Events and training

The Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessment is a professionally relevant qualification that will enable you to expand your knowledge and understanding of the principles and validation of assessment. This course will lead to a Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies.

A104: Psychometrics in Educational Assessment has been designed to guide you through how to analyse assessment data in order to ensure tests are reliable, valid and fair.

This interactive webinar will provide participants with a practical framework for designing effective multiple-choice questions and assessments for different educational purposes.

This masterclass will include story telling and theatre skills to help you communicate clearly with confidence in the workplace.

Two half-day seminars disseminating education assessment research across a series of themed sessions: vocational qualifications, accessibility, marking and maintaining standards.

A102: Introducing Assessment Practice has been designed to guide you through the practicalities of producing and delivering assessment, and to describe and explain important related issues.

This interactive webinar aims to familiarise participants with issues encountered when introducing e-assessment. Using theory, research and practical experience this session will allow you to consider what e-assessment is and why the intended benefits of e-assessment are not always realised.

This masterclass will include story telling and theatre skills to help you communicate clearly with confidence in the workplace.

A101: Introducing the Principles of Assessment is a nine week, online course for examiners, assessment writers, professional bodies, teachers, lecturers and those working for exam boards/awarding organisations.

A103: Introducing Data Literacy will guide you through the basics of using, managing and interpreting data. The course will focus on examples from education and assessment, but the learning is applicable to all contexts.