Items with Tag: Reflections
Find out what CRADLE PhD Pearl discovered at AHE 2026
8 July 2026
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Pearl Kang about her experiences at the 2026 Assessment in Higher Education Conference in Manchester, UK. Pearl’s research focuses on reviewing ways to help students develop evaluative judgement via pedagogical approaches. Pearl reported on her research findings at the conference and she outlines the key highlights of the conference.
Saunas, seagulls and feedback – my first international conference
19 June 2026
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD student Turkan Istencioğlu about her experience at the 2026 EARLI SIG 4 & 11 Conference in Helsinki. Turkan’s research focuses on Teacher Feedback Literacy in higher education, specifically investigating how educators design and implement feedback to improve student learning. She shared her research outputs in her presentation at the conference. Was it worth the jet lag?
How to move from research to real change: CRADLE 10th Anniversary
20 November 2025
On the 15th of October CRADLE celebrated its 10th birthday with an engaging and reflective seminar on the road behind and the journey ahead. In this post we hear reflections on the event from CRADLE PhD students Anastasiya Umarova and Tegan Little.
Are we zombies? Validity is the word for assessment practitioners
10 November 2025
In this post we hear PhD student Lhea Reinhold’s thoughts on our latest webinar ‘Secure assessment tasks in a time of GenAI’. Facilitated by Dr Thomas Corbin the webinar featured discussions around securing assessment with Professor Phillip Dawson, Professor Cath Ellis, Professor Danny Liu, and Kane Murdoch. Lhea is currently visiting CRADLE from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Do we need to change assessment design for AI?
6 October 2025
In this post, CRADLE PhD candidate Mert Pekel reflects on the expert panel session CRADLE held as part of our International Symposium 2025. The session also doubled as webinar #2 in our New Directions in AI Research and Practice series and discussed changing university assessment practices for a world with AI. Mert reflects on the questions considered, and how the discussions have influenced his research with CRADLE.
The double-edged sword – see how students perceive AI
10 September 2025
In this post we hear from CRADLE PhD candidate Kaiyu Huang. She shares her thoughts on the first webinar in our new three-part series: New Directions in AI Research and Practice. In the first webinar we considered student perspectives on AI, and Kaiyu reflects on how this view has influenced her research with CRADLE.

















