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Feedback after the Exam Period
In accordance with Article 60 of the Education and Examination Code, every student has the right to receive content-related feedback (which must be provided within the official feedback period). This feedback is an important element of the student’s learning process.
This Education Tip delves deeper into:
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How to Assess Group Work?
Think thoroughly about how to evaluate group work as the evaluation method strongly determines how the group functions. Determine in advance what you are evalutating. Determine who evaluates and make sure that the evaluation is valid, reliable and transparent.
What do you evaluate in group work?Determine, as …
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How to Moderate Discussions on an Online Forum
What?
An online discussion is a didactic method by means of which students learn to collect information, take a point of view, argue, give feedback to fellow students, and strengthen their communication skills. Discussion also increases student engagement in online education. You can organize discussions either asynchronously (forum), or …
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Cultivate Talent: Development of Talent among Students and Staff
To foster talent development among students and lecturers, the study programme follows a policy that promotes well-being and is sensitive to diversity. The study programme ensures optimal orientation, remediation, supervision, and challenge for all students throughout their studies. In addition, the study …
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Putting Diversity Consciousness into (Teaching) Practice
Diversity awareness in your teaching practice means that you actively, consciously and respectfully consider and respond to the diversity of your student group. In practice, this means that:
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How to Assess Written and Oral Assignments?
How to Assess
Assessing a written or oral assignment is not always a straightforward matter. A student’s final mark depends on and takes into account various criteria. Assessors must take care to:
have a clear overview of the assessment criteria; decide beforehand how these … Read more -
Right of Inspection for Students
Regulations and Procedure
The following addition has been included in the Higher Education Codex with regard to the right of inspection, taking immediate effect (i.e. from the current 2019-2020 academic year onwards):“With regard to examinations, the principle of public access to documents means that students are entitled to …
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Course Sheets: How to Complete Them Correctly?
General Information on Course Sheets What is a Course Sheet and Why is a Good Course Sheet Important?
A course sheet contains a description of a course unit's content and organisation and can be found in the study guide.
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Sharing Lecture Recordings and Learning Materials: Dos and Don’ts
What are the do’s and don’ts of sharing lecture recordings and learning materials? This question has recently been prominent on lecturers’ and students’ (student unions’) minds. The answer to this question is not clear-cut. First and foremost, there is the legal framework provided by the Education and Examination Code. Then, …
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How to Enter Exam Marks in Oasis
How to enter exam marks in Oasis as a lecturer-in-charge, promotor, or proxy?
Procedure Go to http://oasis.ugent.be and log in with your UGent username and password. Select the menu ‘Lecturer-in-charge’ or ‘Promotor’ at the top of the page. To enter exam marks … Read more -
How to Achieve High-Quality Assessments?
As lecturer, when assessing, you may initially think of ways to determine how well students master the learning material and pre-determined competencies. But assessing involves more than that. This education tip explains the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning and how to use both approaches …
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Student Reflection
Context
Ghent University has a long-standing tradition of student involvement. At Ghent University, student involvement can take different forms: student representatives contribute to and participate in the decision making process with regard to education at different levels (at the level of the study programme, the faculty and the university). …
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Education Vision: Educational Strategy
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How to Set Up Seminars
What is a seminar? How does it differ from a practical or lecture? What can you use it for and how do you do that? What are benefits and points of interest? All explanations about seminars are offered in this education tip.
What is a seminar?A seminar …
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Education and Quality Assurance Updates
September 2026 Updates launching the first term ‘First Lecture’ Sample Slides
At the start of the academic year, clearly communicate what you, the lecturer, and Ghent University as a whole expect of students. The handy overview on Education Tips tells you what you can and must communicate. …
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Assessment and Exit Level Outcomes
The study programme follows an up-to-date assessment policy, endorsed and aligned with Ghent University's assessment policy. Within this framework, the study programme may place idiosyncratic emphasis and monitor assessment quality down to the level of individual course units. The assessment methods are varied and well suited … Read more
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Work Placement: Points to Consider for Study Programmes
The study programme follows a transparent, efficient work placement policy. It guarantees that every student (a) has the opportunity to undertake a high-quality work placement linked to the curriculum, and (b) receives adequate coaching throughout the process. What? … Read more
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Written Exams: Open-Ended Questions
This Education Tip containts information on different types of open-ended questions, when to use them, how to design high-quality open-ended questions and how to mark them.
What are Open-Ended Questions?Open-ended questions are questions to which students have to produce their own answer. There are several types of …
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Written Exam: Closed Questions (Multiple Choice)
This Education Tip provides information on various types of closed questions, when to use them, how to design effective closed questions, and how to assess them.
What are Closed Questions?Closed questions require the student to recognise the correct answer and choose one or more options from a …
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Teaching Methods in a Study Programme
The study programme invests in a well-considered, well-aligned mix of online and on-campus education. It uses a variety of (active) teaching methods aligned with the programme-specific learning outcomes and encourages students to take responsibility for their learning process. … Read more