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School for Cross-faculty Studies

Launch of Undisciplinary Pedagogy Series

Dr Romain Chenet

Fostering creative efforts in 'uncreative' backdrops: how to build authentic capacities for alternative assessment

Friday 6 March 2026 at 4pm-5pm

FAB3.25

Abstract: In considering inclusive assessment and transformative academic opportunities, a focus could rest on future scope to adapt and evolve our practice via, for instance, building creative assignments into curricula. Not least as such approaches can enable students to focus on individual authenticity, experiences, and meaning making in their assessments. To nuance and support such discussion, this presentation shares my reflections on teaching and learning experiences from across four years of facilitating an adaptable and open-ended project assessment in an undergraduate module. Here, where creative and/or 'alternative' projects are invited alongside essays or more 'conventional' formats, this session offers a range of pedagogic considerations and gentle suggestions for building transformative assessment praxis. It also explores how to fruitfully navigate potential complexities of assignment open-endedness with students and how to work inclusively with diverse learner cohorts.