Speaking, Facilitation and Writing
I have extensive experience of designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops, giving presentations and keynote addresses at national and international conferences, and writing high quality, accessible and analytical outputs for a range of audiences.
Example Events
Defining the Characteristics of Short Cycle (Levels 4 and 5) Qualifications and Preparing for Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ) Approval
Invited presenter
QAA Quality Connect Conference, 9th July April 2026
Priorities for developing HTQs - regulation, licensing, and quality assurance
Invited panel member
Westminster Higher Education Forum: Next steps for Higher Technical Qualifications in England, 22nd April 2026
The best way to predict the future is to invent it: building HE 5.0 together
Invited keynote
ENQUIRE Event. QAA Member Benefits Series, 11 April 2024
The Future of Higher Technical Education
Invited panel member
UUK Degree Apprenticeships and Higher Technical Education Conference, 1 February 2023
Global Panel: Purpose and quality - effective advocacy for advising
Invited panel member
UKAT Annual Conference, 6 April 2022
Qualitative Data: does it pass the trustworthiness test?
Invited keynote
UK&I Higher Education Institutional Research Network, 4 March 2022
Example Written Outputs
Reports and Consultancy Artifacts
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New QAA Characteristics Statements. Produced for the QAA - in progress.
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HTQ Readiness Toolkit. Produced on behalf of the Gatsby Foundation in partnership with the QAA.
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Cleaver, E. (2025) The Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQ) approval process in England: a review. Research report for the Gatsby Foundation.
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Evidencing Value: Beyond the Metrics. Members’ toolkit for identifying and evidencing of the value of institutional ‘intangible assets. Produced with Professor Fiona Smart for the UK Quality Assurance Agency
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Cleaver, E. (2022) Degree apprenticeships in England: current practices in design, delivery and quality management. Office for Students and Department for Education.
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Cleaver, E. (2022) Teaching and Learning Centres: Insights from the International Sector. A rapid review and briefing paper prepared for Hussein Technical University and the British Council, Jordan.
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Embedding Inclusivity in Subject Benchmark Statements: guidance for panel chairs and advisory panel training materials. Produced with Professor Mike McLinden for the UK Quality Assurance Agency.
Books
Blogs & Commentary
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Beyond apprenticeships: decoding and progressing technical education opportunities in England from Levels 2 to 5. UVAC@25 Concept Paper No. 5.
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The future of HTQs requires commitment and certainty from the government WonkHE Blog. May 2025
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‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it’ - Building HE 5.0 together QAA Blog. May 2024
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Stackable and moveable credentials HE Professional. Nov 2023
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Higher Technical Education in England: are we (technically) there yet? HE Professional. May 2023
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Academic governance in the ultra-intelligent university. Advance HE. May 2023
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How do we manage the quality of degree apprenticeships? WonkHE Blog. May 2022
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Academic governance and degree apprenticeships – getting it right. AdvanceHE Blog. Feb 2022
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Why ‘going beyond the metrics’ matters even more as we ‘build back better’. QAA Blog Oct 2021
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Learning from the remote pivot. QAA Blog. February 2021
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Let’s keep looking beyond the metrics? LinkedIn. February 2021
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Pedagogy has something to teach us. Times Higher Education. Dec 2020
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What value and whose values? HE should celebrate our intangible assets. WonkHE. March 2020
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry
Cleaver, E., Lintern, M., & McLinden, M. (2018)
2nd Ed. London: Sage.
