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Hello and welcome to our site!
We are Liz Bunting, Educational Developer at University of the Arts London (UAL) and Vikki Hill, Senior Lecturer in Learning Enhancement and Academic Development at Queen Margaret University (QMU). We have been working together since 2019 to foster a sense of belonging in higher education through compassionate pedagogies and policies. We predominantly work alongside academic colleagues to co-produce teaching and learning strategies to ensure that students feel valued, respected, supported and included and that they matter. In our work and research, we have been increasingly aware of the need for compassion for all of us working and learning in higher education and recognise that our interconnected experiences contribute to a wider ecology of belonging and social justice. We take compassion as our guiding principle – of reducing distress and harm – and have developed this website to bring to together different contributions that have helped to guide, shape and challenge our collective thinking about compassionate pedagogy and belonging. We would like to thank our colleagues and kin who have guided our thinking and supported the development of our website.
Our website was supported by a UAL Exchange seed fund.
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Assessment
Assessment is a powerful driver to create cultures of belonging within learning and teaching. We propose compassionate assessment as a way to address issues of social justice and consider the impact of policies and practices in reducing harm. We look at grading, bringing the whole self into assessment and approaches to feedback.
Image: Textile Installation by Sally Cheung, Show 2. BA (Hons) Textile Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL. Photo by John Sturrock.
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