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Hi, I’m an Instructional Design Consultant, supporting digital learning at Ulster University for 20 years, with a keen interest in how technology supports assessment and feedback practice. Was part of the Jisc Ulster Viewpoints curriculum design project/ assessment and feedback strand, and more recently involved in Jisc DEI and TNE research projects.

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Hello Bas here, working in EdTech and with institutions across UK&Europe. I work at Drieam, the Dutch company focused 100% on Education with solutions like Eduface, marketing of short courses and enrollment with a tight VLE integration, as well as Portflow, the AI resilient, student-led solution for longitudinal assessment and ePortfolio to maximize student engagement and employability. More to follow!

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Hello! I'm Learning and Teaching Manager at the London School of Theology. I'm also doing doctoral research on the impact of GenAI on theological education (in the context of higher education more generally).

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Hi everyone, I’m Fiona McConnell, Digital Learning Leader at UHI Inverness. My role focuses on supporting staff development in digital learning, accessibility, and the ethical and practical use of Generative AI across Further and Higher Education. I work closely with academic and professional services teams on areas including assessment design, digital pedagogy, inclusive practice, Brightspace development, and staff AI literacy. I’m also undertaking a 2 year Research Connect Scheme project exploring how ethical and pedagogical considerations influence staff engagement with GenAI in teaching, learning, and assessment. I’m particularly interested in sharing practice around inclusive assessment, feedback approaches, staff guidance, AI policy interpretation, and practical ways institutions can support both staff and learners during this period of rapid change. Current research working with level 2 students and AI policy as a collaborative design process Supporting AI use for All: Co-Designing Guidance with Learners in Supported Education. - UHI EdShare

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I am an Academic Enhancement Specialist (Learning and Teaching). I have a special interest in assessment, and over see our PGCert and PDA programmes. I used to teach animal Care and then went in to Student Support which led me to my interest in assessment!

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Hello everyone. I am the Director of Learning, Teaching, and Assessment at Anglia Ruskin University, and I Co-Chair the institution's AI in Research and Education Working Group

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Hello. I am working at Karolinska Institute, Sweden as lecturer and educational developer. I am responsible for "Summative Assessment" and "Designing Doctoral Courses" courses here.

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Hello! I am Lisa, Reader in Finance Education and Director of Student Experience at Queen's Business School (a newly created role). I have particular concern for equality of access and experience and looking forward to learning from you all.

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Hi,

I am the Course Design and Development Advisor at Liverpool Hope University. I am involved in designing assessments, particularly authentic assessments, and also currently involved in re-designing graduate attributes.

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I'm Peter Chalk Learning and Teaching Specialist at University of Hertfordshire

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Hi all (sorry for pic - was playing around with the Padlet filters :-))

I'm Head of Learntech at The Uni of Northampton. I've been here for nearly 31 years in different roles. I've been involved in curriculum (re)resign work and assessment related activities. I am available to contact on email (Rob.Howe@northampton.ac.uk), Twitter/X (@rjhowe) and also on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-howe-b26a145/)

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I'm Deputy Associate Principal (Learning, Teaching and Assessment) at the University of Strathclyde. I lead our assessment and feedback and gen-AI in education working groups, amongst other things. A colleague likened the sector work on enhancing assessment and feedback to painting the Forth Road Bridge. :-)

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Hello all!

I'm a senior learning technologist at University Academy 92. I have been working in HE for the past 20 years.

You can find more about me and my work on my LinkedIn profile page.

Assessment and feedback using digital tools is a passion of mine and I'm excited to be in this group 😊

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Hi everyone,

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool. My background includes extensive experience with online assessment and feedback in higher education, and over the past couple of years, I have been exploring the role of AI in enhancing assessment and feedback practices. I recently led an internal report for the Department of Psychology that brought together both student and staff perspectives on this topic.

Alongside my work in digital education, I am also active in the wide field of cyberpsychology, where I lead a 3rd year module and supervise research on areas such as online communication, deviant online behaviour, and the problematic use of digital technologies, including AI.

I am delighted to be part of this group and look forward to working with you on such an important and timely area of assessment and feedback.

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Hi, I'm Head of eLearning Services at the University of Edinburgh. Keen to learn more from colleagues about how they are improving digital assessment and feedback practices in their organisations and also how they're approaching the impacts of AI. And happy to share experiences from Edinburgh.

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Hi Everyone. I'm the Academic Development Partner in the Centre of Teaching Excellence at University of Sunderland. I've got a psychology background and my role spans anything relating to assessment, academic integrity AI, policy, and guidance across the teaching and learning space for staff and students, with a strong focus on academic integrity, AI, and the value and impact that has across practice. A lot of my role involves supporting and empowering staff to make positive changes to their own practice. I also teach and supervise Cyberpsychology modules and projects.

It's great to be part of this group - it's such an interesting space to be working in right now!

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Im a lecturer in Higher Education Practice in Ulster University. I co-chair a University learning and teaching subgroup on GenAi. Im interested in how we identify and protect the unique perspective of academic evaluative judgement whilst harvesting the advantages that Ai has to offer

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Hello! I’m Grazyna Grace, a Lecturer in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Manchester. I am also Programme Director for a Master’s programme in Cancer Pathology and a member of the University Assessment Review Group. My work focuses particularly on assessment at programme level, and I have extensive experience in reviewing and enhancing assessment and feedback practices, including in online learning environments.

You can contact me at grazyna.lipowska-bhalla@manchester.ac.uk or connect with me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/grazyna-grace-lipowska-bhalla

I’m delighted to be part of this group and look forward to working with you all.

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Hello, I'm Academic Development Officer at University of Wales Trinity Saint David based in Carmarthen, West Wales. I am from an Academic background having been a Senior Lecturer in Sport Development and Management but have worked in course design and development as a course leader, External Examiner and panel member for many validations over the years both in FE and HE. I was also a Consultant in Impact and Evaluation working on varied evaluation projects. At UWTSD the priority is Curriculum Review working with teams across the institution to innovate and develop their programmes. Assessment has been a particular focus due to AI influences but also for programme teams to use more digital resources and to make assessment more authentic, varied and employability focused.

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Teaching Fellow for the University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences, and Nutrition. Course Coordinator for Work-Based Learning Courses

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I am a Lecturer at the Bristol Institute for Learning & Teaching (BILT), University of Bristol. My role is split between education research and management, and academic staff development. My interests in AI and the curriculum focus on student perspectives, staff training, and inclusion.

I work across faculties to support staff innovation and challenges faced, supporting the development of shareable resources like case studies, and targeted interventions.

While there is an AI-positive culture at our institution, I personally seek to respond to the serious challenges we face including the ethical issues (sustainability, mental health, privacy and surveillance, bias and discrimination, etc.) and quality assurance concerns associated with marking and feedback generated by AI (tied to student and public-perceptions of the value of education).

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I am a PhD student at UCJC. My research focuses on digital transformation and language literacy through the National Reading Campaign in Norway, in collaboration with the National Library. Here is the link.

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Hi everyone,

I’m Brenda Williams, a Reader in Neuroscience Education at King’s College London (IoPPN). I also work as the Faculty Associate Dean for Assessment and Feedback and chair our Faculty Assessment Board.

I’m passionate about creating learning environments where students feel they belong and can thrive, while also supporting colleagues in developing inclusive and engaging curricula. A lot of my current work is shaped by the student voice, collaborating with students on projects around decolonising the curriculum, promoting wellbeing, and designing authentic, inclusive assessment practices. In my Associate Dean role, I focus on improving the student experience through initiatives like easing the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study, expanding skills training for employability, and rethinking assessment and feedback to make it more meaningful.

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I'm Programme Director of the PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of London (PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education | University of London) - it's taught completely online, so we have participants from across the globe. I'm particularly interested in inclusive and compassionate assessment, and in my previous role, as Head of L&T at University of Winchester, I implemented Paul Campbell's Racially Inclusive Practice in Assessment Guidance (An evaluation of the Racially Inclusive Practice in Assessment Guidance Intervention on students- and staffs- experiences of assessment in HE) across Winchester.

I'm also a Fellow of the Centre for Online and Distance Education, and am running a session (online, 1-2:15pm, 14th May 2026) on Purposeful Assessment as part of their Digital Education webinars - would love to see some of you there! Purposeful assessment | Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) | University of London

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I am a learning technologist at the University of Southampton. I come from 20 years working in schools in the UK and internationally. I have a passion for assessment of learners of all ages. I am interested to see how assessment is being developed at universities.

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Hi everyone - I'm a Senior Teaching Fellow in Assessment and Feedback within the Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) at the University of Southampton. I am a member of the Assessment Consultancy, which in itself is part of a five year strategic major project called Advancing Assessment that is looking to improve the student experience of assessment and feedback by working in co-design with students and staff.

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I am a Learning Technologist at Queen Mary University of London.

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I'm an Implementation Manager at Cadmus (Assessment for Learning software). For over 3 years, I have supported assessments and feedback pilot programmes and site-wide licence implementations in the UK and internationally.

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Hello, Could someone share the link to the session? thx :)

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Hi, I'm the Learning Technology Team Manager at Bournemouth University. Interested in assessment and feedback and the impact of AI, particularly in relation to marking and feedback.

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Hello, I’m the Associate Dean of Education and Student Experience at the School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies. My background is in Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction, and I have a particular interest in authentic assessment and feedback, as well as student-centred teaching approaches that actively engage learners and support meaningful skill development. I’m looking forward to collaborating with this group to explore ways of enhancing the student experience :-)

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I am Academic Practice Lead at the University of Northampton and Associate Professor (Learning and Teaching). From an assessment perspective, a core area of my work includes the creation and delivery of professional development sessions for academic staff. A particular passion of mine that I explore through my work and research is inclusive curriculum design.

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I'm TEL Advisory Manager at University of Reading. I've got a particular interest in Electronic Management of Assessment and learning design; inclusive, diversifying and authentic assessment, and the impact of GenAI. I've worked in HE for over 20 years.

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Hello. I'm a Reader in Geography at The University of Manchester. I'm the Associate Director for Assessment in my School (The School of Environment, Education and Development, SEED). I'm supporting colleagues around making assessments AI-resilient, and am interested in Assessment Guideline documentation and Feedback structure and format.

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Hi,

I'm a Psychology lecturer at the University of Stirling, and am the AI lead for the Faculty of Natural Sciences. I also helped implement the AI-Assessment scale within the faculty and across the university.

Interests: AI in assessments/HE, critical AI literacy, student belongingness, etc.

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Hello. I am Head of Learning & Teaching Enhancement at the University of Northampton. I am passionate about student success and appreciate the importance of assessment as a lived experience (high stakes, vulnerability, empowerment). I have been involved in the leadership of learning, teaching & assessment for over 15 years.

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Jon Allen (Graide AI Assisted Assessment & Feedback)

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Hi, I'm Jon, Commercial Director at Graide. Graide is an AI Assisted Assessment & Feedback platform that speeds up the time it takes to mark work whilst improving the quality, consistency & timeliness of feedback to your learners. We're a spin out from the University of Birmingham and we also have a licensing agreement in-place with Jisc. We're currently partnering with Jisc and their AI in Assessment Pilot Programme and we have 15 UK HE & FE partners currently piloting Graide as part of this opportunity. jon.allen@graide.co.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonpaulallen/

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I'm a learning technology subject specialist at Jisc as part of the digital practice team and I've previously worked at the University of Exeter and University of Portsmouth.

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I work at the University of Southampton within the Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) as a Principal Teaching Fellow. My main role is Assessment Consultancy lead, where I work across CHEP, but also as a core part of the Advancing Assessment Strategic Major Project where we are working across the institution to enhance assessment and feedback practices.

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Hello!

I'm Director of Learning Innovation, Development & Skills at Bath Spa University. I've been working in the broad field of educational development in higher education for nearly 30 years (!). My role includes, amongst many other things, leading on digital education including GenAI.

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Hi! I'm a professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. My current role is the Director of Learning and Teaching for the school, and have particular interest in improving feedback to students, as well as the impact of AI on how we all (students and staff) operate.

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Hi, I'm a Senior Project Manager at the University of Southampton where we are running a 5 year Strategic Major Project on advancing assessment. Advancing Assessment

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Hi. I'm Katharine Adeney from the University of Nottingham. I am a Prof of Comparative Politics and am working on scaffolding AI into our curriculum.

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Hello, I’m Vikki Liogier, an EdTech and Digital Capability consultant and Jisc associate with a passion for using technology to reshape education :)

With over thirty years of experience, including leadership roles at the Education and Training Foundation, I’ve led national projects to enhance digital skills and accessibility in Further Education.

My focus is on empowering educators and institutions to build a future-ready, digitally inclusive learning environment.

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I'm PGT lead in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at Leeds, and university research fellow on international students' critical literacy and AI skills development at MA level

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I am an Educational Developer in the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Leeds Beckett University. I have a particular interest in valid, authentic assessment.

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I'm the exam board chair for the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. My main interest here is in assessing LLMs as tools for providing formative feedback to students (which also involves assessing their ability to grade written work). I apologise if I am late for the meeting as I am teaching for at least part of the scheduled time.

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Hello – I'm a composer and violinist, and Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning) at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York. I'm responsible for strategic development of programmes and leading on teaching initiatives within the School.

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Hi all, Jim Harris, Learning Designer at the University of Northampton (10 years) supporting academic staff across all disciplines with curriculum and learning design interventions through the Creating Aligned Interactive educational Resource Opportunities (CAIeRO) process.

My role sees me spanning everything from AI Agents to promoting Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and am currently focusing on reviewing Assessment Loads across UK HE institutions to try and create meaningful guidance on optionality and flexibility in assessments aligned with reasonable adjustments and assessment equivalency.

I also help coordinate the Learning Design Cross-Institutional Network (free to join, there is a Jisc mailing list and an MS Teams area with representatives from 30 institutions globally - contact jim.harris@northampton.ac.uk to join).

In my spare time I'm an amateur archaeologist (there is something buried under my garden...), playing with retro-media and technology, and music audio video production.

Great to be part of this group, and already learning so much from your messages!

Thanks,

Jim

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I am an Academic Developer in the Centre for Research Informed Teaching (CRIT) at London South Bank University (LSBU). My team and I are currently working on institutional changes in policy and practices for staff and students at the institution. I lead an A&F working group for professional service colleagues on the current challenges facing our institution.

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I am Head of Partnerships at UNIwise and have been passionate about Education Technology in a career well over 20 years. I support institutions in digital transformations and technology roll out but most importantly I learn from our partners and drive product development that improves outcomes for everyone. Outside of my work I love travelling, cooking, gardening, old movies and cricket!

I'm delighted to join the group!

Tim Peers | LinkedIn

tim.peers@uniwise.co.uk

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Twenty-five years ago I taught an M-level module in Assessment and Evaluation - I keep being reminded that not a lot has really changed. For the last few years (22) I've been the CEO at PebblePad, but recently promoted myself away from running the business, and into the business of spending the majority of my time working with folks worldwide to try to find some answers to some of those questions that we discussed in that module, oh so long ago!

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Hello everyone, I’m Dr. Deepshikha.
I’m a Teaching Faculty member and Principal Investigator at Queen Mary University of London. I lead an AI-powered project called EduMark AI: AI-driven Grading and Personalised Feedback to save educators’ time (https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/6882/dr-deepshikha-secured-the-prestigious-drapers-fund-for-innovation-in-learning-and-teaching-for-ai-driven-grading-project/). This initiative, funded by the Drapers Fund for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, focuses on improving assessment accuracy, feedback quality, and educator workload through AI-driven grading solutions.

My background is in Chemistry and Materials Science, and I am interested in digital pedagogy, collaborative assessment design, and AI literacy. I’m passionate about exploring ethical, transparent, and scalable AI integrations in higher education assessment.

I’m delighted to join this working group and look forward to contributing to the dialogue on future-ready, AI-informed assessment practices.

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Dr Deepshikha secured the prestigious Drapers’ Fund for Innovation in Learning and Teaching for AI-Driven Grading Project

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Dr Deepshikha Deepshikha, at the School of Engineering and Materials Science, has been awarded The Drapers’ Fund for Innovation in Learning and Teaching for a project, titled ‘EduMark AI: AI-Driven Grading and Personalised Student Feedback to Save Educator Time’, which aims to revolutionise the assessment and feedback process within higher education through innovative AI technologies. The Queen Mary Academy commended the project for its strategic alignment and potential to significantly improve educational practices. The EduMark AI project addresses the substantial time commitment required from educators to grade written assessments. This project supports Queen Mary University of London’s Strategy 2030 by driving educational innovation and excellence. The AI tool aims to enhance educational quality and efficiency, fostering a more responsive and effective learning environment. The findings will be disseminated through publications, conferences, and online platforms, showcasing Queen Mary’s commitment to educational excellence. This project is being led …

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I am Head of Digital Education Learning and Assessment Platforms at University College London. Assessment is a primary work stream for myself and my teams across all our core platforms (Moodle and all its integrations, Wiseflow, Turnintin, Gradescope, Crowdmark etc). I oversee strategic planning in this area and fill the role of Agile Product Manager for the Digital Learning Environments Product. I work closely with our senior education team, other Heads of Education services and academic/administrative leads across faculty and departments to deliver all primary digital learning platforms needs.

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I am a Learning Technology Consultant at the University of Nottingham, currently on secondment leading a strategic project to improve the visibility and usefulness of feedback to students.

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I am an Associate Professor (Academic Literacies and Language) at Nottingham Trent University. I have a scholarly as well as practical interest in assessment - a couple of things I have published are: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13562517.2022.2034782 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02602938.2020.1774505. I have recently started co-chairing a practice and scholarship group on inclusive assessment, with membership from across my university. My LinkedIn profile is here http://www.linkedin.com/in/lia-blaj-ward.

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I'm an Educational Developer at the Teaching and Learning Exchange within the University of the Arts London. This gives me a unique view of art and design feedback and assessment practices where we don't have exams but enjoy object based learning and assessment of process. I've been part of the team that won a CATE award and we focus on equity in marking and are tackling awarding gaps that go and then return. I've authored case studies and other assessment resources with colleagues and you can find some UAL Resources online here.

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Hi everyone! I am based in the Digital Education Team at LSE as a Learning Technologist. Although, I've been seconded to our Digital Education Futures programme as a Subject Matter Expert. This includes a Digital Assessment sub-programme which has been keeping us very busy.

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I’ve been involved with Jisc’s assessment work for many years through its innovation programmes and as author of guides such as: Principles of good assessment and feedback - Jisc and Transforming assessment and feedback with technology | Jisc

I’ve had the pleasure to work with many of the great and the good listed on this page and it’s always a privilege to learn from your experiences.

I’m currently Executive Director for 1EdTech Europe supporting the community that develops open standards for interoperability across learning tools. I’m particularly interested in how open standards can help improve assessment and feedback workflows and user experience.

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As Associate Dean for Education in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, I’m passionate about shaping vibrant, inclusive, and forward-thinking learning experiences. I have the privilege of leading the Faculty’s educational strategy, supporting a diverse student community across a wide range of healthcare and veterinary programmes. Working closely with colleagues and university leadership, I strive to ensure that our teaching is innovative, impactful, and rooted in real-world relevance. For me, education is about more than delivering knowledge—it's about inspiring curiosity, driving progress, and preparing our students to thrive in an ever-changing world.

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Hi, I'm the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University, responsible for education. I have led education in a business school, STEM subjects, and health and social sciences. It is very interesting to observe the differences in approaches and attitudes to AI based on disciplinary approaches (underpinned by different philosophies of what constitutes knowledge!).

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Hi everyone, pleased to join this group. I work in the research and best practice tram at the National Institute of Teaching (England), where we train large numbers of postgraduate teacher-trainees, and conduct research on teachers' professional development across their careers. I'm a psychologist by background, a feedback researcher and National Teaching Fellow, and I'm eager to learn more from this group!

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I am Lead for Academic Integrity and Associate Professor at the University of Limerick. I am a pharmacist by training and worked with the University of Leeds prior to taking up my current role. As part of my role with the University of Limerick, I will be scoping out the potential for using lockdown software. Other aspects of my role include overseeing the development and implementation of our institution's academic integrity policy as well as overseeing academic misconduct procedures.

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Eva Sansavior

I am Academic Development Consultant – Curriculum Redefined and Lead for the Partnerships in Assessment and Feedback Network at the University at Leeds. My current academic development practice bridges three key areas: arts and humanities pedagogic practice and curriculum design, cross-disciplinary SoTL development and partnerships in assessment and feedback. Over the last three years, I have developed and lead on the following three new projects:

Arts-and-humanities pedagogic practice and SoTL development – Engaging Curriculum Redefined through the Arts and Humanities and the follow-on series in support of the Build Phase of Curriculum Redefined, A Focus on Disciplinary Learning and Assessment and Feedback in the Arts and Humanities.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) – Build your Scholarship Practice the new University-wide scholarship development programme created in 2022 that offers SoTL development workshops and bespoke planning resources from idea to impact.

Partnerships in Assessment and Feedback – The Partnerships in Assessment and Feedback (PiAF) Network, a new network launched in 2024 dedicated to building and sharing practice in tripartite partnerships (staff-students-employers) in assessment and feedback. The first major output of the PiAF Network was recently completed: Sansavior, E. (2025). Working in Partnership with Students for Assessment and Feedback: A Practice Toolkit for Higher Education Staff. Leeds: University of Leeds. Available at: https://doi.org/10.48785/100/375

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Hi everyone, I head the Academic Centre Division at the Institute of Continuing Education (University of Cambridge), providing lifelong learning programmes, part time, UG and PG Cert/Dips and MSts, hybrid or fully online delivery. I also lead the Student Support Team. I am passionate about all innovative approaches to improve the students experience and enable our students to succeed. I want to learn all I can about it and take it back to my practice and share and champion with colleagues and students alike.

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Dear all. Thank you so much for inviting me to present in your JISC meeting of 21st of January 2025. I am a Professor of Assessment in Professional and Vocational Education at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. My research and practical work focuses on programmatic assessment. I lead a professional learning community of about 30 HE institutes working on the design and implementation of programmatic assessment in the Netherlands. Part of this is our work on e-portfolios, in which me and my colleagues (dr. Bas Agricola) work together with SURF. Happy to share ideas with you!

Link to an article explaining programmatic assessment: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2023.2283118

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Hey everyone, I'm one of the Heads of Digital Education at the University of Birmingham and I lead the digital assessment team. Our team support a range of assessment work, including piloting and evaluating new assessment tools, supporting institutional work on aspects of paper-based and digital exams, and working on increasing scaffolded assessment support for students within our VLE.

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I am a Professor of Bioscience Educaiton at Cardiff University. I'm interested in how students develop self-regulated learning skills, and the role of self-regulation in assessment. I was recently the Institutional Lead on our Advance HE Fellowships programme, which I co-designed. I was also the project lead on the 'EAT-Erasmus' project, a collaboration of 5 European institutions across 4 countries, to develop resources for assessment and feedback. https://www.eat-erasmus.org

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Professor of Life Sciences at Brunel University London, I work on Integrated Programme Assessment (IPA) pedagogy, authentic and sustainable assessment and inclusive curriculum development. Vice Dean Education for the College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Brunel.

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Hello! I am in the final year of my PhD at the University of Aberdeen researching programmatic assessment reviews in higher education. This started out as evaluating TESTA but has since developed into looking at the overarching idea of reviewing assessments across a degree programme and how to improve that process.

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I'm Reader in Digital Education at Man Met Uni. Worked closely with Rachel Forsyth and Mark Stubbs to develop the Man Met Assessment Lifecycle as part of the JISC funded TRAFFIC Project. Currenty doing a lot of work and thinking around Authentic and Flexible Assessment in the context of a wider Digitally Enhanced Learning Teaching and Assessment (DELTA) Strategy across the University.

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Hello! Now a Business Analyst working in IT solutions at KCL, but previous roles have been centered around Digital Education where I was more active in the JISC network - back then I was Lyndsey Welch! I'm now more focussed on areas such as business situation analysis, problem management, requirements engineering etc. so it's great to have a new skill set to bring to the bigger picture.

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I am the Head of Learning and Teaching for Jisc's licensing team. I lead on the 'learning, teaching and assessment' product portfolio, working with the sector and other Jisc teams to focus our licensing and negotiation activity to address the strategic needs and challenges of FE and HE. We aim to bring quality assured software and content agreements to Jisc members. I joined Jisc in 2023 after 12 years in the FE sector where I led on digital technologies.

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I am Associate Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Hertfordshire.  My background is in teaching law, but I am now Associate Director of Learning and Teaching. I am the academic lead on technology enhanced learning, and on assessment. As well as supporting colleagues to improve their practice in both these areas, I also work on strategic university projects relating to learning, teaching and assessment (e.g. recently inclusive assessment regulations), as well as work on enhancing wider internal rules, and processes.

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Assessment futures – we did back in May

A couple of blog posts

Assessment Futures - Co-design (jiscinvolve.org)

Assessment Future Scenario – Personalised assessments (jiscinvolve.org)

I summarised the outputs from each group in the Miro board that also includes the outputs from 2022 workshop as well

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOuRPjyA=/?moveToWidget=3458764587675155202&cot=14

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Samantha Pugh, Institutional Academic Lead for Digital Assessment at the University of Leeds. Also Prof of STEM Higher Education, based in Physics.

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I am a Faculty Head of Teaching Quality and Learning Enhancement at Abertay University in Dundee where my role includes digital education at institute level. I am also a lecturer in Biomedical Science (Medical Microbiologist). https://www.abertay.ac.uk/staff-search/dr-scott-cameron/

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I lead out PGCAP at Abertay University as well as the Advance HE accredited provision. I am interested in assessment design and developing effective feedback practice.

I'm also involved with the Active Learning Network

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I am Director, LSE Eden Centre for Education Enhancement. Assessment and feedback enhancement is key strategic priority for us right now.

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Hi, lovely to meet you all. I'm Matt Wingfield, a former teacher and long-term fan of educational technology. I was a founding member of the eAssessment Association back in 2008, chair of the association from 2012 - 2021, interim CEO from 2021-23 and now chair the association's annual International eAssessment Awards. I also work as an independent consultant providing organisations with support around the procurement and implementation of digital assessment technologies.

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I'm Academic Lead: Assessment at Anglia Ruskin University. I work in our central learning and teaching / academic development unit, primarily at the moment in the areas of EdTech / systems development, but have a portfolio that encompasses all things assessment. For some time now I have led our End-to-End / LMS Assessment development work (very proud of the internal impact and external recognition this is achieving).

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Hi everyone, I'm an academic developer at Staffordshire University with a background in educational science. I led a pilot on comparative assessment last year (see attachment) at a university in the Netherlands. If you're interested, I highly recommend looking into comparative assessment as a (formative) feedback tool. Do reach out if you want to know more!

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Abstract

It is common in architecture education to quantify the quality of assignments into grades, often done by one or two teachers using rubrics. However, this can have several downsides. It suggests an objective preciseness that is debatable for the creative assignments in the field of architecture, and the assessment is dependent on the judgement of only one or two people. Comparative judgement (CJ) offers an alternative to rubric-based assessment by applying pairwise comparison to student assignments, resulting in a ranking instead of a grade.

We used a mixed methods approach to compare the reliability, time efficiency, and fairness of CJ in the selection of students for an undergraduate architecture programme at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Teachers involved in the rubric-based approach for student selection were asked to re-assess a random selection of the assignments using CJ. Reliability and time investments for both methods were compared, and the involved assessors were asked in a focus group setting which of the two methods they perceived as more reliable and fair. Comparing rubric-based assessment to CJ is new, as previous studies have only looked at these assessment methods in isolation.

Findings indicate that CJ can be serve as a more reliable and time efficient alternative to rubric-based assessment. However, teachers still perceive rubrics as having higher reliability and fairness. Though this research is particularly relevant in the context of architecture, it contributes to wider discussions about reliable and fair assessment of creative student assignments.

Recommended Citation

van den Heuvel, L., & Bohm, N. L. (2023). Exploring The Reliability, Time Efficiency, And Fairness Of Comparative Judgement In The Admission Of Architecture Students. European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). DOI: 10.21427/WEY8-JZ69

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Exploring The Reliability, Time Efficiency, And Fairness Of Comparative Judgement In The Admission Of Architecture Students

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It is common in architecture education to quantify the quality of assignments into grades, often done by one or two teachers using rubrics. However, this can have several downsides. It suggests an objective preciseness that is debatable for the creative assignments in the field of architecture, and the assessment is dependent on the judgement of only one or two people.

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I've recently been appointed Reader in Digital Education here at Manchester Metropolitan University. I worked closely with Mark Stubbs and Rachel Forsyth on a highly successful JISC funded project Transforming Assessment and Feedback for Institutional Change (TRAFFIC) through which we developed the influential assessment lifecycle model.

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Hi - I'm the interim Director of the Centre for Higher Education Practice, University of Southampton. I'm also a co-lead on the Advancing Assessment strategic major project at Southampton.

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I am Jo and I am a Principal Lecturer in Linguistics, and Associate Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Hertfordshire. My passions lie in sociolinguistic research to promote gender equality in the workplace, and I am an advocate for equality of opportunity in assessment procedures for all students in schools as well as in Higher Education. I am a member of the Chartered Institution of Educational Assessors (CIEA) and am a Senior Fellow of the HEA.  I have designed and led on the implementation and evaluation of several transformative initiatives within UH designed to support and scaffold student learning in assessments to champion Equality of Opportunity (e.g. The SkillSense for Assessment Mastery Programme) and am founder of the Gender Diversity Network. I am also lead on several ChatGPT/AI projects in UH in relation to student integrity and the impact of AI on teaching and assessment in schools and H.E.

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Hi all, I'm Cristina (De Matteis) - University Digital Learning Director Co-ordinator at the University of Nottingham. I'm an academic in the School of Pharmacy, and I am the digital learning lead on our e-assessment programme.

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Nice to meet you! My background is in Educational Science and Technology and currently working as product manager for Portflow. Passionate about stimulating student motivation and agency via engaging edtech. Previously worked in digital learning materials for primary education. Looking to discover and share experiences in evolving HE/FE assessment practices using portfolios across our countries.

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Hi Everyone, I am pleased to be part of this working group. I am an Assistant Professor and currently based at the Greater Manchester Business School, University of Bolton.

My work mainly concentrates on technology enhanced learning in Management Education. I also lead a professional development series called 'TIRIgogy' at the University of Bolton with a view to promote evidenced informed pedagogical practices within teaching and learning. My other involvement with JISC involves contributing to the curriculum redesign and learning working group.

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I am Assessment Advisor at Kings Academy King's College London. In previous roles I have been eLearning Manager at Faculty Humanities at Manchester University. Assessment, eAssessment and assessment processes is somethign I have been working on for a number of years.

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I work for Advance HE as a Senior Consultant in the Knowledge and Innovation Directorate. I have recently been working on an Assessment Practice Guide, which supports Advance HE's new Assessment and Feedback Framework. I deliver support and training to university staff in learning and teaching, and my area of interest is assessment. In my previous role, I was responsible for the curriculum and assessment development for international students progressing to universities in the UK, Europe and Australia.

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Hello all, I'm co-founder of Drieam, a pedagogy-first Edtech scale-up from the Netherlands. Our solution Portflow has been widely adopted by universities to support the implementation of holistic programme level assessment and feedback. I look forward to discover and share experiences with all experts involved in this workgroup.

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Hello! I'm Miri Firth, Academic Lead for Assessment (FLP) at the University of Manchester. We led the QAA Optionality in Assessment project and are supporting flexible assessment and assessment for flexible pathways across the sector.

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Hi, I’m Gemma Mansi, associate professor in educational development at the University of Greenwich. I currently work in the VCs office working on the curriculum change framework for the university 2030 strategy. I also sit on the SEDA exec committee working on student partnerships.

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Hello all, I am based at the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. I lead DEFI work on digital assessment futures. I am especially interested in inclusive assessment designs.

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Senior Learning Technologist at LSE with responsibility for assessment and feedback. Hoping to kick off a project looking at our digital assessment toolkit very soon.

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Hi all, I'm Digital Learning Systems Architect at Derby Uni, looking after UX & roadmaps for digital learning tech & processes, and managing our VLE transition project for 2024, as well as being involved in Assessment Process Review work, and data/analytics

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I'm Lisa Gray, i've recently joined PebblePad as Senior Consultant in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, from my previous role at Jisc where I was senior consultant and previously programme manager, where i led a range of innovation programmes. I led a large transformation programme in assessment and feedback at Jisc working with Gill Ferrell and many colleagues in this group, from 2011-2016, and worked up the updated principles with Gill in 2021.

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I am the Senior Digital Education Developer for the HEFi Digital Assessment Team at the University of Birmingham. We are currently working on a cross-college project looking at integrating new digital assessment tools across the whole university. We are trialling these tools with around 7500 students with an aim to improve staff and student experience surrounding digital assessment.

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Hi all. I am the Associate Director of Education at King's Business School. I lead the professional services teams delivering Programme Admin, Digital Education, QA and Student Experience. The Business School is recently been triple-accredited and we need to work towards a curriculum model based on programme-level outcomes and employability skills to maintain those awards. We are also grappling with the challenge of using online assessment technologies to deliver at scale while also ensuring academic integrity.

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I work in Jisc's HE and research directorate as a senior sector specialist working with Sarah Knight and Simon Birkett to support the sector with its digital transformation. I'm leading our work researching international students' digital experience and supporting our programme of activity rethinking learning and curriculum design post-pandemic.