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, 5 March, 2024

Master the art of effective feedback

A student in glasses works at a desk
Providing constructive feedback gives students a launch pad for development. Ibham Veza and Imran Qureshi offer their advice
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 23 February, 2024

Cut down your marking time by using whole-class feedback

A student receives an A-graded test
Whole-class feedback offers three advantages – it’s time saving, it encourages self-regulation and will help identify any weaknesses in the rubric. Paul Moss shows how it’s done
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 23 February, 2024

How to foster a civic mindset in the era of AI

Volunteers at a food bank
Create spaces that allow small groups of people to see themselves in a broader context, encourage them to dream of what possibilities and opportunities could exist and then help them to take action
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 19 December, 2023

All’s fair in large-class grading

Man teaching a university class
When courses have so many students that multiple tutors are required for marking, consistency with assessment grading is a key concern. Here, Temesgen Kifle offers ways to support tutors to give fair grades and feedback
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4minutes
University assessment and quality assurance