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		<title>Reforming the university: evolution or revolution? &#8211; A Response</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/09/08/reforming-the-university-evolution-or-revolution-a-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a ‘disenfranchised insider’ I really enjoyed reading Tony Bates’blog post ‘Reforming the university: evolution or revolution?’. In it Dr Bates discusses change in universities from a stakeholder point of view and considers Faculty, Students, Government and the Economy. He concludes by saying: My view is that universities do need to change quite radically, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment Manager Part 1 &#8211; Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004 I wrote a web application for managing student assessments. It was primarily designed for handling the submission of assessments from large cohorts of students. It manages the assessment lifecycle including creating assignments, managing marking schemes, handling submissions, distributing groups of assignments to assessors, facilitating easier online marking, enhancing rapid feedback and the moderation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delicate Geniuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having a look at the Times Higher Education site the other day when a post entitled &#8220;Students get marks just for turning up&#8221; caught my eye. The post describes how some universities have been accused of bribing undergraduates by awarding assessment marks simply for turning up. Of course this made me smile, I [...]]]></description>
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