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LLB Student Perceptions of Assessment and Feedback: Lessons from the National Student Survey

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Contributors

Lisa Webley (University of Westminster)

Format

Paper presentation

Abstract

This project has been commissioned by the UKCLE so as to develop good practice guidance on assessment and feedback in the context of undergraduate legal education. This paper will set out the project method and aims. The project will map assessment practice across a sample of Law Schools that have scored highly in questions 5-9 in the NSS surveys 2009 and 2010 as well as those that have scored less highly in comparison to others. It will empirically examine student perceptions of assessment and feedback on LLB programmes in those Schools so as to draw some conclusions about student expectations as against different modes of assessment, assessment criteria and assessment regimes.

Presentation

Short biographies of panel members

Lisa Webley teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the School of Law, principally constitutional and administrative law, legal skills, the English legal system and research methods, with occasional classes on dispute resolution in a civil and family law context. She is a PhD supervisor, as well as a dissertation supervisor for LLB and LLM students. She is also involved in teaching, learning and assessment policy for the LLB, as well curriculum design and quality assurance. She is a professional tutor on the Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma in Higher Education.

Lisa has carried out funded empirical research for a number of public bodies and organisations including the European Commission; the Department for Constitutional Affairs (now Ministry of Justice); the Department for Trade and Industry (now the Department for Enterprise, Business and Regulatory Reform); the Law Society of England and Wales; the Legal Services Commission; and the Victoria Law Foundation Australia.

Last Modified: 11 February 2011