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, 21 January, 2025

Three ways professional certifications can boost student outcomes

Students work together using a laptop and calculator
Professional certifications not only align students’ skills with real-world industry demands but can also lead to unexpected improvements in academic outcomes. Ekaterina Ipatova shares how her students responded to this innovative mode of assessment
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By Eliza.Compton, 13 January, 2025

Will AI revolutionise marking?

Robot giving a star rating
Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve speed, consistency and detail in feedback for educators grading students’ assignments, writes Rohim Mohammed. Here he lists the pros and cons based on his experience
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5minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 23 December, 2024

We use ChatGPT to give feedback on students’ abstracts

A teacher giving a student feedback
Teaching students whose first language is not English to write concise abstracts helps them develop their academic writing skills, but providing feedback on them can often be laborious. Here is how you can use ChatGPT to speed up the process
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4minutes
University assessment and quality assurance