Now Natalie Forde-Leaves looking at assessment and consumerism! Really exciting to think about #aheconf2024

Students with disabilities reported significant positive impact of assessment that wasn't a timed in person exam, including improved grades.

Great discussions AHE Conference about the assessment experiences of disabled students during and post lockdown learning, and the questions it raises about the validity of our awards. Thanks to all who came for giving it your time and engagement.

We need more education, more training, more knowledge, more engineers, more love for essential infrastructure. We need a skills based economy where people respect the tools and techniques of lifestyle provision. We need inspiration 💡

And we’re off onto day 2. Dr Joanna Tai starting with challenging conceptions of authentic assessment.

Now Juuso Henrik Nieminen looks at authenticity in self assessment.

Phew! A challenge to present in 10 minutes but managed it! Paper is here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #AheConf2024

Now what is the purpose of higher education! We don’t avoid the hard questions at #aheconf2024

Asking students what is the most interesting assessment they’ve done - really interesting. Students talk about choice and real world connection #aheconf2024

Jenni Rose talking about formative assessment in very large classes #aheconf2024

I started college in 1993, and throughout school "gay" had been used as a synonym for "bad." No-one was out. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland that year, and the Irish people who were campaigning against decriminalisation, then, are today's campaigning transphobes. 1/

Briefly popping back to say trans women are women, trans men are men, and non binary and all other gender experiences are real and valid.

Let down by Coastliner | York & Country again, and their customer services are clueless.