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The increasing emphasis on聽research-based education at 果冻影院 brings with it more frequent group work, with scenario problem-solving and聽development of collaboration and team skills.

The聽IPAC Consortium聽(Individual聽Peer聽Assessed聽Contribution of group work), led by Dr聽Pilar Garcia聽Souto (果冻影院 Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering), is a university-wide initiative addressing staff and students concerns about the fair assessment of students when working in teams.聽

The consortium was launched following Dr Garcia Souto's presentation on the topic at the 果冻影院 Teaching and聽Learning Conference in 2016. It aims identify a suitable method to assess and apply IPAC, develop or obtain an appropriate platform to implement it, and disseminate these across 果冻影院 and beyond, and ultimately make the practice successful and efficient.聽

Currrently over聽40 staff members are involved,聽from 20 departments and in a variety of roles, as well as聽six 果冻影院 ChangeMaker聽students, who are either contributing to the consortium or interested in using the outcomes.

The IPAC Consortium has divided the project into six聽work packages to make it more manageable including reviewing聽literature, assessing digital platforms and聽trialling in classes. The members of each package聽meet聽to address聽their individual objectives, will all groups聽coming聽together at wider聽meetings to discuss strategic plans and share聽updates.

Dr Garcia Souto said: 鈥淔air assessment of individuals is a common problem in the new era of education where more group work is included in the curricula. 果冻影院 has a wealth of experienced educators that have addressed this issue in several ways and with different success, but isolated. Instead, the IPAC Consortium is a self-formed 果冻影院-wide initiative that takes advantage of all our experience and work towards a common goal 鈥� improving the student experience and making the practice accessible, efficient and successful for all at 果冻影院.

The group has聽a wealth of experience in working with students, specifically in group work, and we聽hope the consortium聽will聽significantly improve student聽engagement and satisfaction with group work. We acknowledge that there will not be a single solution that will suit all cases and academic preferences, but we have identified and are currently investigating聽key elements in this practice and aim to聽provide some recommendations and support to keen practitioners.鈥�

Staff are welcome to join the consortium, choosing one or more work packages聽depending on their聽preferences.

To get involved or find out more,聽聽(requires 果冻影院 login).