Swansea University Criminology case study

One of five criminology case studies selected by the C-Sap Criminology SIG.

Informal feedback from colleagues and formal feedback in departmental and teaching and learning committee meetings indicated a lack of explicit engagement with the assessment criteria on the part of assessors and an alarming lack of awareness of the criteria (let alone engagement with them) on the part of undergraduate students. Therefore assessment criteria were given to students in introductory lectures and discussed at length throughout modules (including during essay preparation sessions) in addition to being made an explicit part of the Criminology degree handbook all level-specific handbooks and all module outlines.