Optionality project QAA event – registration now live

Optionality project QAA event – registration now live

UCL is working with the University of Manchester, University of York and Imperial on a Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) funded project to explore the potential for assessment optionality. You can read more about the project in this previous post.

To share findings from the event the project team will be facilitating a one-day online event.

Optionality in Assessment: What works and what are the barriers?
Date: 3rd November 2023
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: online
Registration: On QAA site

This session is aimed at students, academics and professional services staff.

This interactive webinar will share the findings and studies from the Collaborative Enhancement Project, led by the University of Manchester which addresses the issuesof students wanting more inclusive, flexible assessment.

The cross institutional team, which also included University of York, Imperial College London and UCL, conducted surveys and interviews with teaching staff, students, external examiners, regulators, accreditors, international HE academics, administrators, and employers – to provide guidance and support around assessment optionality.

The project team will share how institutions can be supported to design assessment that works for all.

Project leads:

  • Dr Miriam Firth, Senior Lecturer in Education Management and Leadership, University of Manchester
  • Professor Gabrielle Finn, Vice-Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students, University of Manchester
  • Jesper Hansen, Lecturer (Education and Student Experience), UCL
  • Professor Martyn Kingsbury, Director of Educational Development, Imperial College London
  • Professor Simon Walker, Project Consultant
  • Professor Jill Webb, Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students for the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of York