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Welcome to the assessment network update for February 2011.

Staff can join this list at https://lists.kent.ac.uk/sympa/info/assessment-network and post messages to the list at assessment-network@kent.ac.uk.

Events
  • 2nd Call for papers deadline 28 February 2011 for The Third Assessment in Higher Education Conference 6 July 2011, University of Cumbria, Carlisle. Themes:
    • Assessment design
    • Marking and academic standards
    • Involving students in assessment & feedback
    • Assessment for learning
    • Assessment technologies
  • The HEA Seminar Series for 2011 have now been published. The first assessment related event is 'Nailing Student Satisfaction - Finding Fixes in the Feedback Fog' hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University on 16 Mar 2011. More>>
    • Leeds Metropolitan University is hosting this Seminar as part of the Assessment and Feedback strand of the Higher Education Academy's Seminar Series.
Resources
  • Free online Turnitin training from PlagiarismAdice.org. More>>
  • Join the Turnitin ‘User Voice’ forum for Turnitin users. This forum is operated by Northumbria Learning and provides an opportunity for Turnitin users to suggest future developments for Turnitin and to vote on suggestions proposed by other users. Users from across the UK can vote/comment on suggested improvements. Sign up here: http://nlearning.uservoice.com/users/new.

Funding
  • The call for NTFS Individual Awards nominations for 2011 is now open. More>>
  • ESCalate is offering £50 book vouchers for a 'hot topic' in education- including assessment and feedback. Write a short piece which is 'a short, pithy contribution to solving a problem or a challenge, and invites dialogue on a current topic'. More>>
  • The HE Academy is calling for proposals for the Change Academy. Projects must aim to increase institutional impact on the student learning experience. The deadline for proposals for the 2011-12 Change Academy is 3 March 2011. More>>