Key Note Speakers Aaron Porter Aaron Porter was re-elected as the Vice-President (Higher Education) for the National Union of Students to serve a second term which is due to end in June 2010. In this post, Aaron is responsible for leading representation and campaigns for students in UK higher education. Alongside this role, Aaron is also a Non-Executive Board Director for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), the European Students’ Union (ESU) and observer to the Board for the United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA). He is also on the Academic Council of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), the National Student Survey Steering Group, the Burgess Implementation Steering Group and the HEFCE Online Learning Taskforce. Prior to this, Aaron graduated with a BA English from the University of Leicester in 2006, and then spent 2 years as a sabbatical officer and trustee of the Students’ Union. During this time he was the Deputy Chair and a member of the Board for NUS Services Ltd, the commercial arm of NUS. He also founded and was elected as the first Chair of Unions94 (the Student Unions of the 1994 Group of Universities) and chaired the Student Loans Company Student Consultative Group. As a student, Aaron was editor of ‘The Ripple’ the student newspaper for the University of Leicester.
Session Abstract The presentation wil provide a student view on feedback on assessment in 21st UK Higher Education. and outline the 10 principles of good feedback as devised by NUS. The presentation will also reflect on research which has been conducted into student perspectives and opinions on the current provision of feedback, and what students would like to receive.
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