Blogs

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.

Simon Child, Head of Assessment Training at Cambridge Assessment Network, believes the time is right for robust assessment training that empowers teachers to contribute to the debate about the future of assessment. In this blog, from Laura Wheatman-Hill at TES, he explains that the current situation, and indeed the past year is shedding light on the need for change.

eLearning Manager for Cambridge Assessment International Education, Andrew Field, looks at teaching and technology in 2021 and the opportunities for the future.

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.

Celebrated annually on March 8, International Women's Day marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. We spoke to members of Cambridge Assessment's Women in Leadership staff network to discuss their plans to mark International Women's Day, the theme for this year and the importance of the staff network in challenging bias and inequality in the workplace.

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.

We’ve undertaken a comprehensive study of Repeatedly High Performing Jurisdictions around the world and found that among these countries, those that don’t assess externally at the end of basic secondary education are the real minority.

It is not possible to discuss one aspect of an education system without considering the potential implications for other parts. We have found a way of navigating these debates and joining the dots.

Sarah Hughes, Senior Research Manager, OCR and Sanjay Mistry, Head of On-Screen Research, Cambridge International, delivered a workshop for Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on the considerations of embarking on e-assessment and lessons learnt. In this blog, Sanjay outlines some of the key areas that the workshop covered.

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.

In November 2020 Cambridge Assessment Network hosted Professor Nuno Crato, Portugal’s Minister of Education and Science from 2011-2015, to speak at their first online thought leadership seminar on Portugal's success in curriculum and educational reform. Here he answers some audience questions.

The Cambridge Assessment Group has produced a range of resources and digital products that can support and enable remote teaching and learning.

Aaron Mortlock, Business Development Manager for Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing, gives his account of how Cambridge Assessment Network's practitioner workshops have improved his assessment knowledge and impacted his day to day practice.

New research from Cambridge Assessment looks at the relationship between learning music and academic achievement in the context of secondary school students in England.

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 Network, a division of Cambridge Assessment that offers professional development in assessment, has shared the methodology behind their new online assessment practitioner workshops.

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.