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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Come and work with us! I am pleased to share that we are looking for a new senior lecturer to join our team at @qmuniversity.bsky.social Please share with your networks and feel free to get in touch to discuss the role. Find out more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK093/s...

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Senior Lecturer (Learning Enhancement and Academic Development) at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Senior Lecturer (Learning Enhancement and Academic Development) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Compassionate Assessment Practice Sharing Symposium, 11 September 2025 We are pleased to announce that the Compassionate Assessment Network is hosting an online symposium. We warmly invite educators, researchers, policymakers and administrators to join us. Call out for submission details here:

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Compassionate Assessment Practice Sharing Symposium, 11 September 2025 We are pleased to announce that the Compassionate Assessment Network is hosting an online symposium on 11 September 2025. We war...

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I am so happy to be part of this fantastic collection of academics sharing their 'stories of hope' as an invitation to reimagine education. The chapter that @Liz Bunting and I contributed is a reflection on the development of our website belongingthroughcompassion.myblog.arts.ac.uk

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QAA @qaa.ac.uk · 10/03/2025

"How can we move towards thinking about assessment as a relational and ethical act?" This is a question that Dr Karen Gravett, Associate Head (Research), @uniofsurrey.bsky.social explores as part of our new video series on Compassionate Assessment in Higher Education. Watch here: lnkd.in/eASbPEeb

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QAA @qaa.ac.uk · 24/03/2025

The team behind the QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project 'Compassionate assessment in higher education' have launched a Compassionate Assessment Network. The next session (26th March) explores the impact of AI on alternative compassionate learning environments. Sign up here: buff.ly/kSXPsyp

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#aheconference25 Alex Buckley if Heriot Watt University asks us to question our assessment assumptions at the end of the conference A hard ask at this stage of the conference but we are up for it!

Alex Buckley keynoting at the assessment in the higher education conference

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Dr Amanda Nuttall @dramandan.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Enjoyed this very thought-provoking masterclass with @vikkihill.bsky.social about potential of pass/fail.assessment in HE. Lots to take away and think about for future practice!

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Nurun Nahar @nurun.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

How do you embed UDL acorss a whole programme for an engaging and inclusive feedback environment. An insightful poster pitch from Dr Laura Costello with practical implementation tips and QR codes for relevant further resources 👏 #Aheconference25

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I’ll be giving away at the very end of #aheconference25 a hardback copy of 6th edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit by @philrace.bsky.social and me with help from brilliant friends inc @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @profpeter1.bsky.social @it-se.bsky.social &more Discount Code below

Banner with 20% discount code for the sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The Padlet contains the presentation slides and various guides including: The Alchemists Grimoire of Assessment Transformation The Alchemists Cupboard of Curiosities Prompt Engineering 101 for Academics #aheconference25

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

#aheconference25 brilliant session led by @suebecks.bsky.social on the wizardry of AI: so many innovative ideas and lots of participation and conversation Sue will be putting the slides up on the padlet in a short while which will include the QR code Here’s a photo of participants linking to it !

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza. Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel. It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Come and join us for Compassionate Alternative Assessment: a reason and a result of Equity in the GenAI Era with @elianaelkhoury.bsky.social , Tuesday 25 March 3-4pm GMT (Online) Book through the #Compassionate #Assessment in HE Network page shorturl.at/rMWjT @qaa.ac.uk @ncurrant.bsky.social

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Really pleased to have my article published in JPAAP. Colleagues who participated were incredibly generous and I learnt so much from them 🙏 . The process of combining arts-based methods with evaluation methodologies was fun to grapple with. 😊 jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/articl...

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View of Listening with compassion: Using a logic chain and theory of change model to evaluate the use of podcasts to foster compassionate pedagogy within an academic enhancement programme

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I’m super pleased to share the recordings from our @qaa.ac.uk Collaborative Enhancement Project - the #Compassionare #Assessment in HE Network. It’s a privilege to speak to so many fantastic colleagues committed to reducing harmful assessment practices and policies. www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

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Compassionate assessment in higher education

This QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project (CEP) for 2024 is led by the University of Bedfordshire. CEPs offer funding for institutions to work together on projects to enhance the quality of the parti...

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Compassionate Assessment Network would like to invite you to our next event on Wednesday 5th March at 12noon (UTC / GMT). Trauma Informed Pedagogies and Compassionate Assessment in Scotland. We are really pleased to host @Sarah-Jane Linton and @EwanLaw from Fife College lnkd.in/ehVw9Ffg

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Thrilled to have been able to host some amazing speakers for our @qmuniversity.bsky.social #LEAD INSIGHTS talks. Today we welcomed Dr #EricEkembe who spoke about #Decolonising the curriculum in neoliberal economies: Reframing power relations and hierarchies in education.

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The QMU LEAD Team kicked off IMMERSE this week - our 2 day introductory course to teaching & learning at @qmuniversity.bsky.social . It was brilliant meeting new colleagues from both campus and partner institutions. Many thanks to those that led a sesssion and to the fab participants! 😊

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Jeannine Love @j9love.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🚨Our paper on ungrading is out!🚨 In this @jamielevdan.bsky.social and I address why traditional grading is antithetical to a socially just classroom & give how-to suggestions for matching how we teach with what we teach. 1/7 #ungrading #academicsky jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

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View of Ungrading: Socially Just Assessment Practices for the PA Classroom

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Come and join the #Compassionate #Assessment #Network tomorrow for Dr Anna Troisi’s talk on #Non-Violent #Communication from 1-2pm GMT online. Deets below… @annatroisi.bsky.social

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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Gender and Education Association Conference 2025 - 27-30 May, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Call for abstracts is now open, deadline 20 December 2024. This is one not to miss 👇

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Re-Routing and Re-Imagining Gender and Education conference

The 21st Gender in Education Association conference. Discover the themes being discussed, key dates and how to get involved.

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

All are welcome to join the #Compassionate #Assessment Network for an online event with Dr Anna Troisi on Non-Violent Communication (NVC) on 5th Dec 1-2pm GMT. You can book through our project page here: www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Come join the #Compassionate #Assessment in HE network for a session with the fabulous @juusonieminen.bsky.social How could assessment promote communal values? Thursday 21st Nov 10-11 am GMT. You can book through our #QAA page: www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/c...

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Loads of great practice and thinking here in @cjdenial.bsky.social blog! Thanks for sharing Cate! Am going to share Emily Potts Donaghue Progress Tracker this week in my session on assessment open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...

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Introducing the Progress Tracker

The first in a series of posts about the progress tracker for my ungraded course

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Vikki Hill @vikkihill.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m so looking forward to delivering a pre conference workshop on #pass/fail #grading and reducing #harm at #AssessmentInHE next year! Thank you for the invite! 😊

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