Considerate Marking Adjustment Review

Staff Involvement:

• Project lead- management of direction of project, and supporting student role holders
  • Approx. 90% of workload over 3 months
  • 40% of this was managing student role holders
• Material creation- approximately 3 hours to create guides, materials and web pages
• Stakeholder consultation-
  • Review meeting- 2 hours, reviewing the project so far
  • Changes recommendation- 1 hour meeting, confirming proposed changes and timeline

Students:

Students were recruited through the disabled student newsletter, or shared through student contacts within the department.

• Focus group participants x20
  
  • 1 hour in length
  • Remuneration: Love2Shop voucher £15
  • Support: Shared information sheets ahead of the focus groups
• Student officers x2 (see working with students tab for more details)

Key Objectives

• Review Warwick’s current marking label practices
• Benchmark against sector-wide approaches
• Identify and address issues such as lack of clarity, inconsistent use, and outdated terminology
• Co-create updated guidance and resources for staff and students
• Improve inclusivity and transparency in assessment practices

Key Outcomes

• Changed the name from Marking Label to Considerate Marking Adjustment
• Created a video for staff and students to better understand how the adjustment works
• Developed new guidance document for both staff and students
• Updated web pages and created printed materials to support best practice

Student workers

Recruitment: recruited through the disabled student newsletter or shared through student contacts within the department

Induction: several meetings to update students, and showcase where and how they could be involved

Post type: non-recurring, short-term post only for 3 months (length of the project)