Assessment Matters

Project Objectives

The two main aims of the Project are to:

The objectives for the Project are:

Feedback to students on assessment

To develop, approve and implement a University Policy on Feedback to Students on Assessments; (Achieved)
To monitor school implementation of the Policy; (Ongoing)
To evaluate how feedback has improved student performance and the student experience; (Ongoing)
To add guidance on feedback to students on assessment to all student handbooks; (Ongoing)
To add information on feedback strategies to all programme specifications and module descriptions; (Ongoing)
To develop guidance for students on the use they should make of feedback; (Achieved)
To develop a common, shared understanding of feedback on assessments between staff and students; (Ongoing)
To ensure that feedback to students on assessments is legible, timely and constructive; (Ongoing)
To improve feedback / feedforward, and change the balance between feedback and assessments in programmes of study; (Ongoing)
To introduce University-wide provision for feedback on exams; (Ongoing)
To develop and implement generic and bespoke staff development provision to improve feedback to students on assessment; (Ongoing)
To implement a range of suitable IT tools that allow staff to provide feedback quickly and easily. (Ongoing)

Consistency of Assessment processes and practice

To introduce templates for module summative assessments; (Achieved)
To introduce guidelines on the amount of summative assessment to be included in taught modules; (Achieved)
To adopt consistent examination rubrics within programmes of study;
To introduce random numbers for assessment candidates;
To review the arrangements in place for specific provision;
To implement consistent rules and practice for: (Ongoing)

To review the University’s Criteria Based Marking Framework; (Ongoing)
To implement more reliable and consistent processes for the moderation of marks across the University; (Ongoing)
To adopt integers and a consistent approach to rounding across the University; (Achieved)
To introduce a limited number of algorithms for taught modular degrees across the University; (Achieved)
To adopt consistent rules to manage extenuating circumstances across the University; (Ongoing)
To ensure Examining Boards operate more consistently across the University (in line with the recommendations from the UK External Examining Review Group); (Ongoing)
To ensure re-assessments enable students to demonstrate achievement of the relevant learning outcomes;
To ensure all schools implement the outcomes for the Project effectively;
To review and revise the ways in which the Academic Quality System supports assessment. (Ongoing)

The project will also ensure that clear and accurate information is provided to staff and students (and other relevant stakeholders).

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