The Rise Assessment: What’s Your Story?

Did you know that your engagement with Rise can lead to additional academic credit which might improve your overall degree grade? By taking part in the Rise assessment process, you can unlock this opportunity!

This week we’re refreshing and relaunching our assessment process. We’ve been so impressed by all the amazing things that our students do with Rise, so we want to make sure that everyone who wants to tell their Rise story as part of our process knows how it works.

Why take part?

Rise credit is really powerful! If you’re eligible, it can improve your overall degree score, or even push you over a grade boundary. And Rise offers a way to achieve this at no risk; your grade can only improve by taking part in the Rise assessment as it’s an over credit that will only come into play if it can increase your average mark for the year.

But beyond this, the Rise assessment process has also been designed as a great way to contextualise and reflect upon your learning. If you’ve taken part in some Rise experiences, creating and assessing an assessment submission gives you the opportunity to consider how they all tie together and link them to your degree studies. It’s an involved process that requires genuine commitment, but it’s also a great opportunity to take stock of everything you’ve done through Rise.

What you need to know

If you’re on an eligible programme, you unlock the ability to complete the Rise assessment when you hit 300 points.

• To check your eligibility, take a look at your Rise points bar and click ‘What Next?’. You may be eligible in multiple years, so think about the right time for you to trade in your Rise points for credit. (Of course you can submit in multiple years as long as you have 300 points per assignment).
• The cut-off for the Rise assessment this year is 29^th April 2024. This is an optional assignment and you can sign up to take part by self-enrolling on our Moodle area, which is where you can submit at any point before this date. More information on this is available in the Rise assessment self-study.
• Once you’ve submitted, your work is marked like any other piece and your grade is banked until the end of the year. Then, if it’s higher than the grade for an eligible unit, it can replace the lower grade in your overall classification for the year.
• If you’re not eligible to take part, don’t worry! You can still earn practice credit which will include your Rise experience on your transcript, though this won’t affect your overall grade.

For more information, head over to our Assessment Hub. You’ll find a self-study pack that will take you through everything you need to do to turn your Rise points into additional credit. You’ll also find links to a range of in-person and online events that we’re running to help people prepare to tell their stories.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!