Assessment & feedback transformation workshops

UNSW staff are invited to participate in the upcoming Assessment & Feedback Transformation workshops, emerging from UNSW's Student Experience (SX) program. The sessions aim to transform our UNSW practices by helping to reduce overassessment, explore innovative assessment approaches, and improve the quality of our assessment and feedback. Scroll down to find out more details about each event.

To learn more about the Student Experience (SX) program’s assessment and feedback focus areas, view the SharePoint website.

Drop-in advising sessions are also available during these times (please register for preferred session)

Tuesday 1 April, 9:30am - 12pm
Wednesday 2 April, 1 - 3:30pm

Register for workshops & drop-ins

1 April: Aligning Assessments with TEQSA Standards

Tuesday 1 April from 11am-12pm

Aligning assessments with TEQSA standards: Enhancing quality and compliance in higher education

Presented by Dr Ben Phipps

Join us for a workshop exploring the relationship between TEQSA (Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency) requirements and programmatic assessment. This session will highlight how TEQSA's standards shape and inform the design and delivery of assessments across higher education programs. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how to align assessment practices with TEQSA's criteria for quality, fostering improved student outcomes and ensuring compliance.

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About the presenter

Dr Benjamin Phipps PVCE Nexus Fellow is a passionate educator; he has taught music and then in the academic development programs at UNSW. Since 2019, his educational and academic development work has focused on assessment, feedback, and student engagement, as well as university-wide educational transformation projects. He collaborates with staff to enhance their tertiary teaching practice and support student learning as well as mentoring scholarship of teaching and learning projects (SoTL). In addition, he provides expertise and pedagogical guidance to both Student Experience and Nexus projects. His current SoTL work includes a project exploring the interplay between AI, teaching and learning, staff capability and professional development opportunities and a project investigating awareness and promotion of wellbeing in teaching and learning communities.

2 April: Crafting effective assessment mixes

Wednesday 2 April from 1-2pm

Crafting effective assessment mixes

Presented by Dr Ben Phipps

Join us for an interactive workshop exploring how to make decisions about what an effective assessment mix looks like at the program level. We’ll examine how assessments can be aligned, repurposed, and integrated to support student learning and development.

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About the presenter

Dr Benjamin Phipps PVCE Nexus Fellow is a passionate educator; he has taught music and then in the academic development programs at UNSW. Since 2019, his educational and academic development work has focused on assessment, feedback, and student engagement, as well as university-wide educational transformation projects. He collaborates with staff to enhance their tertiary teaching practice and support student learning as well as mentoring scholarship of teaching and learning projects (SoTL). In addition, he provides expertise and pedagogical guidance to both Student Experience and Nexus projects. His current SoTL work includes a project exploring the interplay between AI, teaching and learning, staff capability and professional development opportunities and a project investigating awareness and promotion of wellbeing in teaching and learning communities.