Author
Andy Grayson
Associate Professor
Andy Grayson is Associate Professor in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. He has worked in HE for over 30 years. He leads a very large department on matters to do with learning and teaching, with a particular focus on assessment. He has his own website.
6 pieces
Newest first, since November 2019
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What did we lose when we turned polytechnics into universities?
Thirty years on from the abolition of the “binary divide”, did polytechnics become universities, or did universities become polytechnics? Andy Grayson reflects on what has been won and lost.
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Teamwork and employability – assessing process or outcome?
Andy Grayson argues that if we want to get serious about preparing students for the world of work, we need to get serious about the kinds of assessments that we employ
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Marking? Explain it in football terms
Andy Grayson ponders the difference between a referee making offside decisions and an academic marking essays.
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Students should get individual feedback on their exams
Should students get individual feedback on exams? Andy Grayson thinks so, and he has ways of delivering it that aren’t onerous.
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We are our students
Andy Grayson sees his own strengths and weaknesses reflected in those of his students.
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In assessment we need consistent values, not form filling
Assessment always entails difficult decisions. Andy Grayson wants these to be guided by a core set of values