Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2023

In recent years, research and good-practice advice about assessment and feedback has continued to develop in higher education, although the pandemic provided significant new challenges – and opportunities for innovation. The pandemic also highlighted the importance of designing and planning assessment and feedback in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues, areas that have been considered in previous Advance HE symposia and publications (Baughan 2021). Latterly, some research has advocated for more compassionate approaches in assessment (McArthur, 2022). Thus, whilst assessment and feedback remain ongoing concerns in the sector, and there remain needs to develop and improve, there are resources and publications ‘out there’ to help practitioners – but a lack of time to consider and enact the advice may often be a barrier.