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Assessment Standards Manifesto In November 2007, ASKe hosted 'Designing assessment in the 21st Century' an assessment colloquium looking at the current state of assessment and ways in which practice might be improved in response to conclusions put forward by the Burgess Report. Watch Margaret Price, ASKe Director giving a presentation on the Manifesto. The event brought together the ASKe International Advisory Group (a group of seven world-class experts on assessment) and

Position paper on assessment ASKe's position paper on assessment sets out ASKe's views on the current state of assessment in the higher education sector as a whole, and in Brookes in particular. It draws on the generic literature, studies conducted at Brookes, and the detailed knowledge and experience of the ASKe team. From all this data, the paper seeks to distil key issues and sets out the premises which underpin ASKe's analysis. It also proposes a range of ideas and actions. The overall aim of the paper is to support Brookes in addressing assessment issues and to assist in plans for future development. The paper is currently being considered within Brookes and in due course the ASKe team plans to produce a version of the paper that will be suitable for journal publication.

ASKe is the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning based at Oxford Brookes University Business School. It was set up in summer 2005 with a £4.5 million award (spread over five years) from HEFCE in recognition of good practice based on pedagogic research into aspects of assessment carried out by staff in the Business School and the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development. ASKe's work focuses on ways of helping staff and students develop a common understanding of academic standards, and it builds on and promulgates established good practice.