Deciding whether to assess

Some assessment rounds ask you to decide whether you will assess an application before you see it. When a round asks, Decide whether to assess is the first page you reach after selecting Assess.

Labels that name Application use your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

Accepting the assignment comes first

In a round that asks you to accept each assignment, the row in My Assessments shows Awaiting acceptance with Accept and Decline until you answer, and Assess is not offered. Select Accept first: it brings you straight to this page when the round also asks you to decide whether to assess. Declining an assignment is a different act from choosing No here — see Your assessor dashboard.

Make your decision

1. Go to Assessments and select Assess on the row.
2. Read the text at the top of the page. The organisation writes it, and it may say what assessing involves.
3. Under Will you assess this Application?, choose Yes or No.
4. Answer any questions below it. Your answers save as you go.
5. Select Continue. Backed checks that every required answer is there and shows Check your decision, with Your decision and Your answers.
6. Select Submit, or Back to change something.

Nothing is recorded until you select Submit. If you leave before then, nothing is sent.

If you choose No

The assessment's status becomes Declined Assessment. Opening it again shows You declined this Assessment: no further action is needed.

If you choose Yes

Backed takes you to the next step the round asks for: the conflict of interest declaration, the confidentiality agreement, or the assessment itself.

After the round's Close date

Once the assessment round's Close date has passed, the page shows The Close date for this Assessment Round has passed, so this step can no longer be changed. Your earlier answers are shown, and nothing can be changed.

See also

• Conflict of interest
• Your assessor dashboard