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Thank you for your hard work on this. There will always be commentators from the sidelines, and you won't make everyone happy, but it's important work. I am one of many grateful educators who are pleased that the ball is rolling on necessary curriculum evolution. Thank you, again.

Me too! Important and exciting work.

Really enjoyed this session. Thank you both.

Great. Thanks for the recommendation, John. I've just bought it.

Great. I really hope you enjoy it.

Haha. I actually did 5 when I read this.

(This only works in a font where 1 looks like a lower case L.)

I learnt quite a lot from the reading, made some really great contacts through the face to face sessions, but the final assignment felt like a really big tick box exercise. If I could improve the course, I would remove the final assignment entirely and add more practical advice for doing the role.

It begs the question: Is it worth it?

If the NPQ feedback is so poor that it devalues the experience and doesn't help the participant, is the assignment really worth the effort?

I'm not so sure.

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Same. I was left feeling like, "Is that it? I put so much time and effort into this, and that's all I get?"

The feedback totally undervalued the accomplishment and failed to give me any sense of how I could do even better.

I can now see why many participants feel numb about their NPQ experience.

For those who didn't meet the 60% threshold, the feedback is slightly more detailed but still not detailed enough to be useful.

E.g. 'Your script was marked and moderated and you did X, but not enough of Y to pass.'

It would be useful if this came with specifics or advice, but both are lacking.

For those who have been successful, you don't get any sense of why you were successful or any recognition of the bits you did well. It's a mystery.

This is one of the worst cases of professional feedback I've experienced. Although successful, there's nothing much to indicate achievement or growth.

... apart from that 🤣

Oh no. I thought you were being sarcastic when you said it tasted bad. I would've put my money on it being delicious.

Awesome. And an epic Eye of Sauron in the middle. Double-win for the book- and food-lovers.