University assessment and quality assurance

Strategies to improve university assessment for students and educators. Here, academics offer guidance on assessment design, covering formative, summative and diagnostic approaches, authentic assessment and how to give useful feedback. You will also find advice on exam preparation, ungrading, managing GenAI, preventing cheating and upholding academic integrity.

By Eliza.Compton , 28 April, 2026

How to redesign law exams for students with ADHD

Red-headed female student looking unhappy in an exam
Long closed-book examinations are at odds with how the brains of students with ADHD work, writes Malak Benslama-Dabdoub. Here, she explains how to create assessment that tests the target skills
By Laura.Duckett , 23 April, 2026

Students are asking for AI guidance, not just policy

A female student on her laptop smiling to camera
The defining educational challenge of this decade is to equip students to use AI ethically, critically and efficiently, write Mahmoud Elkhodr and Ergun Gide. Here, they offer a way forward
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien , 7 April, 2026

Rethinking laboratory design for accessibility

Students in a lab listen to the instructor
Are lab assessments truly evaluating students’ scientific abilities – or simply their physical agility in an inflexible environment? Find out how to design more accessible biomedical laboratory practices
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 1 April, 2026

When plans meet people: navigating the friction of group assessment

Students sitting in a circle on the floor with laptops
Not all group work runs smoothly but educators can deal with disruptions more effectively if they have time- and situation-sensitive moves in their teaching repertoire. Here, Sarah Sholl and Stephen Yorkstone offer advice to stop group assessment falling apart
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5minutes
University assessment and quality assurance