The assessment process ‐ a specialist assessor’s view

Presents a personal view of the assessment process, covering the various experiences of a specialist assessor from initial training through to what happens in real assessment visits. Includes an indication of the workload required of assessors, the author’s experiences of the interaction between the assessors and the staff being assessed, and views of the kind of interaction which operates within the assessment team, the way this impacts on the main work of an assessment visit, and an impression of how the assessment process impacts on higher education in a developmental way. Outlines some of the problems (some trivial, some more serious) which occur either because of the way assessments are conducted or because of the fundamental assessment design, and offers suggestions for some possible solutions.