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25 years of the Construction Health and Safety (Digital) Test
This is the story of one big volume UK digital test that re-shaped test design and delivery for maximum impact.
Apr 33 min read


2024 Exam Sector Review
A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator...
Dec 6, 20246 min read


Hey Paper Hostage, what’s the rush? Why school exam digitisation perpetuates inequality. But not how you think.
England’s school exam owners have presented their digital journey to 2030. Railway enthusiasts may scoff, but isn’t seven years too long...
Jan 27, 20243 min read


Are digital exams given a free (green) pass?
Are digital exams given a free (green) pass? Environmental evidence is still sparse, but lower power, sustainable computers may be an answer
Jan 17, 20242 min read


The new Metric Martyrs? Are digital exams really the same as paper ones?
England’s school exam owners are preparing to offer GCSE digital exams and their paper equivalent in parallel. But is that fair? Is one...
Jan 16, 20243 min read


Love Professional Career Invigilators! Leave Resting Actors to pull pints.
The tide is turning on casual exam invigilators. Career folk invigilating every day versus apathetic people wishing they were elsewhere....
Jan 12, 20243 min read


Who needs facts when a shrieking headline does the job?
This week, a well-known publication ran an exam tech story, about insecure software being used. You might know that Adobe doesn't support...
Jan 16, 20211 min read


Chatting for better exams!
Back in July, I was intrigued by the use of a chatbot for conducting university admission at Leeds Beckett University, wondering what...
Nov 16, 20185 min read


Where did you get this? Remote Proctoring shaking up the exam world
The Wow Factor Technology captures our imaginations to solve problems we never knew we had. In readiness for the 16th eAssessment...
Apr 13, 20182 min read


Learning Technologies 2012
The Learning Technologies show, now in its 12th year at Olympia, is once again a top-tier event with promises of thought-provoking...
Feb 1, 20123 min read
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