Come and work with us! I am pleased to share that we are looking for a new senior lecturer to join our team at @qmuniversity.bsky.social Please share with your networks and feel free to get in touch to discuss the role. Find out more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK093/s...

Compassionate Assessment Practice Sharing Symposium, 11 September 2025   We are pleased to announce that the Compassionate Assessment Network is hosting an online symposium. We warmly invite educators, researchers, policymakers and administrators to join us. Call out for submission details here:

I am so happy to be part of this fantastic collection of academics sharing their 'stories of hope' as an invitation to reimagine education. The chapter that @Liz Bunting and I contributed is a reflection on the development of our website belongingthroughcompassion.myblog.arts.ac.uk

“Turnitin monetizes student intellectual property and contributes to a culture of suspicion in education.” I’m quoted in a recent article from @themarkup.org @calmatters.org and @chronicle.com themarkup.org/artificial-i...

"How can we move towards thinking about assessment as a relational and ethical act?" This is a question that Dr Karen Gravett, Associate Head (Research), @uniofsurrey.bsky.social explores as part of our new video series on Compassionate Assessment in Higher Education. Watch here: lnkd.in/eASbPEeb

The team behind the QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Compassionate assessment in higher education' have launched a Compassionate Assessment Network. The next session (26th March) explores the impact of AI on alternative compassionate learning environments. Sign up here: buff.ly/kSXPsyp

#aheconference25 Alex Buckley if Heriot Watt University asks us to question our assessment assumptions at the end of the conference A hard ask at this stage of the conference but we are up for it!

Enjoyed this very thought-provoking masterclass with @vikkihill.bsky.social about potential of pass/fail.assessment in HE. Lots to take away and think about for future practice!

How do you embed UDL acorss a whole programme for an engaging and inclusive feedback environment. An insightful poster pitch from Dr Laura Costello with practical implementation tips and QR codes for relevant further resources 👏 #Aheconference25

I’ll be giving away at the very end of #aheconference25 a hardback copy of 6th edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from brilliant friends inc @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social &more Discount Code below

The Padlet contains the presentation slides and various guides including: The Alchemists Grimoire of Assessment Transformation The Alchemists Cupboard of Curiosities Prompt Engineering 101 for Academics #aheconference25

#aheconference25 brilliant session led by @suebecks.bsky.social on the wizardry of AI: so many innovative ideas and lots of participation and conversation Sue will be putting the slides up on the padlet in a short while which will include the QR code Here’s a photo of participants linking to it !

Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza. Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel. It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.

Come and join us for Compassionate Alternative Assessment: a reason and a result of Equity in the GenAI Era with @elianaelkhoury.bsky.social , Tuesday 25 March 3-4pm GMT (Online)  Book through the #Compassionate #Assessment in HE Network page shorturl.at/rMWjT @qaa.ac.uk @ncurrant.bsky.social

Really pleased to have my article published in JPAAP. Colleagues who participated were incredibly generous and I learnt so much from them 🙏 . The process of combining arts-based methods with evaluation methodologies was fun to grapple with. 😊 jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/articl...

I’m super pleased to share the recordings from our @qaa.ac.uk Collaborative Enhancement Project - the #Compassionare #Assessment in HE Network. It’s a privilege to speak to so many fantastic colleagues committed to reducing harmful assessment practices and policies. www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

The Compassionate Assessment Network would like to invite you to our next event on Wednesday 5th March at 12noon (UTC / GMT). Trauma Informed Pedagogies and Compassionate Assessment in Scotland. We are really pleased to host @Sarah-Jane Linton and @EwanLaw from Fife College lnkd.in/ehVw9Ffg

Thrilled to have been able to host some amazing speakers for our @qmuniversity.bsky.social #LEAD INSIGHTS talks. Today we welcomed Dr #EricEkembe who spoke about #Decolonising the curriculum in neoliberal economies: Reframing power relations and hierarchies in education.

The QMU LEAD Team kicked off IMMERSE this week - our 2 day introductory course to teaching & learning at @qmuniversity.bsky.social . It was brilliant meeting new colleagues from both campus and partner institutions. Many thanks to those that led a sesssion and to the fab participants! 😊

🚨Our paper on ungrading is out!🚨 In this @jamielevdan.bsky.social and I address why traditional grading is antithetical to a socially just classroom & give how-to suggestions for matching how we teach with what we teach. 1/7 #ungrading #academicsky jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

Israel accused of act of genocide over restriction of Gaza water supply

Hi @qmuniversity.bsky.social staff and students. Here’s the LEAD Centre’s December 2024 Newsletter. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Come and join the #Compassionate #Assessment #Network tomorrow for Dr Anna Troisi’s talk on #Non-Violent #Communication from 1-2pm GMT online. Deets below… @annatroisi.bsky.social

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Hi @qmuniversity.bsky.social staff & students! Come join us for our #QMU_LeAD INSIGHTS Talk: Ways of depathologizing university spaces: Reflections from staff - 27 November, 12:00-12:55pm led by @drsianjones.bsky.social with Lynne Bremnar, Siobhan Mack and Lisa Vettesse-Cruden. Book here:

Gender and Education Association Conference 2025 - 27-30 May, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Call for abstracts is now open, deadline 20 December 2024. This is one not to miss 👇

All are welcome to join the #Compassionate #Assessment Network for an online event with Dr Anna Troisi on Non-Violent Communication (NVC) on 5th Dec 1-2pm GMT. You can book through our project page here: www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

Come join the #Compassionate #Assessment in HE network for a session with the fabulous @juusonieminen.bsky.social How could assessment promote communal values? Thursday 21st Nov 10-11 am GMT. You can book through our #QAA page: www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

Come and join the #Compassionate #Assessment in HE Network and take part in our upcoming workshops and share your practice to make HE more equitable and remove harmful Practices www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c... @ncurrant.bsky.social

Loads of great practice and thinking here in @cjdenial.bsky.social blog! Thanks for sharing Cate! Am going to share Emily Potts Donaghue Progress Tracker this week in my session on assessment open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...

I’m so looking forward to delivering a pre conference workshop on #pass/fail #grading and reducing #harm at #AssessmentInHE next year! Thank you for the invite! 😊

Want to know what faculty leaders actually think about #GenAI? Here's what I learned from talking to Visual Arts teachers https://buff.ly/3Z1d6BZ #artificialintelligence #aieducation

really useful perspective about understanding cultural bias in #GenAI from @mahabali.bsky.social : blog.mahabali.me/educational-...

Thanks @santanuvasant.bsky.social 😊