Confident Assessment in Higher Education - Paperback

by Rachel Forsyth (Author)

Your perfect companion to building confident assessment in teaching and learning in higher education.

Assessment is a central part of teaching and learning in higher education and an area in which many university teachers lack confidence.

Designed to work across academic disciplines, this is a practical, theory-informed resource for anyone in the higher education sector. It offers an in-depth view of assessment, exploring current practice and contemporary challenges. It offers guidance on contextual assessment design and the teaching that can support this, alongside a deep dive on marking, feedback and common assessment challenges.

The final third of the book offers practical templates for a wide range of common assessment types including case studies, competence portfolios, essays and dissertations.

Rachel Forsyth is an educational developer who works at Lund University, Sweden.

Author Biography

Rachel Forsyth is an educational developer who currently works at Lund University in Sweden as a project manager. She was previously Head of the University Teaching Academy at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she was involved in major institutional change projects, particularly in relation to inclusive learning communities and assessment in higher education. She is a Principal Fellow of the HEA and has taught on postgraduate programmes for teaching in higher education for twenty years, including leading a specialist module on assessment. She has been a member of the Degree Standards Project team which has explored sector-owned processes for professional development of external examiners in the UK. As Editor-in-Chief of the Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal for five years, she is an active member of the Researching, Advancing, Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) network.