One of the unique aspects of the Humanitarian Engineering programmes is that all students will get an opportunity to design and decide on their own way of being assessed.

What is a student devised assessment (SDA)?

At the pinnacle of your student-centred learning experience, the SDA offers you the chance to display your critical engagement with the themes and theories of the module and to take a considered approach as to how you might practically apply what you have learned in a medium of your choosing.

What does it look like?

The SDA can take any form you wish; a story, workshop, presentation, blog, comic, painting, video, essay, dance, website, poem, song, learning resource, collage, diary...anything! It just needs to displays your personal experiences of and thoughts about the module’s topics, questions, and stimuli in the best way possible.

What do student say about it?

“The prospect of a Student Devised Assessment (SDA) was at first very daunting…, [but] as the process of constructing my SDA progressed I found myself enjoying the assessment more and more, as I became immersed in a topic I found really interesting and I was allowed to present this in a far more creative and interactive way than an essay would allow.” Molly Inglis, Sociology

What way might you like to be assessed?

Modules where student have the option of completing a Student Devised Assessment;

Water and Environmental Management

One Humanity; Shared Responsibility

Renewable Energy (30 CATS only)

Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures for Emergencies (30 CATS only)

Sustainable Operations and Humanitarian Supply Chains (30 CATS only)

See examples of other IATL modules which have used Student Devised Assessment HERE