Improving Students’ Experience of Assessment & Feedback


Tuesday 11 January 2011


Fusehill Street campus—broadcast live to Lancaster campus


9.30am-2.45pm—buffet lunch included


Keynote speaker: Chris Rust, Oxford Brookes University


Day to include The Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Awards Presentations


CDEPP is holding this half-day event in response to our NSS results. These results show that students don’t always understand assessment criteria and find feedback to be unclear or unhelpful.


The conference is suitable for anyone involved in teaching or supporting the work of students of staff


Further info and registration: please access this StaffNet link: http://staff.cumbria.ac.uk/Services/CDEPP/NewsandEvents/ Events/CDLTWorkshopsandEvents.aspx


If you would like to contribute to the next issue of Connect, please contact a member of the communications team:


lynn.clark@cumbria.ac.uk julie.ratcliffe@cumbria.ac.uk fiona.hughes@cumbria.ac.uk


The Third Assessment in Higher Education Conference Wednesday 6 July 2011, University of Cumbria, Carlisle


A partnership event involving the University of Cumbria Study of Higher Education Network, the Northumbria University Centre for Excellence in Assessment for Learning and the British Educational Research Association Higher Education SIG.


This conference will be of interest to lecturers, staff in learning support and those with responsibility for the management and quality assurance of assessment.


Call for papers:


Proposals are sought from both individuals and teams related to the following themes:


• Assessment design


• Marking and academic standards • Involving students in assessment and feedback • Assessment for learning • Assessment technologies


We are particularly interested in papers, posters or practice exchange sessions which focus on practitioner experience of assessment. For details of the keynote speaker and online submission arrangements please click on the events page of the CDEPP website: http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/Services/CDEPP/ Events/CDEPPEvents.aspx


The copy deadline for the next issue of Connect is 18 February 2011.


The shop in The Students’ Union building (on the Lancaster campus) now stocks tea bags, coffee, sugar, milk, Coffee-mate and a variety of biscuits.


Also available are large cups of Fair Trade hot drinks.


Opening hours are Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm and Fridays 8.30am – 3.30pm.


Expect a warm welcome from the friendly staff!


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