CPD training courses

An interactive workshop introducing item banking in practice, with an opportunity to discuss the relevance of item banking in your own context.

Understand the key principles underpinning effective assessment including validity, reliability and fairness. Improve your assessment knowledge, challenge your assumptions, and make an impact on your day-to-day practice. Courses available: 13 Jun-14 Aug 2022 | 12 Sep-13 Nov 2022

An interactive workshop exploring the application of technology in both the delivery and marking of speaking assessments, supported by examples from recent research.

Understand the practicalities of producing and delivering assessment as you are guided through the assessment cycle from start to finish. Courses available: 20 Jun-21 Aug 2022 | 19 Sept-20 Nov 2022

Become literate with the basics of using, managing, and interpreting data. Learn how to make the most of your data – from collection and management through to visualisation. Courses available: 27 Jun-28 Aug 2022

An interactive series of five workshops guiding you through the principles of curriculum design and how these can be practically applied to the development of a curriculum.

Learn methods from psychometrics to ensure your tests are reliable, valid and fair. Gain the tools and tools and understanding to analyse your assessment data. Courses available: 5 Sep - 6 Nov 2022

This interactive series of three workshops will help you understand how to design and use multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for a variety of educational purposes, and how to effectively design them for optimal impact.

This interactive workshop will describe the different approaches to mark scheme design and provide practical guidance on how to optimise your mark schemes.

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