Academic Leadership: Programme Focused Assessment, Ruth Whitfield

The Programme Assessment Strategies (PASS) project, funded by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, aimed to confront a fundamental issue for every HE programme leader:

how to design an effective, efficient, inclusive and sustainable assessment strategy which delivers the key programme outcomes.

Despite several major national initiatives, assessment remains one of the most challenging areas for programme teams.

This interactive workshop will present an overview of the project, consider current assessment issues, explore case studies where programme focused assessment has had positive impact on both student and staff experiences of assessment, and consider its implications for programme leaders.