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I am an Associate Professor in the Learning and Teaching Academy, leading work to enhance assessment and feedback across the university. I am the Programme Director for the PGCert in Teaching & Learning, and I also lead the course ‘Reframing Assessment and Feedback’. Beyond Heriot-Watt I am co-convenor of the Scottish Higher Education Developers Special Interest Group on assessment.
My research is currently focused on assessment and feedback - and in particular on fundamental conceptual questions around contemporary research and practice - and in the past I have also published on student engagement, student surveys, and the philosophy of education.
Prior to joining Heriot-Watt, I worked at the University of Strathclyde, and before that at the Higher Education Academy.
My background is in the philosophy of mind and language, and my thesis defended externalism about mental content.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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What’s so new about the ‘new paradigm’ of feedback?
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Are we answering the question that has been set? Exploring the gap between research and practice around examinations in higher education
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Getting carried away with learning? Assessment for Learning and the ‘learnification’ of education
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Meaningful feedback on assessment: Taking the long view
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Crisis? What crisis? Interpreting student feedback on assessment
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Assessment for Learning and 'learnification': Too much of a good thing?
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