A professional body for university assessors recommends replacing the word “wrong” in student feedback with alternatives including “directionally provisional” and “currently sub-optimal”, following a three-year study finding that students who were told they were wrong tended to feel that they had been wrong.
A British university has introduced a new postgraduate qualification designed to address what its programme developers are calling a “clarity shortfall” among recent graduates — a twelve-week certificate in Applied Common Sense, open from September, aimed at students whose academic work demonstrated what one faculty document described as “high evidential effort with low conclusive output.” The PGCert in Applied Common Sense is intended for graduates who received strong marks … University Launches ‘Applied Common Sense’ Certificate For Graduates Whose Work ‘Collected Evidence Without Arriving Anywhere’Read more
A university has launched a new course designed to improve student confidence by removing what it described as ‘unnecessary friction’, including reading, clarification, and the urge to check anything. The course, titled the Independent Ideas Workshop, will grade students primarily on how well they avoid the phrase ‘can we unpack that’. The institution said the module responds to growing demand for ‘debate skills’ that look good on camera. Rather … University Launches ‘Independent Ideas Workshop’ That Grades Students On How Well They Avoid The Phrase ‘Can We Unpack That’Read more
