| Date: |
8 Sep-12 Sep 2025 |
Venue: |
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
The Triangle Building, Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8EA
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| Type: |
Face-to-face course |
Fee: |
£2,200 |
| Duration: |
5 days |
Credits: |
Certificate of Attendance |
Learn to lead effective and equitable assessment change
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Education, AI and the future of assessment are at the forefront of debate around the world and the need for in-depth understanding of assessment has never been greater.
The COVID pandemic created lasting change, and the rapidly developing pace of technological advances is now raising many questions. Learning how to respond to these macro-forces and other considerations in assessment is at the heart of our Cambridge International Study Programme for 2025.
This five-day programme has been designed to equip you with new techniques, strengthen your understanding of key assessment principles, and give you the opportunity to debate changes in education and policy responses with like-minded professionals.
The programme will equip you with all the latest thinking in assessment, provide opportunities for exchange with practitioners from across the world and will enable you to implement changes within your own contexts.
An excellent course for heads of examination/awarding bodies, policy makers and practitioners. Strongly recommend for colleagues in Pakistan and other countries."
Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Pakistan
Programme themes
The core programme will be built around five dominant forces in educational assessment, all of which present challenges to senior assessment specialists around the world:
- Designing an assessment strategy and framework
- Maintaining standards, comparability, and quality
- Responding to changes in assessments
- Anticipating the future of learning and assessment
- System disruption
We will drill down on key practice elements of assessment such as developing an assessment strategy, assessment types, mark scheme design, grading and grade review, computer adaptive testing and IRT. There will also be the opportunity to consider policy influences as well as potential key disruptors in education.
The programme will be supported by the opportunity for networking and discussion, ensuring delegates can relate their learning to their own contexts and leave with implementable actions.
We will be concluding the week with a meal at a Cambridge College. Book your place before 8 August 2025.
Programme impact
| Personal impact |
Organisational impact |
| Deepen your knowledge of the principles of assessment design |
Offer manageable strategies to improve organisational practice |
| Enhance your understanding of the practice of test development and construction |
Compare and contrast best practice internationally |
| Acquire new tools and knowledge in the field of e-assessment |
Capacity building |
| Build an international network of like-minded professionals |
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| Reflection on your own identity as an assessment professional |
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Who should attend?
This course is designed for professionals working for an educational body or an exams provider - anyone working with high stakes testing/examinations. Previous course participants have come from a variety of backgrounds including Heads of Ministries of Education, Directors and Senior Managers from awarding bodies, aspiring Assessment Managers, Researchers and Examination Officers.
Due to the interactive and academic nature of the course, you are required to have a high level of proficiency in English.
How do I register?
You can register for the 2025 course via our booking portal. We are pleased to offer an organisational discount of 20% off the cost of any additional delegate places. To arrange this, or if you have any other queries, please get in touch with the team.
Please note the booking deadline for this course is 11am, 8 August 2025
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FAQs
The Cambridge International Study Programme 2025 will run from 8-12 September. The sessions will run each day from around 09.00 - 16.30 each day.
The sessions are a mixture of workshops, small group work and lecture-style sessions from some of our experts. There will be plenty of opportunity for networking and discussion built into the programme.
Yes, all delegates will receive a certificate from The Assessment Network at Cambridge on completion of the course.
You can book and pay for the course using our booking portal. Bookings are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment will be by organisational invoice only. Invoices will be issued from the beginning of March onwards. If you have any questions about booking your place or making payments, please get in touch.
If you're planning to join us in Cambridge for this course it’s a good idea to start the visa application process as soon as you can (as sometimes the process can take longer than stated). Information and guidance is available on the UK Government website. You can apply for a visa up to three months before your date of travel to the UK.