On the 12th July 2022, Dr Emily Salines, Dr Thea Stevens and Robert Mantho presented their paper that reports on a collaboration between UAL and Glasgow School of Art to explore ideas of compassion and belonging in feedback as part of the QAA collaborative project, Belonging in Assessment, Pipelines of Compassion (UAL, Leeds Arts University and Glasgow School of Art). They discussed a small collaborative staff workshop which explored what compassionate feedback might look like, the advice we might give to ourselves, our colleagues, and students regarding the formative assessment process and the learning within it, including within current landscape of blended feedback and assessment modes.

This action research forms part of a QAA collaborative project, Belonging in Assessment (University of the Arts London, Leeds Arts University, & Glasgow School of Art). The project's overall aim is to evaluate how we might enhance belonging, compassion, and understanding in the process, language and policy of assessment.