Co-creating authentic assessments for undergraduate and postgraduate event management students: developing sustainable communities and enhancing social awareness

Radcliffe, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2533-5237 and Priest, Janine (2025) Co-creating authentic assessments for undergraduate and postgraduate event management students: developing sustainable communities and enhancing social awareness. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education (TLTHE), 1 (46). 3. ISSN 2381-4268

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Abstract

The journey of integrating authentic assessments into the Event Management curriculum has been both enlightening and transformative for us. As educators tasked with preparing students for a dynamic and multifaceted industry, we have faced the challenge of bridging academic theory with real-world application. Reflecting on this process, we have delved into motivations and pedagogical strategies, and we have observed outcomes of developing responsible event-management professionals, enriched by a focus on community engagement, sustainability, and industry collaboration. This has been made possible through the co-creation of projects for their assessments where students are actively engaged with their own learning and reflective practice through the partnerships built between themselves, community stakeholders, and staff teaching on the modules (Bovill, 2019).