Publishing about your assessment projects and research
Professor Sally Brown and Professor Kay Sambell
Everyone attending the AHE conference has a strong interest in assessment: some are long established and widely published experts, while others are relatively new to the field. This Masterclass is aimed at the latter group, who have plenty to say, but may be unsure about how and where to say it.
In this session we will offer participants opportunities to:
- Review the different kinds of publications outlets available to assessment scholars including books, book chapters, journal articles and less formal works;
- Decide which kinds of publications are best suited to your professional needs;
- Considers the joys and perils of co-authoring by comparison with single authoring;
- Discuss how to choose which journals to target for your early publications;
- Consider how to maximise your potential success in achieving publications.
This session is specifically targeted towards the needs of early publishing career authors, or those who are widely published in their own disciplines, but less around assessment per se, as well as more experienced authors who might want to refresh your thinking and practice.
Biographies
Professor Sally Brown is widely published on learning, teaching and particularly assessment having written many project reports, books, book chapters and journal articles, has edited book series, individual edited collections and journals, as well as publishing blogs, newspaper columns and other informal publications. She has also mentored many subsequently successful authors.
She is an Independent Consultant in Learning, Teaching and particularly Assessment and Emerita Professor at Leeds Beckett University where she was, until 2010, Pro-Vice-Chancellor. She is also Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University. She holds Honorary Doctorates from the universities of Plymouth, Kingston, Bournemouth, Edinburgh Napier and Lincoln. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Senior Fellow and a National Teaching Fellow.
Professor Kay Sambell is widely known internationally for her publications, which mainly focus on aspects of Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Higher Education. For over two decades she has spearheaded a diverse range of research projects, pragmatic innovations, and institution-wide initiatives focused on improving university student learning via assessment. She has authored and co-authored outputs in a varied range of formats, ranging from highly-cited journal articles to practical resources that are widely used by practitioners. She has also successfully supervised and examined doctoral students on the PhD by publication route.
Kay is a UK National Teaching Fellow (2002) and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is currently an independent consultant and Visiting Professor of Assessment for Learning at the University of Sunderland and the University of Cumbria and President of the Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) conference series.
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