Chris Rust

• the experiences of new staff in H.E. and their training 
• the effectiveness of staff development
• supporting student learning through Supplemental Instruction, and student assessment  
• improving student learning through active engagement with assessment feedback, and the significance of both explicit articulation and socialisation processes in improving students' understanding of assessment requirements and assessment feedback 
• the design, development and use of social learning space in universities, and its potential effect on university organization
• the development of research-based learning in the undergraduate curriculum
• the effectiveness of external examining
• the calibration of academic assessment standards.

Recent UK Workshops/Consultancies/Conference presentations – last 5 years

2020

• University of Reading Teaching & Learning conference
• Keynote Assessment, feedback, wellbeing, resilience
• Co-delivery on-line of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners

2021

• Co-delivery on-line of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners, plus assisted and observed workshops, for the following institutions:
• University of Bolton, University of Chichester, University of Northampton, BIMM, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Reading, University of Birmingham.

2022

• Presentation on-line, Professional Development For External Examiners, for “Maintaining Academic standards: The development of External Examiners” webinar hosted by Sheffield Hallam University
• On-line workshop, Assessment: 4 radical possibilities, School of Life Sciences University of Nottingham
• Co-delivery on-line (twice) of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners

2023

• Co-delivery on-line (twice) of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners

2024

• Co-delivered half day workshop Maintaining academic standards: marking and moderation, University of Oxford
• Co-delivery on-line (twice) of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners

2025

• Co-delivery on-line (twice) of Advance HE (HEFCE funded) one-day (two half days) workshop Professional Development For External Examiners

International Workshops/Consultancies/Conference presentations:

1991

• King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dahran, Saudi Arabia. Five days consultancy

1994

• University of the South Pacific, Fiji. Ten days consultancy and workshops
• University of Auckland, New Zealand. One day workshop/consultancy

1995

• Singapore Polytechnic. Five days consultancy and workshops
• AAHE Conference, Boston. “Assessment and Quality” Presented session on Introducing Profiling

1996

• Singapore Polytechnic. Two day workshop Improving student learning through structured discussion and increased participation
• Singapore Polytechnic. Two day workshop Designing and delivering modular courses
• AAHE Conference, Washington DC. “Assessment and Quality” Invited to run pre-conference workshop on Assessing what really matters
• STLHE Conference, Ottawa. Presented two sessions: Managing discussion in large classes & Introducing Profiling

1997

• Vrije University, Brussels. One day workshop Teaching in Higher Education
• STLHE Conference, Regina, Canada. Presented one session: Using assessment more effectively and efficiently

1998

• University College Oslo, Norway. Three days consultancy, including conference keynote: Moving from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning
• University of Stockholm, Sweden. Two days workshops: Teaching more students
• Uppsala University, Sweden. Two days workshops Teaching more students.
• Consultation on Training courses for new lecturing staff for visiting group from Vaxjo University, Sweden
• 2nd ICED Conference, Austin, Texas. Presented seminar: Negotiated entitlement: a model for centrally supported dev. in ac. departments
• One day workshop on Increasing the quality of courses, and their retention rates for visiting group from University College Oslo, Norway University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. Six days consultancy and workshops

1999

• Consultation and workshop for visiting Bram Fischer Awards group from nine South African Universities
• Uppsala University, Sweden. Two days workshops Teaching more students
• Malardalen University College, Sweden. One day workshop Assessing more students
• Estonian Humanitarian Institute & British Council, Tallinn. Three days consultancy and workshops

2000

• Consultation and workshop for visiting Bram Fischer Awards group from four South African Universities
• University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine. Five days consultancy as part of Tempus Tacis Programme: Human Resource Dev. for Publishing in Ukraine
• 25th Improving University Teaching Conference, Goethe-University, Frankfurt. Presented paper A possible student-centred assessment solution to some of the current problems of modular degree programmes
• 3rd ICED Conference, Bielefeld, Germany. Presented paper: Do initial training courses have an impact on university teaching?
• University of Tartu, Estonia. Three day workshop: University Teaching Latvian Ministry of Education & PHARE VET 2000 Project, Riga.
• Three day workshop New approaches in student assessment
• Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv. Five days consultancy as part of Tempus Tacis Programme: Human Resource Dev. for Publishing in Ukraine

2002

• 4th ICED Conference, Perth, Australia. Workshop session Vision vs organisational location
• 30th HERDSA Conference, Perth, Australia. Co-presented workshop session: Actively engaging students with their assessment feedback
• 10th International Symposium on Improving Student Learning, Brussels.
• Co-presented paper Minor interventions can have major effects on student learning: results from a three-year study
• University of Lund, Sweden. Conference keynote Moving from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning, and seminar Involving students in assessment

2003

• University College Oslo, Norway. Two days consultancy, including conference keynote: Moving from a focus on summative assessment to a focus on formative assessment
• Ingenioruddannelsernes Pedagogiske Netvaerk (Pedagogical Network for Engineering Education), Copenhagen, Denmark. Two day workshop Student assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning
• Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. Annual Learning and Teaching conference
• Conference keynote Improving student learning through course design
• University of Lund, Sweden. Half-day consultancy and half-day workshop Student assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning
• Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. International Symposium: Evaluacion del desempeno academico del estudiante universitario. Two conference keynotes, two conference workshops, a conference panel, plus additional faculty workshops and five days consultancy.

2004

• Engineering College, Horsens, Denmark. One day workshop Student assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning
• Ingenioruddannelsernes Pedagogiske Netvaerk (Danish Pedagogical Network for Engineering Education). Half-day consultancy
• University College, Aarhus, Denmark. One day workshop Student assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning
• 32nd HERDSA Conference, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Workshop session: Attempting to put a social constructivist assessment process model into practice
• Uppsala University, Sweden. Two half-day workshops: Self and peer assessment. Learning in teams.
• University of Lund, Sweden. Half-day consultancy and half-day workshop
• Learning in teams.
• International College of Economics & Finance, Moscow, Russia. Three half-day workshops: Active learning in lectures. Managing student discussion and
• seminar activity. Assessment and feedback
• 2nd Nordic Symposium on Staff and Faculty Development in Engineering Education, Odense, Denmark. Conference keynote and moderator.

2005

• Uppsala University, Sweden. Two half-day workshops. Student assessment; Teaching more students: problems and strategies
• Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim. One day workshop: Assessing students
• International College of Economics & Finance, Moscow, Russia. Consultancy, including structured group feedback with students, and two half-day workshops: Motivating & directing student self-study
• B.I. Norwegian School of Management, Oslo. Workshop Involving students in assessment

2006

• One day workshop on Assessment for visiting group from Rezeknes Augstskola, Latvia

2007

• B.I. Norwegian Business School, Oslo. Keynote Pedagogical Inspiration-day
• Assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning
• Institute for International Management & Technology, Gurgaon, India. Consultancy, assessing and giving feedback on staff learning & teaching CPD portfolios
• 29th EAIR Forum, Innsbruck. Paper presentation: Reinventing the undergraduate curriculum: resolving the teaching vs research paradox
• through research-based learning
• University of Lund, Sweden. Keynote Learning and Teaching conference: Being scholarly in our assessment practice
• University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Keynote Learning and Teaching conference: Being scholarly in our assessment practice, plus a workshop

2008

• AISHE regional seminar, Institute of Technology, Carlow, Ireland. Assessment and learning
• 4th EARLI/Northumbria Assessment conference, Potsdam, Berlin. Presented poster Investigations into Marking Practices and Marking Disparities at One UK University: An ASKe Project 2006-2008
• Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. One day workshop Assessment and learning
• University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Five days consultancy, including workshops and a Teaching & Learning conference keynote Teaching big classes
• One day workshop Teaching more students: problems and course design strategies for visiting group from B.I. Norwegian School of Management, Oslo.
• Higher Education as a Social Space conference, Rhodes University, South Africa. Presented a paper Creating a true community of academic practice through research based learning
• NUI, Maynooth, Ireland. Half-day workshop Assessment: lightening the load and increasing the learning and half-day consultancy on teaching large classes

2009

• International College of Economics & Finance, Moscow, Russia. Consultancy, including structured group feedback with students, half-day workshop: Active learning in lectures and seminars, and one day workshop Enhancing assessment and feedback
• Heidelberg International Business Academy Conference, “Trends and Developments in Management and Management Education” Keynote Increasing the learning while reducing the assessment workload, Workshop Engaging students with feedback, and a short workshop with students Working with assessment criteria and feedback
• Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland. One day workshop Assessment and learning
• National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. One day workshop Assessment and learning
• Half-day workshop on variety of topics for visiting group from Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim
• One hour session on Academic development for visiting group from Department of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Dansk Center for Ingenioruddannelse (DACIN - Centre for Engineering Education Research & Development) Conference “Learning through assessment”, Aalborg, Denmark. Keynote Engaging students with assessment and feedback
• 6th International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Conference, Indiana
• University at Bloomington, USA. Workshop Assessment practice: a manifesto for change
• Australian Learning and Teaching Council Assessment Forum, Melbourne, Australia. Keynote Engaging students with assessment and feedback
• Australian Technology Network Assessment Conference, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. Keynote Assessment practice: a manifesto for change. Co-presented Forum Programme assessment strategies
• La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia. Half-day workshop Reinventing the curriculum: research based learning
• Australian Business Deans Council Teaching and Learning Network, commissioned tour: Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Five half-day workshops Engaging students with assessment and feedback. Plus two days consultancy, QUT, Brisbane

2010

• Higher Education and Training Awards Council-SIF 2 Symposium “Repositioning Learner Assessment in Higher Education”, Dublin, Ireland.
• Keynote Assessment practice: a manifesto for change

2011

• Institute for International Management & Technology, Gurgaon, India. Consultancy, assessing and giving feedback on staff learning & teaching CPD portfolios
• Nilai University College, Malaysia. Consultancy, assessing and giving feedback on staff learning & teaching CPD portfolios
• AACSB Assessment Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Keynote Assessment practice: a manifesto for change
• City University, Hong Kong. Seminar presentation Developing research literacy and research-based learning. Plus five days consultancy as member of an international group of invited experts
• Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. International Symposium on Faculty Development. Keynote Professional development of faculty in the UK
• Ocean University, Qingdao, China – two days consultancy

2012

• Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France. International conference “Higher Education in the UK and the USA since Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan: Converging Models?” Presented a paper The student experience in the US & the UK: a depressing picture of decline?
• Lund University, Sweden. Administered and chaired the 19th International Symposium on Improving Student Learning: ‘Improving student learning through research and scholarship: 20 years of ISL’
• Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Keynote: Reconceptualising assessment. Two half-day seminars: Engaging students with assessment and feedback, and How students learn, and how to encourage active learning in lectures
• Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland. Seminar Improving students’ learning: the role of assessment criteria and processes
• Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland. Half-day seminar Effective teaching, learning and assessment

2013

• University of Hamburg, Germany. Symposion zur Prufüngsforschung (Symposium on Assessment Research). Presentation The international state of research on assessment and examinations

2014

• Half-day workshop Improving feedback and student engagement with feedback for visiting group from B.I. Norwegian Business School, Oslo.
• University of Sydney, Australia. Three days including: Learning & Teaching Conference keynote, a curriculum leaders’ workshop, & leading an informal discussion with senior university leaders
• University of Wollongong, Australia. Five weeks Visiting Professor/consultant on Curriculum Transformation Project Melbourne, Australia. National External Peer Review Forum keynote: Developing a community of practice for the peer review of assessment

2015

• University of Lund, Sweden. Part of four-day course in academic teaching for group of Palestinian university teachers. Half-day workshop Engaging students with assessment and feedback, followed by analysis of the workshop construction and methodology
• Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. Learning & Teaching Conference keynote: Curriculum design & assessment, plus half-day workshop Improving feedback and student engagement with feedback
• Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, West Bank. Two one-day workshops: Assessment for learning & engaging students with assessment and feedback, and Motivating and engaging students in classroom activities

2016

• Invited by University of the West Indies to lead quality review of their Centres for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, involving a two-week trip visiting campuses in Barbados, Trinidad, and Jamaica
• Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland. Learning & Teaching Showcase Keynote Curriculum Design & Assessment

2017

• Invited by Network of Higher Education Reform Experts (HERE) Technical Assistance Missions (TAM), planned with the support of National Erasmus Plus offices (NEo), to provide consultancy and workshops for Palestinian Academics and students hosted by Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, West Bank Workshops: one day for faculty Assessment, & a half-day for students The Role of assessment in developing deep learning
• Australian Business Deans Council Teaching and Learning Network, commissioned Workshop: UWA, Perth. Co-delivered Articulating the relationship between Graduate Attributes & employability
• Murdoch University, Perth, Australia Consultancy plus two workshops:
• Redesigning course assessment, & co-delivered Articulating the relationship between Graduate Attributes & employability
• Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows’ Forum, Sydney. Presentation Curriculum Transformation
• HERDSA Conference, Sydney. Keynote The Challenges of Curriculum Transformation & pre-conference workshop
• Redesigning course assessment UTS, Sydney. Presentation Redesigning course assessment & workshop Engaging students in assessment & feedback
• Australian Business Deans Council Teaching and Learning Network, commissioned Workshop: Macquarie University, Sydney.
• Half-day workshop Redesigning course assessment University of Wollongong Consultancy plus two workshops: Redesigning course assessment, & co-delivered Articulating the relationship between Graduate Attributes & employability
• University of Canberra Two workshops Redesigning course assessment, & co-delivered Articulating the relationship between Graduate Attributes & employability
• La Trobe University, Melbourne. Keynote Redesigning course assessment
• Australian Business Deans Council Teaching and Learning Network, commissioned Workshop: Deakin University, Melbourne. Workshop Articulating the relationship between Graduate Attributes & employability
• Assessment & Review Summit, Melbourne. Keynote Presentation
via video & Skype: Creating Communities of Practice: professional development in peer review of assessment and calibration

2018

• Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland. Workshop Assessment: some disruptive/radical possibilities

2019

• Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany Workshop Redesigning course assessment

Academic Qualifications

1973

• Certificate in Education, Redland College of Education, Bristol

1974

• B.Ed. (Hons), in English, University of Bristol

1978

• Further Professional Studies Certificate in Education in Film Studies, University of Bristol 

1983

•  M.Ed., University of Bristol

1992

• Certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor, University of Missouri - Kansas City

2003

• PhD The professionalisation of learning, teaching and assessment in Higher Education through evidence-based practice, University of Glamorgan

2010

• Professor of Higher Education, Oxford Brookes University
• Senior Fellowship of the Staff and Educational Development Association 

2014

• Emeritus Professor, Oxford Brookes University

Other Professional Recognition

1996

• Fellowship of the Staff and Educational Development Association

1999

• Member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching

2004

• Fellowship (previously registered practitioner) of the Higher Education Academy