Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery

2023 was a seismic year in assessment. Many learners returned to an exam hall for the first time in a number of years. Three UK exam...

Last week's Federation of Awarding Bodies conference was an eye-opener. But not for the reasons you may think. What’s the...

Each of us creates 1.7Mb of data every second of every day. With over a billion websites, that’s 5 billion gigabytes of data out there!...

Everyday, global exam sector stories ping my news trackers - white-hot opportunities to grapple assessment issues. But too often, those...

This week, a well-known publication ran an exam tech story, about insecure software being used. You might know that Adobe doesn't support...

As trade press gossip intensifies on Ofqual’s potential new interim leader, England’s exam regulator has published a new report – looking...

How English language digital exams impact learners

I'm absolutely delighted at the strides the Further Education (FE) sector has made with e-Assessment since my 2007 FE News article. No...

Reaching the age of 18 is a momentous birthday year, celebrated in western societies with the gift of porcelain. 2020 sees the 18th...

Seldom a day passes without calls to reduce summative exams, replacing them with the measurement of soft ‘21st Century’ skills. But how...

The UK university sector is witnessing seismic changes. The undergraduate application sector-governed body called UCAS will shortly...

Back in July, I was intrigued by the use of a chatbot for conducting university admission at Leeds Beckett University, wondering what...

The Wow Factor Technology captures our imaginations to solve problems we never knew we had. In readiness for the 16th eAssessment...

The UK and worldwide press are writing more stories on exam invigilation malpractice. Parents, learners and press journalists are asking...

Employers must ensure they have a workforce that is bang up to date with its knowledge, understanding and skills, while minimising the...

Confidence is key to exam programmes. Management of risk and protecting the public from unlicensed or imperfectly trained learners is...

The BBC Panorama investigative story on UK television this evening, regarding the compromise of the TOEIC exam is the story of the...

Going to university? Wouldn’t it be great if you could choose your university based on actual results, not on mocks or ‘guesstimates’? Do...

In late October, I visited the Educause conference at the Indianapolis Convention Centre/ Center. Held over four days, the event is a...

This research report from 2014 is now publicly available via the three UK regulators, SQA, CCEA and Welsh Government. It looks at the...

After seven years of delivering through one assessment company, Microsoft Learning have returned to ‘dual-sourcing’, that is offering...

Video is a now a key factor in personalized learning, affords learners access to educational sources how and when they like it. The...

As a by-product of the imperialist age(s), exam delivery in a different country to that in which the exam was first delivered or created...