How do we assess our students? A survey of current assessment practices in UK universities

Many articles, including in the MSOR Connections, address the way in which we assess UG mathematics students, what new assessment methods we use or which innovations in assessment we think are successful. But what are the most common assessment methods in UK mathematics departments? This article reports on the patterns of assessment in UK universities in a stratified sample of 11 mathematics departments to illustrate the current assessment diet in undergraduate mathematics.