1. Our Assessment Strategy
We provide assessments that are challenging and fair.
We review our assessments (e.g., distribution of outcomes for individual questions, individual exams and overall degree classifications) each year within the Board of Examiners and with our External Examiners.
Dan Baker, Chair of BoE
Prof. Philip Corr, City University London
Prof. Charles Leek, Bangor University

2. Our Assessment Strategy
We provide ample practice and feedback on assessments to help you master your topic of study and to improve on future assessments.
MCQs: Practice MCQs are made available on the VLE for each teaching block.
Open Essays/Practicals: Formative essays and practicals are run in Y1. For summative and formative essays, an optional feedback session is scheduled with the faculty member who set the essay question. Take advantage of these sessions!
Closed Essays: Optional mock exams are offered in Week 6 of each term. Module organizers are available in the weeks after you have received your exams to go over your exam with you in person. Make an individual appointment with your module organizer!
Literature Surveys/Projects: Your supervisor will provide comments on a plan/draft. Your supervisor is available to explain your marks in these larger pieces of writing.

3. Our Assessment Strategy
We provide a diverse range of assessments that test development of our Programme Learning Outcomes (see our PLOs on the next slide).
Core knowledge (MCQs, Closed Essays)
Applying core knowledge (Closed Essays, Open Essays, Projects)
Critical thinking and evaluation (Open Essays, Literature Surveys)
Ethics (Practicals, Mini Projects, Final Year Project)
Research methods and paradigms (MCQs, Essays, Practicals, Projects)
Communication (Oral Presentations, Poster Presentations, Essays)
Problem Solving (Practicals, Mini Projects, Final Year Project)

4. Programme Learning Objectives
MCQ Exams
Essay Exams
Open Essays
Literature Survey
Practicals
Mini Projects
Final Year Project
Programme Learning Objectives
As Psychology graduates, we want you to…
Understand the scientific underpinnings of psychology as a discipline.
Critically analyse and evaluate theory using empirical evidence to support your arguments.
Know about a range of research paradigms and methods of investigation.
Be able to design, conduct, analyse and interpret scientifically rigorous and ethically sound studies.
Communicate effectively using a range of methods.
Understand the real-world implications of psychological research.
Problem-solve and reason scientifically.
Understand contextual and interpersonal factors that affect human behaviour.

5. Our Assessment Strategy
We provide assessments that are appropriate for different stages of learning and development.
Greater focus on the acquisition of core knowledge early in the course (e.g., more MCQs)
Greater focus on application of skills to core knowledge in later years (e.g., more closed essays).
Testing Facts/Knowledge (MCQs)
Critical Thinking/Communication
Skills/Organization
Testing Facts/Knowledge (Essays)
30%
45%
80%
70%
55%
20%

6. Our Assessment Strategy
Contribution of each assessment type to final degree classification
We have designed an overall programme of assessments that reflects your acquisition of the critical objectives for Psychology graduates.
Practical Skills/
Organization
Core Knowledge
Y2 Practicals,
Y3 Final Project
(26%)
Y2 MCQ Exams
(19.5%)
Y2 & Y3 Essays
(13.5%)
Application
Of Core
Knowledge
Y2 & Y3 Essays
(41%)
Critical Thinking/Communication

7. Our Assessment Strategy
We provide assessments that are challenging and fair.
We provide ample practice and feedback on assessments to help you master your topic of study and to improve on future assessments.
We provide diverse range of assessments that test development in our key learning objectives.
We provide assessments that are appropriate for different stages of learning and development.
We have designed an overall programme of assessments that reflects your acquisition of the critical objectives for Psychology graduates.