Insights

Insights provide a platform for sharing our views and research on the big education topics that impact assessment around the globe.

To mark this year's Refugee Week on 18-24 June, we highlight the work that Cambridge Assessment employees have been doing with refugees, to help raise awareness and celebrate the contribution of refugees to society.

As well as being joined in the room at The Royal Society by government ministers and education experts from around the world, we enjoyed insights from the online education community, who provided personal experience, practical suggestions and asked important questions to stimulate the debate.

Cambridge Assessment English recognises that for refugees and asylum seekers, gaining English language skills is essential to settling successfully in their host country. We have taken a key role in a number of programmes aimed at providing opportunities for forced migrants and supporting those working with them.

Paul Steer, Head of Policy at OCR, considers the possible impact of the new Functional Skills qualifications and an Advanced Maths Premium. How will student choices be influenced, and what will be the effect not only on the numbers studying maths but on other subjects and qualifications?

As we welcome a new Chief Executive, our archivist Gillian looks back at those who came before him and built Cambridge Assessment, which now provides education programmes and exams in over 170 countries, offering global recognition for our learners.

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We have also hosted a series of debates on some of the current issues in education. These include:

Please note that in providing a platform for educational debate not all material shown here represents our own views.

Our publications

22 May 2018: Bill Schmidt

A101: Introducing the Principles of Assessment

Working with refugees - Personal Journeys

Audience views from our International Textbooks Summit

Working with refugees

Functional Skills - What will they add up to?

From Secretary to Chief Executive - 160 years at the helm of Cambridge Assessment