There's something potentially of real value in developing and using wellbeing analytics, but there are also some challenges that need careful consideration. If the first set is defining wellbeing, the second is ‘metrics’. In essence, what’s the meaning that we can ascribe to the masses of data that we’ve got? Most importantly, what’s the association …

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At the time of writing (Summer 2023), the UK higher education sector has implemented learning analytics fairly widely (albeit in fits and starts). We have been using ‘engagement’ or ‘student success’ analytics since the early 2010s. Truthfully, the technology has proven to be good at identifying students at risk of early departure, but finding ways …

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