The rise of thinking skills in higher education and the workplace
Both employers and higher education institutions are placing an increasing importance on thinking skills as part of their selection processe...
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20 of 106 episodesAre you testing or are you assessing? Exploring a holistic approach to assessment in schools
This is the final instalment in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment...
Helping students manage anxiety in 2021 and beyond
Professor Dave Putwain from Liverpool John Moores University joined Jill Duffy, Chief Executive of our UK exam board, OCR, to discuss the to...
Admissions tests: Discovering candidates with the most potential
This is the fourth in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. In this...
How do we support the education sector through professional development?
This is the third episode in a series of podcasts from our colleagues in the Cambridge Assessment Network on the different aspects and forms...
Transforming teaching practice through assessment expertise
In the second episode in this series from our colleagues in the Cambridge Assessment Network, Penelope speaks to Loic from the Centre for Ed...
Assessing apprenticeships
The Cambridge Assessment Network speak to Callum and Leo from the NCFE about the challenges and complexities involved in assessing apprentic...
Introducing the General Certificate of Education
Introducing the GCE - an extract from Chapter 3 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicat...
The first Cambridge English exams
The first Cambridge English exams - an extract from Chapter 5 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examina...
Exams during the Second World War
Exams during the Second World War - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examina...
Premise to 1965
Premises to 1965 - an extract from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate,...
Syndics
Syndics - an extract from from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by E...
Examination expansion overseas
Examination expansion overseas - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinatio...
Examinations and girls' education
Examinations and girls' education - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examina...
How a teacher training programme is adapting during Covid-19
Anna Richards from the Suffolk & Norfolk School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) joins colleagues from Cambridge Assessment Admissio...
Teaching migration, empire and colonialism in Britain's history lessons
Are UK history lessons inclusive enough so that everyone can see themselves in the story? Do they take into account the many legacies of the...
How Covid-19 is shaping the future of education
Michelle Fava, Mark Andrews and Dan Frost reflect on ideas discussed at last year's SHAPE Education conference and consider how Covid-19 has...
Proposals to develop a GCSE in natural history
OCR's development of a GCSE in natural history is discussed by Jill Duffy, OCR Chief Executive and Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment Director...
How can we support women and girls in science education?
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, as an exam board, we are considering what Cambridge Assessment can do to s...
Using technology to ensure curriculum coherence
In this podcast based on their Summit of Education afternoon session, Nicky Rushton and Darren Macey of Cambridge Maths discuss how new tech...