BSc (Hons) Construction Management

During the programme you should experience a variety of formative and summative assessment tasks which challenge a broad range of your skills and understanding. The main types of learning through assessment are categorised below: Practice led – You are set a brief which asks you to demonstrate your learning through the completion of predominantly skills based exercises. These often need to be backed up by support work through the use of journals/blogs. Presentation – Either an individual or a group talk which is specifically structured to communicate relevant information. As well as content, the performance may be assessed (e.g. how effectively you communicated and how well a group worked together) Project proposal – A formal account of the planning and intended scope of a project, written early in the development cycle. Also known as a ‘brief’. Report/journal write-up of a project using a formal and concisely structured style or the recording of the creative journey in the form of a sketchbook or blog Essay/dissertation – A piece of writing that explores a topic in detail, including the development of your own ideas. Written in a formal, organised style usually with a minimum and maximum word limit. Self-assessment – An opportunity to reflect on individual performance and development – often tracked through a notebook/sketchbook log Peer assessment – Students assessing other students – often used when undertaking summative group projects as a stimulus for thinking about own performance in relation to others. Group criticisms offer a valuable opportunity for formative responses to portfolio work. Vlog – Either an individual or a group present a video log specifically structured to communicate relevant information. As well as content, the performance may be assessed (e.g. how effectively you communicated and how well a group worked together)