Self-Assessment
Written for the consortium team by Phil Bannister and Ian Baker (Sheffield Hallam University)

© University of Northumbria at Newcastle 2000 Published by: Assessment and the Expanded Text School of Humanities University of Northumbria Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

Self-Assessment
ISBN: 1-86135-080-5

Text editor: Rebecca Johnson Copy editor: Publications Office, University of Northumbria

Designed and produced by the Department of External Relations DER: 2308HCB/6/00J

Contents
Project mission statement Introduction The nature and scope of the project
i) The self-assessment sheet ii) Student guide to self-assessment iii) ‘Writing essays: A guide for literary studies students’ (sample) 5

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Ways of using the materials
i) How the self-assessment sheet can be used ii) Workshop using the self-assessment sheet

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iii) How ‘Writing essays: A guide for literary studies students’ can be used 35 iv) Workshop using the essay guide 35

Impact on staff and students
i) Student response to the self-assessment sheet ii) Student response to workshops using the materials iii) Staff response to the materials

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Further references About the authors Acknowledgements Appendices
i) Example of completed self-assessment sheet with essay

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Project mission statement

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he Assessment and the Expanded Text Consortium is a project directed by the English division at the University of Northumbria. It involves collaborating with colleagues who teach English courses at Sheffield Hallam University, Staffordshire University and the University of East Anglia. We came together three years ago to build on existing relations between our various institutions, relations which often developed from the role of the external examiner and as a result of the Teaching Quality Assessment visits