Rachel Forsyth is an educational developer who currently works at Lund University in Sweden as a project manager. She was previously Head of the University Teaching Academy at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she was involved in major institutional change projects, particularly in relation to inclusive learning communities and assessment in higher education. She is a Principal Fellow of the HEA and has taught on postgraduate programmes for teaching in higher education for twenty years, including leading a specialist module on assessment. She has been a member of the Degree Standards Project team which has explored sector-owned processes for professional development of external examiners in the UK. As Editor-in-Chief of the Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal for five years, she is an active member of the Researching, Advancing, Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) network.

Part 1: Identifying The Challenges
Chapter 1: Assessment in Higher Education
Chapter 2: What Do We Need To Talk About?
Chapter 3: What Else Should We Talk About?
Chapter 4: Assessment In The Contemporary University
Part 2: Making Assessment Work
Chapter 5: Designing Effective Assessment Tasks
Chapter 6: Designing Effective Marking And Feedback
Chapter 7: Teaching For Effective Assessment
Chapter 8: Marking And Feedback
Chapter 9: Assessing With Confidence
Part 3: Choosing Assignment Tasks And Feedback Tools
Chapter 10: Assignment Tasks
Chapter 11: Feedback Tools