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 Laura.Duckett, 11 July, 2024

Partner with industry for authentic learning and assessment

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Getting students workplace-ready is a challenge. By partnering with industry, lecturers can offer authentic learning experiences and assessments that equip students for future success in their chosen fields
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6minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 2 July, 2024

What block learning taught me about meeting diverse student needs

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In block learning, where time is condensed, students are at a greater risk of falling behind. Here, Kevin Merry explains how formative assessment can drive targeted instruction and enable students to accelerate their learning
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4minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 1 July, 2024

Giving students options when it comes to assessment

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By identifying the types of feasible options in assessment and discussing them with your students, you will naturally build their confidence in their assessment, writes Miriam Firth
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 25 June, 2024

RIP assessment?

Illustration of human and robot in an arm wrestle
How can educators make learning and human intelligence visible in the age of GenAI? Abby Osborne and Christopher Bonfield outline a model to rethink assessment and reward non-AI knowledge and understanding
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4minutes
University assessment and quality assurance