Empowering programme Leaders to unlock learning: choices, challenges and changes
Presentation / Conference
Howson, F. (2012, October)
Empowering programme Leaders to unlock learning: choices, challenges and changes. Presented at Leadership Innovation and Transformation in HE: Unlocking Learning, London
Given the centrality of the Programme Leader role in influencing the student learning experience, this session will explore the implementation of a university-wide strategy de...
Assessment for learning : a brief history and review of terminology
Conference Proceeding
McDowell, L., Sambell, K., & Davison, G. (2009)
Assessment for learning : a brief history and review of terminology. In C. Rust (Ed.), Improving student learning : improving student learning through the curriculum : proceedings of the 16th international symposium, (56-64
This paper examines terms which are currently used to describe what has come to be known as assessment for learning. Relevant terms include formative assessment, assessment fo...
Assessment for learning in higher education
Book
Sambell, K., McDowell, L., & Montgomery, C. (2013)
Assessment for learning in higher education. Taylor & Francis
Assessment for Learning in Higher Education is a practical guide to Assessment for Learning (AFL); a term that has become internationally accepted in Higher Education and feat...
Theoretical and organisational background.
Book Chapter
Matthews-Smith, G., Afseth, J., & Huotari, P. (2016)
Theoretical and organisational background. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management, 9-14. Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Abstract not available.
GCHQ Cyber Zone at Cheltenham Science Festival (Curator)
Exhibition / Performance
Kerr, G. GCHQ Cyber Zone at Cheltenham Science Festival (Curator)
[https://issuu.com/cheltenhamfestivals/docs/science_festival_2019_brochure]. 4 June 2019 - 9 June 2019. (Unpublished
Step into a fascinating digital world…come into the GCHQ Cyber Zone and see what it’s like to be a code cracker, ethical hacker and cyber security expert. Escape to cyber spac...
Problematising the ‘Career Academic’ in UK construction and engineering education: does the system want what the system gets?
Journal Article
Pilcher, N., Forster, A., Tennant, S., Murray, M., & Craig, N. (2017)
Problematising the ‘Career Academic’ in UK construction and engineering education: does the system want what the system gets?. European Journal of Engineering Education, 42(6), 1477-1495. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2017.1306487
‘Career Academics’ are principally research-led, entering academia with limited or no industrial or practical experience. UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) welcome them ...
Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”
Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Bacon, L., & Mackinnon, L. (2019)
Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(3), 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1489219
A recent UK Government commissioned study found concerning levels of unemployment among computing students from disadvantaged, black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The study...
Assessment and feedback in higher education: considerable room for improvement?
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2016)
Assessment and feedback in higher education: considerable room for improvement?. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 1(1),
No abstract available.
Using enquiry-based learning to support research informed teaching in the first-year experience
Book
Sambell, K. (2009)
Using enquiry-based learning to support research informed teaching in the first-year experience. Northumbria University
This guide discusses a project that was funded by Northumbria University’s research-informed teaching (RiT) initiative: ‘The Impact of Enquiry-Based Learning: student perspect...
Developing and using student-authored publications to increase staff and student awareness of the principles of assessment for learning
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2013)
Developing and using student-authored publications to increase staff and student awareness of the principles of assessment for learning. In M. Morgan (Ed.), Supporting student diversity in higher education : a practical guide, (182-184). Taylor & Francis
No abstract available.