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*** Apologies for Cross Posting*** Inclusive Assessment Policy and Practice in Higher Education 4 May 2011 Higher Education Academy, York This one day event will explore the principles of inclusion and their application to assessment policy and practice to help maximise student success in higher education. The event will provide opportunities for participating colleagues to share effective and inclusive assessment policy and practice, to informally review and benchmark their progress alongside other institutions, and to raise the challenges and concerns they are currently facing. The seminar will be led by Dr Helen May, senior adviser for inclusion at the Higher Education Academy. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/academyevents/4_May_Inclus ive_Assessment_Policy_and_Practice REMINDER - Assessment Matters: Original Assessment for Original Student Work 31 March 2011 at The Higher Education Academy, York 10am-4.00pm This seminar on 31 March will continue to explore innovation and good practice in assessment strategies and design that can help to minimise the possibilities of student plagiarism, collusion and data fabrication by building on the previously successful Assessment SIG event on 'Re-visiting assessment design: developing students' skills for good academic practice' in July 2010. The seminar will be led by Dr Erica Morris who manages the work of the Higher Education Academy's Academic Integrity Service. We are pleased to announce that the following colleagues will be speaking at the event: * Ranald Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of Academic Development, Sheffield Hallam University * Patrick Baughan, Learning Development Centre, City University London * Sharon Flynn, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, National University of Ireland, Galway * Penelope Bidgood, Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics, Kingston University London * Chris Ireland and John English, The Business School, University of Huddersfield For further information about the event including a programme and summaries of the speakers sessions, please click on the following link: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/academyevents/31_Mar_2011_ Assessment_Matters or contact the assessment team at [log in to unmask] Best Wishes The Assessment Team The Higher Education Academy Tel: +44 (0) 1904 717500 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 717505 Email: [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************