Neil, Vikki and Liz talk me though the research they've been doing on compassion in teaching and introduce the idea of compassionate assessment.

If you'd like to find out more or to join the Compassionate Assessment Network https://www.qaa.ac.uk//en/membership/collaborative-enhancement-projects/assessment/compassionate-assessment-in-higher-education

For more information about the research

Bunting, L, Hill, V., Ingham, M. & Vicente Richards, A. (2023, forthcoming) Sent with love: Love letters as a way of thinking about relational pedagogies of assessment. In Critical Posthumanism and Education: Key Debates, Theoretical Perspectives and Pedagogies, Routledge.

Hill, V. (2023) Enacting compassion during the pandemic: academic staff experiences of a No Detriment Policy on pass/fail assessment in Carrigan, M., Moscovitz, H., Martini, M. & Robertson, S. (eds) Building the Post-Pandemic University: Imaging, Contesting and Materializing Higher Education Futures. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Hill, V., Bunting, L., Currant, N., Salines, E., Broadhead, S., da Costa, L. & Mantho, R. (2023) Belonging through Assessment Pipelines of Compassion. University of the Arts London, Online. ISBN 978-1-90690882-9

QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project Page: Belonging through Assessment: Pipelines of Compassion. https://www.qaa.ac.uk/membership/collenhancement - projects/assessment/belonging-through-assessment-pipelines-of-compassion

Bunting, L. & Hill, V. (2021) Relational Reflections: How do we nurture belonging in creative Higher Education? Innovative Practice in Higher Education. pp.139-165 ISSN 2044-3315

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