An institutional approach to align assessment and learning design

Clive Young and Simon Walker, UCL Education and Student Experience UCL aims to provide end-to-end support for programme teams, from conception through to delivery and review, with a particular focus on assessment. UCL has created a new Programme Development TeamContinue reading… An institutional approach to align assessment and learning design

Reflecting on Assessment and Diversity at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Dr. Caroline Selai, Ms. Mina Uddin & Ms. Elisabeth Long During this well-attended and dynamic session, we reflected on giving and receiving feedback which is done within a relationship. Why do receivers of feedback sometimes perceive it as (i) criticalContinue reading… Reflecting on Assessment and Diversity at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Roundtable Discussion: Using the student voice to transform medical student portfolios

Roundtable discussion presented by Charlotte Hammerton, Carys Phillips; Taylor Bennie, Lizzie Vacher and Alison Sturrock from UCL Medical School Abstract The UCLMS clinical portfolio, which encompasses a range of mandatory activities involving assessment, feedback and reflection, was unpopular among students.Continue reading… Roundtable Discussion: Using the student voice to transform medical student portfolios

Providing opportunities for student soft skills development – a case study

Author: Jennifer A. L. McGowan jennifer.a.l.mcgowan@ucl.ac.uk Abstract As well as academic success, we pride ourselves at UCL on providing opportunities for students to learn soft skills (management, communication, leadership etc.) that will be of benefit to them in attaining and succeeding inContinue reading… Providing opportunities for student soft skills development – a case study