any meaningful or widespread way." buff.ly/44L01p6 https://buff.ly/44L01p620 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtioedofj72ihttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mtg5uprw2r2s"if universities really want to signal that they are supporting people with career-focused study motivations, they could do a lot worse than seek to develop more flexible and accessible forms of study, such as online learning" https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/2026-q2-review-online-learning-developments-in-uk-higher-education19 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg5uprw2r2shttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3msx34cdfai2v"There are fundamental differences between the audience most universities are set up to serve and an online student audience. As a result, operations that are geared towards on-campus undergraduates - are often not well aligned to a different audience." buff.ly/xQrqH5f https://buff.ly/xQrqH5f13 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx34cdfai2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3msukmqkwsk2c"Only a small number of partnerships have lasted over five years, and more have ended before that milestone. Given that these partnerships are typically entered into as long-term relationships, this is a pattern that is worth examining in more detail." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/why-are-more-university-opm-partnerships-ending-early12 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msukmqkwsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mss26cpone2b"This approach would potentially put a greater emphasis on the learning process and create conditions for educators to think about what would be good for students to do, experience and be exposed to...and courses could be imbued with more of a metacognitive ethos." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/three-unconventional-responses-to-the-ai-assessment-challenge-in-higher-education11 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss26cpone2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3msfhtgmo2d22"The idea of a split undergraduate degree, with clearly defined, fully online modules requiring no campus attendance and others that do, may also face challenges when it comes into contact with the sector’s current understanding of “blended learning”." https://buff.ly/Jt23nYJ06 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfhtgmo2d22https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mscxduvzv72m"A £1,500 online microcredential, a live online evening-based course and reasonably priced microcourses, highlight the sheer variety of products within the short course landscape and the range of approaches being taken by universities." https://buff.ly/CQvxky705 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscxduvzv72mhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3msagv6l5tu2b"The current doctrine of being robust in course identification and selection is through being “data-driven”. But the related issue is when this approach becomes orthodoxy and is cross-fertilised, everyone begins to do the same thing." https://buff.ly/UhsIlmo04 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msagv6l5tu2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mrtulgamo42b"While trying to ensure that degrees support students’ future career aspirations is clearly an important aim, I worry that UK HE is at risk of employability theatre, developing initiatives that are either impractical or sound good but deliver little." https://buff.ly/68vjTUg30 Jul 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtulgamo42bhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mrre452fpa2m"Twhere there is choice, there is competition, and competition is only growing in online education. The necessity of having a smart strategy that enables universities to build sustainable cohorts of online students is becoming ever more important " https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/are-marketing-orthodoxies-limiting-online-student-recruitment29 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrre452fpa2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mrotmhm3cp25"Lifelong learning presents an opportunity for loyalisation, not simply diversification, and notably the former involves engaging with those you already know, including existing students, alumni and other stakeholders who have engaged with the university before." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/is-the-sector-developing-a-blindspot-in-its-lifelong-learning-strategies28 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrotmhm3cp25https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mrcbcsm6tv2y"In the past few years, the same things come up, such as the need to move to viva-style or in-person assessment, or authentic assessment..so far higher education has few genuine answers to the challenges that generative AI has presented." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/three-unconventional-responses-to-the-ai-assessment-challenge-in-higher-education23 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcbcsm6tv2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mr7qsxkyz32y"There are advantages to committing to online provision as a long-term business-as-usual strategy, and there is evidence that points to this amongst universities that have done that." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/why-are-more-university-opm-partnerships-ending-early22 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7qsxkyz32yhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mr5adm24v42w"One cannot help but feel that some of the online course platforms that sprang up in the mid-2010s really need significant attention, reinvigoration and reimagining." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/2026-q2-review-online-learning-developments-in-uk-higher-education21 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5adm24v42whttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mqqo3bzn4b2o"we have to properly understand the limitations of data, and how our human biases and nature can lead us to think too much of it, and to norm it as a singular robust method because it’s numerical and comes with some nice charts." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/is-data-narrowing-how-universities-think-about-course-portfolios16 Jul 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqo3bzn4b2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mqo5lpgjpe2k"When challenges arrive, sometimes it is helpful to generate more radical solutions that are less fettered by day-to-day realities, on a journey towards coming up with plausible, realistic and desirable solutions and options." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/three-unconventional-responses-to-the-ai-assessment-challenge-in-higher-education15 Jul 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqo5lpgjpe2khttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mqln3brpce2c"This quarter has seen continued growth in online course portfolios across a number of institutions.While new online degrees continue to be launched, there is also interesting and varied activity in the online short-course market." buff.ly/EYvutKt #onlinelearning https://buff.ly/EYvutKt14 Jul 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqln3brpce2chttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mq7uocppyf2h"My sense so far is that higher education has few genuine answers to the challenges that generative AI has presented. But if this challenge is going to be properly taken on, then I think it will require some creative experimentation" https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/three-unconventional-responses-to-the-ai-assessment-challenge-in-higher-education09 Jul 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7uocppyf2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mp3ub2jgjf22"we should be making more noise about the role that online education is playing in career advancement and development rather than having endless vapid debates about the efficacy of modalities." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/what-does-the-voice-of-the-online-learner-uk-report-mean-for-online-education25 Jun 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3ub2jgjf22https://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mozduam75w2z"there is a delicate balance between actions that increase the likelihood of remaining perpetually smaller and poorer, and those that enable you to grow income and pursue opportunities." https://buff.ly/1pnxDMG24 Jun 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozduam75w2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/neilmosley.bsky.social/post/3mowtcs7z7z2s"some may need to break away from the idea that there is essentially one main way to do online course marketing and recruitment. There are other strategies, other approaches and other ideas of merit." https://www.neilmosley.com/blog/are-marketing-orthodoxies-limiting-online-student-recruitment23 Jun 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:dixu5kt5yn3wcdpmgfu2i77e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowtcs7z7z2s