Academic staffing
Experienced lecturers for planned teaching, longer-term vacancies and short-notice cover, matched to the module rather than simply the subject.
- Undergraduate and postgraduate
- Online, face to face or blended
- Emergency teaching cover
Empowering Education Through Expertise
Academic staffing and assessment support for UK higher education
BrainBloom Education helps universities, colleges and education providers keep teaching and assessment on track, with experienced academics who can step into a module, mark to your standards and support your quality processes.
Semester support plan
Weeks 1–14
Academic staffingAssessment servicesQuality insight
Three ways we support your provision
Choose the support you need now, or combine services across a teaching block.
Assessment and marking
Marking, second marking, moderation and feedback review carried out by experienced assessors who work to your regulations and rubrics.
- Coursework and assignment marking
- Second marking and moderation
- Feedback quality reviews
BrainBloom IQ
In developmentA planned platform that brings staffing, assessment workload and academic quality information together to support better decisions.
- Staff and competency matching
- Assessment workload planning
- Pilot places for interested institutions
Why institutions work with BrainBloom
We are a team of experienced academics. That shapes how we match people to work, how we assess and how we communicate with your staff.
- Academics, not just names on a list
- Our team is made up of people with direct experience of teaching, assessment, moderation and academic management. We understand the pressure points of the academic year because we have worked through them.
- Your regulations come first
- We work within your assessment regulations, marking criteria and quality procedures. Academic judgement and final decisions stay with your institution and its boards.
- Matched to the module
- We look at learning outcomes, level, delivery mode and assessment design before proposing anyone, so the person you receive is suited to the work in front of them.
- Confidential by default
- Student work, marks and institutional information are handled confidentially and in line with UK GDPR and your own data protection requirements.
How we work
A straightforward process, whether you are planning a semester in advance or need cover next week.
- 1
Tell us what you need
Share the module, programme or assessment, the level, the dates and any specialist requirements.
- 2
We propose a match
We put forward academics with relevant, verified expertise and explain why each is a good fit.
- 3
Agree scope and terms
We confirm responsibilities, timelines, confidentiality and how work will be quality assured.
- 4
Deliver and review
We stay in contact throughout delivery and review the work with you at the end of the engagement.
Academic quality and professional standards
Support from outside your institution has to strengthen confidence in your awards, not weaken it. These principles apply to every engagement.
BrainBloom Education is an independent provider. We do not hold degree-awarding powers and do not act on behalf of any regulator or awarding body.
- Work carried out against your approved assessment regulations, marking criteria and rubrics
- Final assessment decisions remain with your examination boards and governance arrangements
- Second marking and moderation approached with independence and clear records
- Confidential handling of student work, marks and institutional information
- Data processed in line with UK GDPR and agreed data-sharing arrangements
- Awareness of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education and the expectations of your awarding body
In development
BrainBloom IQ: academic quality and workforce intelligence
We are developing a platform to help institutions see staffing, assessment workload and quality risk in one place. We are looking for a small number of institutions to help shape it through a pilot.
- Intelligent academic staff matching
- Assessment workload optimisation
- Academic quality risk identification
- Lecturer competency mapping
- Institutional decision-support analytics
Planning ahead for next term, or covering a gap this week?
Tell us about the module, assessment or programme you need support with. We will reply with a clear proposal and the academics we believe are a good fit.