About the Author

Claus Nygaard is a professor of management education and the director of research at the Copenhagen Business School's Learning Lab. His work has been published in leading journals, including Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Higher Education, International Journal of Public Sector Management, and International Studies of Management & Organization. He is the coeditor of Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Standpoints; Simulations, Games and Role Play in University Education; Student Engagement: Identity, Motivation, and Community; and Teaching Creativity—Creativity in Teaching.

Nigel Courtney is an honorary senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School at City University London. He is a chartered engineer, a certified management consultant, and a certified IT professional. His firm, Courtney Consulting, has served the European Commission, the Higher Education Academy, London Underground, Transport for London, and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. He is a coeditor of Teaching Creativity—Creativity in Teaching.

Paul Bartholomew is a professor of learning and teaching at Birmingham City University and a coeditor of Student Engagement: Identity, Motivation and Community.

Professor John Biggs is an Australian educational psychologist and novelist who developed the SOLO Taxonomy for assessing the quality of learning outcomes, and the model of constructive alignment for designing teaching and assessment. He is the author of four novels, the memoir Changing Universities, and coauthor of Teaching for Quality Learning at University.