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The Evidence-informed quality improvement programme (EQUIP) is the latest change programme from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and aims to help higher education providers take an evidence-informed approach to quality enhancement. The Social Sciences EQUIP project arose from a desire to improve the experience

• f assessment and feedback for all those involved. The project will be looking a

wide range of data from various sources generated at school, faculty and University level. The project aims to provide tools to enhance assessment, to develop access to examples of best practice and through this hopes to support and promote transparent, consistent and coherent assessment practices in Schools, to encourage collaboration across assessment stakeholders and to promote reflective practice.

EQUIP:

Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Identifying issues with assessment and feedback

Identified issues NSS & UGS TESTA

Module evaluation

Staff input Focus groups

• variable quality and timeliness of feedback
• lack of clarity in assessment requirements
• inconsistency in student experience of

assessment

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Project goals

Equip aims to support improvement in:

• Reflection on assessment for modules &

programmes

• Assessments that link learning outcomes &

students’ skill development

• Student understanding of the rationale

for particular assessments

Better assessment experience Design tools Ease of

innovation

Improved student engagement

Improved achievement

• f learning
• utcomes

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Wiki

• Assessment catalogue
• Interactive searchable

resource incorporating information on levels, learning outcomes and marking criteria Map My Programme

• A tool for students to

visualise their assessment patterns within their programme School Assessment Map

• A tool for staff to

visualise academic deadlines across programmes within a School

Wiki M M P S A M

Design tools

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Wiki

• Assessment catalogue
• Interactive searchable

resource incorporating information on levels, learning outcomes and marking criteria Map My Programme

• A tool for students to

visualise their assessment patterns within their programme School Assessment Map

• A tool for staff to

visualise academic deadlines across programmes within a School

Wiki M M P S A M

Design tools

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Wiki

• Assessment catalogue
• Interactive searchable

resource incorporating information on levels, learning outcomes and marking criteria Map My Programme

• A tool for students to

visualise their assessment patterns within their programme School Assessment Map

• A tool for staff to

visualise academic deadlines across programmes within a School

Wiki M M P S A M

Design tools

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

Wiki

• Assessment catalogue
• Interactive searchable

resource incorporating information on levels, learning outcomes and marking criteria Map My Programme

• A tool for students to

visualise their assessment patterns within their programme School Assessment Map

• A tool for staff to

visualise academic deadlines across programmes within a School

Wiki M M P S A M

Design tools

EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences

• Contact: equipinfo@kent.ac.uk
• kent.ac.uk/socsci/faculty/equip/index.html