This research and academic development event provides a forum for critical debate of research and innovative focused assessment and feedback practice and policy.
We have provocative, forward-looking keynotes from Dr. Jiahui Jess Luo, Assistant Professor, Department of Education Policy and Leadership, the Education University of Hong Kong who will focus on the relational turn to understand GenAI’s implications on Higher Education assessment and Dr. Renske de Kleijn, Assistant Professor, University Medical Center, Utrecht who will focus on practice-based research efforts to improve feedback seeking and uptake. In addition, the conference offers themed workshop style Masterclasses from leading experts in the field of assessment in Higher Education.
Masterclass Workshops 18 June 2026
Beyond the Static Rubric: Designing Living Standards for Assessment in the Age of Generative AI Dr Chahna Gonsalves, King’s College, London, UK
How can assessment policy and practices be more compassionate? Dr. Neil Currant, Senior Educational Developer, University of Bedfordshire.
Can we ever look forward to marking? Designing assessment tasks from a trust-first perspective Dr Rachel Forsyth, Senior Educational Developer, Lund University, Sweden.
The Learning Orchestration Framework: Supporting Student Agency and Credible Evidence of Learning in AI-Mediated Assessment Dr James Wood (SFHEA), Assistant Professor, Durham University, UK
Masterclass Workshops Friday 19 June 2026
Getting a high-quality research paper published in a higher education journal David Boud, Deakin Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Assessment and Digital Learning at Deakin University, Australia.
Opening the Black Box: Designing Process-Focused Assessment for the Age of AI Professor Naomi Winstone, Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey, UK, Professor Sam Elkington, Professor of Learning & Teaching at Teesside University, UK & Dr. Karen Gravett, Associate Professor and Associate Head (Research) at the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey, UK.
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