University assessment and quality assurance

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, 12 June, 2025

What happens when AI writes the appeal

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As students increasingly use generative AI to craft assessment appeals, university staff face new challenges in maintaining the integrity of academic feedback. Here’s how we can adapt to preserve meaningful learning relationships in the face of optimisation
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 6 June, 2025

Build better doctors with programmatic assessment

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Programmatic assessment offers a better way to train doctors, making them more resilient and giving them the tools to manage their own professional development. Gozie Offiah explains how it works
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 26 May, 2025

How to support students with dyslexia in your teaching

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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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4minutes
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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4minutes
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
University assessment and quality assurance