Blogs by Tim Oates

In the latest blog in our series on outline principles for the future of education, Tim Oates CBE, Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, challenges ‘Year Zero’ thinking in many of the discussions about future learning.

In the latest blog in our series on outline principles for the future of education, Tim Oates CBE discusses and explores how reforming qualifications and assessment and implementing massive change to the system could affect the education sector as a whole.

In the latest blog in our series on outline principles for the future of education, Tim Oates CBE takes a look at the history of GCSEs in England to understand how the introduction of the qualification has benefitted young people.

Qualifications are central to key processes in societies and economies around the world and we should see their delivery as a public good, Tim Oates CBE argues in the latest blog in our series on outline principles for the future of education.

In this week's principles for the future of education blog Tim Oates CBE examines education reform in terms of how, when and what. 

Following the All Party Parliamentary Group for Oracy’s 'Speak for Change' report, Tim Oates examines the synthesis of the evidence on oracy as a vital part of high-quality schooling.

As part of the discussion about getting rid or reforming qualifications in different parts of the world Tim Oates CBE, Director of Assessment Research and Development, takes a close look at how carefully selected questions both stimulate thought and reveal the way in which pupils are thinking.

One area of great rhetoric in education surrounds ‘individualised’ or ‘personalised’ learning. These terms are often used interchangeably, which may or may not be appropriate depending on the intentions of the author. Tim Oates looks at the greater importance of what it translates into from the perspective of individual students.

Tim Oates Director of Assessment Research and Development pays tribute to Professor Jane Mellanby, who passed away on 08 February 2021, and reflects on our sense of Jane.

There is clear insight to be drawn from past crises, and an opportunity to not just catch-up on learning after the impact of Covid, but actually to improve student attainment now and in the future.