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Online Assessment in University STEM Education in Scotland with STACK

This is a day of practical workshops and planning meetings to develop plans and concrete activities to generate impact from the STACK online assessment system primarily in Scotland.

Date: 30th April 2026.
Venue: Earl Mountbatten Building, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Riccarton Campus, Heriot-Watt University.

Please register here to attend.

This open session is intended to:

  • Share recent developments in STACK, open materials, and tools for collaboration
  • Explore how online assessment can support STEM education in Scottish universities
  • Provide a practical introduction to authoring STACK questions (for new or prospective users)
  • Build a collaborative network across institutions interested in scalable, research-informed assessment   Whether you are already using online assessment or are simply curious about its potential, we would be delighted to welcome you.

Colleagues are welcome to attend the afternoon sessions. The proposed activities are below.

12:30-13:30 Lunch.
13:30-14:00 Background to STACK.
14:00-15:00 Round table: how online assessment can support education of STEM in Scotland.
15:00-15:30 Coffee break.
15:30-16:30 Parallel sessions (if needed): (i) Authoring workshop for new users, (ii) networking discussion and next steps.

Who Should Attend?

We warmly invite colleagues in university mathematics, physics, engineering and related disciplines who are interested in:

  • Online or blended assessment
  • Scaling high-quality mathematical feedback
  • Open educational resource development
  • Cross-institutional collaboration in STEM education

Travel support: To support equitable participation across Scotland, a limited number of small travel bursaries will be available. If you require funding, please indicate on the registration form.

We hope this will be an opportunity to strengthen collaboration around mathematics and STEM assessment across Scotland, and we would be delighted if you could join us.

For more information, please contact
Chris Sangwin C.J.Sangwin@ed.ac.uk, University of Edinburgh and the Maxwell Institute
Pamela Docherty p.docherty@hw.ac.uk, Heriot-Watt University and the Maxwell Institute