In 2025–26, the Centre for Teaching and Learning is prioritising course and assessment (re)design, drawing on our expertise in educational development and digital education to provide targeted, educationally grounded support to academic course teams.
Support is available for course teams in two formats
1. Course and assessment (re)design consultancy service for course teams
A comprehensive service aligned with the University’s approval process for new and major changes to course proposals, which can be delivered over several months or in a compressed timeframe.
Find out more and express interest in our consultancy service
We received hands-on, detailed, spot-on professional guidance, revealing a wealth of options and new thinking on assessment - it was not just helpful, but educational for all of our teaching staff. Yolanda Spies, Course Director, MSt Diplomatic Studies
2. Course and assessment (re)design 90-minute workshops for course teams
Four different workshops as outlined below, each of which may serve as one-off interventions or as a starting point for further engagement through the full consultancy service.
Find out more and register for our workshops
| Ideas generation workshop |
For course teams in the early stages of planning a new course or major revisions to an existing course. This session helps spark ideas and shape early thinking about course (re)design. |
| Identifying course competence standards workshop |
Designed to help course teams to develop competence standards that align with disability legislation and facilitate inclusive assessment and appropriate reasonable adjustments for disabled students. |
| Impact of AI on summative assessment: triage tool workshop |
Supports course teams in using the triage tool to review current assessment practices and develop plans to address AI-related risks now and in future years. This workshop is aligned to the policy on AI use in summative assessment. |
| AI in assessment: categories and declarations workshop |
Guides course teams in developing student-facing materials that clearly communicate their chosen approach to the use of generative AI in summative assessments. This workshop is aligned to the policy on AI use in summative assessment. |
