IMPERIAL COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Supporting Fair, Consistent Assessment Across a Global Business School

The Challenge

Creating a consistent assessment process across diverse academic programmes.

As Imperial Business School expanded its portfolio of programmes, assessment became increasingly complex.

Different marking models, moderation processes, academic regulations and programme requirements all needed to work together while maintaining fairness, consistency and confidence in every assessment outcome.

The challenge was not simply to digitise marking. It was to create a trusted assessment process that could support academic staff, administrators and students across the entire assessment lifecycle.

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Our Approach

Redesigning assessment workflows around people, not processes.

Rather than automating existing administrative tasks, Psycle worked alongside Imperial to understand how academic staff, programme teams and administrators interacted throughout the assessment process.

Every workflow was redesigned around the people using the system, simplifying complex processes while preserving the academic governance, moderation and audit requirements expected of a world-leading business school.

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The Solution

Connecting assessment, moderation and academic governance.

Psycle designed and developed a bespoke assessment platform that connected every stage of the marking lifecycle within a single, integrated system.

The platform brought together assignment management, first and second marking, moderation, grade calculations, feedback, academic workflows and results publication within  one secure platform, integrated with Imperial's wider learning environment to support staff and students throughout the assessment process.

Technology included

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"Example pages from the marking process for Imperial College Business School"

The result was a connected assessment platform that delivered greater consistency, stronger academic governance and a simpler experience for everyone involved in the assessment process.

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The Outcome

Supporting Trusted Assessment for Over a Decade

Created a trusted, consistent assessment process across multiple academic programmes and marking models.

Reduced administrative complexity while strengthening moderation, governance and confidence in student outcomes.

Continued evolving alongside Imperial Business School over more than a decade.

KEY RESULTS

  • Supported Imperial's assessment processes for over ten years
  • Connected marking, moderation and academic governance within one platform
  • Integrated with Imperial's wider learning ecosystem
  • Reduced administrative overhead while improving consistency

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