EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences 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 of 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 Identifying issues with assessment and feedback Module evaluation Staff TESTA input NSS & Identified Focus UGS issues 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 Design tools Improved Better Ease of achievement assessment of learning innovation experience outcomes Improved student engagement 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
EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences Design tools Wiki S A M M M P Wiki School Assessment Map • Assessment catalogue • A tool for staff to • Interactive searchable visualise academic Map My Programme resource incorporating deadlines across • A tool for students to information on levels, programmes within a visualise their learning outcomes and School assessment patterns marking criteria within their programme
EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences Design tools Wiki S A M M M P Wiki School Assessment Map • Assessment catalogue • A tool for staff to • Interactive searchable visualise academic Map My Programme resource incorporating deadlines across • A tool for students to information on levels, programmes within a visualise their learning outcomes and School assessment patterns marking criteria within their programme
EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences Design tools Wiki S A M M M P Wiki School Assessment Map • Assessment catalogue • A tool for staff to • Interactive searchable visualise academic Map My Programme resource incorporating deadlines across • A tool for students to information on levels, programmes within a visualise their learning outcomes and School assessment patterns marking criteria within their programme
EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences Design tools Wiki S A M M M P Wiki School Assessment Map • Assessment catalogue • A tool for staff to • Interactive searchable visualise academic Map My Programme resource incorporating deadlines across • A tool for students to information on levels, programmes within a visualise their learning outcomes and School assessment patterns marking criteria within their programme
EQUIP: Enhancing Assessment in Social Sciences • Contact: equipinfo@kent.ac.uk • kent.ac.uk/socsci/faculty/equip/index.html
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