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Unit name: International Trade (new 3rd year unit launched in 22/23), Summer Dissertation (MSc Economics, Finance, and Management) How is sustainability included in these units? How did you decide what was appropriate? At first glance, this unit might not obviously link to sustainability. Indeed, not all ...
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Education Development Projects 2022-23 Case Study: Becky Selwyn, Engineering
Engineering undergraduates find writing difficult. It is often something they have actively chosen not to study in their prior studies. Peer feedback has been shown to result in better student engagement with feedback, internalisation of assessment criteria, and better student assessment outcomes. ...
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Attribution Dr Sarah Allsop, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (SFHEA), Bristol Medical School. Medical academic, with 10 years’ teaching and leadership experience in medical and anatomy education, and a background as an NHS doctor. She is a specialist in curriculum review leadership, development and design. Introduction ...
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Financial Reporting and Analysis EFIMM0030 Unit information This is a mandatory unit on the Finance and Investment MSc programme, with a cohort size of 176 in 2021/22. In focusing on the preparation and articulation of the main financial statements the unit lends itself to applied ...
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Banking EFIM20032 The Practice The Banking unit is an optional Year 2 and 3 unit for various undergraduate programmes in the Business School, with approximately 80 students in 2021/22. Formative assessment requires students to work in groups from the outset, completing group tutorial work and ...
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The challenges and recommendations for moving to online exams . ...
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A short video interview with Prof. Alvin Birdi and Prof. Kate Whittington about assessment integrity and design. ...
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A video case study from BILT Associate Bex Pike on the Assessment and Feedback Portfolio ...
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A case study poster from BILT Associate Bex Pike on the Feedback Cafe established in the School of Biological Sciences. ...
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Dr Rabeya Khatoon, Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics goes through each step of setting up Turnitin PeerMark. More content can be found on the BILT video site ...
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Dr Rabeya Khatoon Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics presents her experience of Flipped classes with peer marking. Rabeya has also produced an instructional video for Turnitin PeerMark More content can be found on the BILT video site ...
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The TESTA (Transforming the Experience of Students Through Assessment) project works with programmes at the University to explore how students experience various aspects of their assessment environment, such as the quality of feedback they receive, the split between formative and summative assessment, and how they ...
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In this podcast BILT Student Fellow Jonny Barnes, interviews students about their favourite formative assessments and how they prepared them for their summative assessments. ...
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Nigel discusses recent changes to assessments for students and how he prepared students for these new approaches. ...
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Case study discussion regarding Nigel's move to online open book exams. Reflecting on the process, rationale, challenges and impact of this approach. ...
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Alan talks about his history of teaching and adapting to the pandemic with a focus on assessment. ...
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BILT Student Fellow, discussing his experience of alternative (non-exam) assessments and the lessons that can be learned from this. ...
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BILT Student Fellow Jonny Barnes, interviews Veterinary student Ellie Best about her experiences of research-based assessments. ...
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BILT Student Fellow Jonny Barnes, interviews Alexia Kirov (MA Medieval Studies) about her experiences of research-based assessments. ...
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Video case study exploring exam strategy sessions for final year students. ...
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Looking at the use of podcasts as a form of assessment, the resource includes a practical guide to creating podcasts with links to tutorials and suggested equipment. ...
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Ideas on how to embed failure as a means of learning. ...
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Brief outline of strategic approaches to help student learning. ...
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Blog post introducing ideas to ensure assessment is inclusive. ...
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Research project & toolkit that investigated having to improve feedback and feedforward practices for students, in particular those on programmes with significant work-based placement learning. ...
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Development of a guide to creating video for assessments. Utilisation of the guide to support students in creating and using video as a novel assessment method. The team outline how they formulated and assessed students with this approach. ...
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A presentation of a project that created a students research conference as a formative and summative assessment tool to generate engagement and enhance student learning. ...
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A PowerPoint showing the re-design of materials and session to include weekly tests and problem based active group work. ...
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Review of a trial of GradeMark in Turintin as an electronic managment of assessment tool. The post summaries findings from a study conducted whereby the views of students and staff where obtained following the use of the tool ...
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