Intelligent Assessment in the Age of AI: Enhancing Digital Pedagogy in Bioscience Education

Dr Matt Bawn convened a cross institutional workshop on GenAI and assessment and developed inclusive AI aware approaches that strengthen student critical thinking, transparency, and digital literacy through research informed practice.

Dr Gethin Rees

Support to Study in Sociology

The Sociology programme embedded a clearer Support to Study model, giving students flexible, personalised deadlines to support wellbeing alongside work pressures, improving student autonomy, mental health outcomes, and satisfaction, despite increased staff workload.

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Communicating to succeed: enhancing Bioscience students’ skills through science communication

Discover how a flexible, adaptable 3-week summer project focusing on science communication can enhance bioscience students’ academic and professional skill gains, placement attainment rates, confidence, as well as provide a transnational educational opportunity.

Embedding Sustainable Development through interdisciplinary problem-based learning

Dr Amy Proctor and Michelle Black reflect on how they embedded interdisciplinary problem-based learning into the design of a new module in SNES to help students explore sustainability challenges, develop a broad understanding of the SDGs and develop collaborative experiences and essential skills for future careers.

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Using ArcGIS StoryMaps to practice digital storytelling

Dr David Hope reflects on using ArcGIS StoryMaps as a summative assessment for a second-year undergraduate module and offers practical advice and inspiration for colleagues interested in the potential of this digital tool as a form of authentic assessment.