Dr Edd Pitt

Edd is the Head of the Curriculum and Educational Development Team (CEDT), Programme Director for the Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, and Reader in Higher Education and Academic Practice at the University of Kent, UK. Edd is also a Principal Fellow of the HEA (PFHEA), and a National Teaching Fellow (NTF)

Edd has recently been collaborating with Academics in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong. His principal research field is Assessment and Feedback with a particular focus upon the development of staff and student feedback literacy. 

Edd has recently been collaborating with Academics in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong on a number of research projects surrounding the following areas: Anonymity in Assessment, Examination Feedback, Fairness in Groupwork, Self-Assessment Rubrics and the development of staff and student feedback literacy. He is the author of a systematic review of assessment and feedback research commissioned by Advance HE and the subsequent recently released an associated game-based workshop called Assessment & Feedback Superchargers.   

Recent Grants

External

• Advance HE grant £5000 - Assessment & Feedback Super Chargers game design
• Advance HE grant £5000 - Systematic Literature Review Assessment & Feedback research 2016-2021
• National L&T Forum Ireland £1000 - Using student feedback and learning analytics in your professional development
• British Academy grant £5200 - Does engaging students in dialogic feedback improve their utilisation of feedback?
• SEDA small grants £1000 - Everybody Hurts: Sharing Feedback experiences through Intellectual Candour to Develop Staff & Student Feedback Literacy
• Surrey Institute of Advance Studies - £3500 & European Association for Research in Learning Instruction (EARLI) - £900 - Feedback literacy from education to professional practice

Internal

• Teaching Enhancement Small Support Awards (TESSA) £2500 - Piloting the Feedback and Engagement Tracking System (FEATS) at Kent

Edd is the Programme Director for the Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and Reader in Higher Education and Academic Practice

Edd’s work at Kent combines teaching on the PGCHE and Associate Fellowship Scheme with professional development for more experienced staff at the University and its partner colleges. He is module convenor for:

• UELT8210 Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education

Edd welcomes enquiries for PhD projects that explore all areas of Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education.

Current Students

Sue Tarrant

Claire Hughes

Successful Previous Students

Veronica Rovagnati - Feedback Literacy and Intercultural Competence in HE

Administration

• University Assessment and Feedback lead
• Founding member of the University of Kent's Assessment and Feedback Steering Group
• Organiser of the University Learning & Teaching Conference
• Organiser of the University Learning & Teaching Prizes

External Activities

• Current External Examiner PGCHE at UEA and Chester