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Dec 6, 20246 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...

Jun 27, 20243 min read

The how and why of school digital exam delivery.

Jun 4, 20243 min read

Moving to digital exams for schools needs macro messages, not transactional retail offers.

Feb 29, 20243 min read

The school digital exam vision seems to have stalled. Here are five problems with the vision, and five solutions on how to improve it.

Jan 9, 20242 min read

The main four England and Wales General Qualifications exam owners have set out their digital school exam stall. It's shook many digital...

Jan 4, 20242 min read

Moving a 1.5M paper test to on-screen delivery

Jan 30, 20193 min read

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

Jan 13, 20172 min read

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

Aug 7, 20162 min read

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

Aug 31, 20152 min read

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