In the academic year 2010/11 the HEA funded Learning and Teaching Enhancement projects in Northern Ireland with funding of up to £2 500 per project. The projects covered a range of themes including assessment learning technology and education for sustainable development. This is a report on one of these projects:
This is a report from a project to create a guide that explains the many and varied forms of assessment and feedback that may be encountered in higher education reflecting the range of university disciplines. The Guide also highlights the role of students in making effective use of feedback and opportunities provided for feedback to enhance student learning. It promotes the need for active student engagement in the feedback process and the importance of self- and peer-assessment in this process. The guide encourages students to seek out feedback opportunities and to take positive action so that the use of feedback is seen as an integral part of learning.
The students used their own experience research carried out by the Students' Union and similar publications produced by other institutions to formulate this guide. This has been included in the Students' Union 'Survival Guide' which is circulated widely to new students and will also be distributed to students as part of a week long campaign during Week 4 of the Academic Year.
