Blogs by Guest Blogger

As part of our SHAPE Education initiative, we’re hosting monthly debates with educational experts on the future of education. This month we asked 'What can we remove from education?' and discussed how we can learn from the way the educational landscape has changed in the last year in relation to the attainment and wellbeing of learners.

A group called Rethinking Assessment has called for GCSEs to be scrapped. But why, and do their arguments hold any merit? Barnaby Lenon examines the case for an overhaul of our exam system.

Teacher training and development is an integral part of a thriving education ecosystem. At the latest Global Online Learning Alliance, 90 education leaders from around the world met to discuss actions and policies across borders, and to make recommendations for the future.

First and second language skills are a benefit to learners and, in today’s globalised world, are an important benefit to society too. Here Freelance Language and Assessment Specialist Kirsten Sutton explores the many advantages of bilingualism and how bilingual speakers can gain a different perspective of the world.

Product Data Assistant, Hannah Goddard, shares a glimpse into a week in the life of a Level 3 apprentice in the Product Data team at Cambridge University Press.

As part of our National Apprenticeship Week celebrations, we caught up with Kerrie Galvin, Administrative Officer at OCR, who has recently completed a Team Leader Level 3 apprenticeship as part of her role at Cambridge Assessment.

To help us celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021, we caught up with Ashley Ringger to hear about her role as Apprenticeships Specialist at Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press.

Professional development professor Rob Coe of Evidence Based Education explains the value of professional development as he introduces the 'Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review'.

We caught up with colleagues from our BAME staff network to hear about the wonderful things happening across the organisation to commemorate Black History Month.

Cambridge Assessment’s Women in Leadership staff network caught up with members of our senior leadership team to find out how their professional and personal lives have changed and adapted during these uncertain times.