University assessment and quality assurance

Insight on strategies to improve university assessment for students and educators. Here, academics offer guidance on assessment design, covering formative, summative and diagnostic approaches, authentic assessment and how to give useful feedback. You will also find advice on exam preparation, ungrading, managing GenAI, preventing cheating and upholding academic integrity.

By kiera.obrien, 26 May, 2025

How to support students with dyslexia in your teaching

A finger follows text in a book written in question marks
Students dealing with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties may struggle in the classroom more than their peers. With their number increasing, here’s how to give them the space they need to learn
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By Eliza.Compton, 29 April, 2025

When GenAI resets the assessment baseline

Using AI for university assessment
Generative AI is forcing university educators to raise their own bar on creativity, assessment and expectations. Here’s how one teacher reassessed their assignment
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By Eliza.Compton, 12 April, 2025

Should we kill the essay?

Should we kill the essay?
Long-form writing seems to have become a battleground for the showdown between AI and academic integrity. With technology exposing the essay’s flaws, Luke Zaphir offers ways to reinforce this storied assessment task
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 11 April, 2025

Reshaping assessment to outsmart AI

Chameleon illustrating change
Adapting common assessment types can not only deter the overuse of AI – and avoid administration overload – but support student learning in a more authentic and engaging manner
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4minutes
University assessment and quality assurance