University Teaching Academy:

Assessment & Teaching Resources

Assessment, Marking and Feedback

Assessment Toolkit

The assessment toolkit brings together resources from across different professional services to support programme teams to manage the assessment process.

Calibrating Marking

Calibration activities are designed to build confidence in the consistency of marking and feedback across the team, as well as providing reference points for comparison of standards across disciplinary areas.

Block Teaching

What is Block Teaching?

An overview of the Block Teaching approach designed to guide you through the key principles and elements.

Preparing to Plan Block Teaching

What you need to think about before beginning to plan a block of 30 credits in more detail.

Block Teaching Activities

The Block Teaching Activities resource provides a wide range of ideas for active learning which can be used on-campus or online.

Curriculum Design

Curriculum Planning

This resource will guide you through a curriculum development framework called Transition, Induction, Progression, Success (TIPS) and a toolkit of curriculum planning resources, which programme teams can use and adapt to suit their specific contexts.

Peer Observation

Peer Observation:
Observer's Process

This resource will guide you through the process of peer observation from the observer's perspective.