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Laura Clarke

Dr Laura Clarke SFHEA

Lecturer - Assessment Advisor

Biography

I am an Assessment Advisor for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, where I collaborate with departments to establish robust and transparent assessment processes. My work focuses on ensuring a diverse and meaningful range of assessment opportunities that foster authentic skill development whilst supporting ongoing evaluation to enhance sustainable assessment and feedback practices.

With fifteen years of teaching experience, I previously worked as an Associate Professor of English at the City University of New York (CUNY). In this role, I taught academic writing as part of the First-Year Experience, along with literature and media courses in the Liberal Arts Programme. Additionally, I led faculty professional development initiatives on Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID), a U.S -based approach that integrates purposeful and frequent writing throughout students’ academic journeys.

Before joining King’s Academy, I was an Academic Developer at the University of Sussex, where I designed Sussex’s Assessment Equivalencies Framework. This framework, now integral to assessment design and course validation, ensures fairness, consistency, and comparability across diverse assessment methods.

In addition to a disciplinary background in literature and visual arts, my expertise lies in assessment and feedback, particularly in developing iterative assessments that cultivate students’ self-regulation and critical reflection skills.

Events

29Apr

Educators' Workshop Three: Making Assessment Fit For Purpose

We will explore different aspects of what role assessment plays in language learning, as well as focusing on practical questions about designing assessment.

Events

29Apr

Educators' Workshop Three: Making Assessment Fit For Purpose

We will explore different aspects of what role assessment plays in language learning, as well as focusing on practical questions about designing assessment.