Both employers and higher education institutions are placing an increasing importance on thinking skills as part of their selection processes. But what do we mean by thinking skills, why are they so important, and how can individuals improve them? In this podcast we talk to Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics and James Westley, Group Leader at Cambridge Consultants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 26, 2021•20 min
This is the final instalment in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. In this episode, Tony Emmerson, Senior Deputy Head at The English College in Prague and Mark Frazer, Teaching Learning and Assessment Lead at CEM explore the differences between testing and assessment and how assessment data can be utilised in schools to support learning, particularly after the disruption of the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Apr 08, 2021•50 min
Professor Dave Putwain from Liverpool John Moores University joined Jill Duffy, Chief Executive of our UK exam board, OCR, to discuss the topic of student anxiety. Prof Putwain has a PhD in stress and anxiety, and he offers practical tips on how to reduce and manage anxiety that will be useful for students, parents and their teachers, this year and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2021•28 min
This is the fourth in a series of podcasts from Cambridge Assessment Network focusing on different aspects and forms of assessment. In this episode, Mike Housden, Senior Assessment Manager at Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing discusses how admissions tests can be used to identify candidates with the most potential, how they give students an opportunity to demonstrate a core understanding of their subject and how they can help to prepare students for university education. Hosted on Acast. S...
Mar 24, 2021•27 min
This is the third episode in a series of podcasts from our colleagues in the Cambridge Assessment Network on the different aspects and forms of assessment. Today we are with David Russell from The Education and Training Foundation talking about professional development for teachers and trainers, the principles of effective CPD and how it can best be used to support the education sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 10, 2021•39 min
In the second episode in this series from our colleagues in the Cambridge Assessment Network, Penelope speaks to Loic from the Centre for Education and Youth about transforming teaching practice through assessment expertise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 24, 2021•21 min
The Cambridge Assessment Network speak to Callum and Leo from the NCFE about the challenges and complexities involved in assessing apprenticeships and why apprenticeships are such an important route to qualification. The release of this podcast coincides with National Apprenticeship Week 2021 in England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2021•34 min
Introducing the GCE - an extract from Chapter 3 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Helen and John Patrick Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 27, 2020•3 min
The first Cambridge English exams - an extract from Chapter 5 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Peter Falvey and Gillian Cooke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2020•3 min
Exams during the Second World War - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Andrew Watts and Chapter 4, by Greg Lacey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2020•3 min
Premises to 1965 - an extract from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Elisabeth Leedham Green Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2020•3 min
Syndics - an extract from from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Elisabeth Leedham Green Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 23, 2020•3 min
Examinations and girls' education - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Andrew Watts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 18, 2020•3 min
Examination expansion overseas - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Andrew Watts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 18, 2020•3 min
Anna Richards from the Suffolk & Norfolk School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) joins colleagues from Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing to discuss how the SCITT's teacher training programmes have been forced to adapt during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 25, 2020•31 min
Are UK history lessons inclusive enough so that everyone can see themselves in the story? Do they take into account the many legacies of the British Empire and colonialism? History teachers, Clare Broomfield and Sitara Amin; historian and co-lead of the Runnymede Trust's 'Our Migration Story', Sundeep Lidher; and Lead Subject Advisor at OCR, Mike Goddard, join us in this important discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 09, 2020•47 min
Michelle Fava, Mark Andrews and Dan Frost reflect on ideas discussed at last year's SHAPE Education conference and consider how Covid-19 has created the conditions for innovation in education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2020•23 min
OCR's development of a GCSE in natural history is discussed by Jill Duffy, OCR Chief Executive and Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment Director of Assessment Research and Development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 13, 2020•15 min
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, as an exam board, we are considering what Cambridge Assessment can do to support and encourage female learners in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2020•20 min
In this podcast based on their Summit of Education afternoon session, Nicky Rushton and Darren Macey of Cambridge Maths discuss how new technologies have the potential to transform the delivery of a subject like mathematics in classrooms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 29, 2020•18 min
As part of the Cambridge Assessment Summit of Education, Group Archivist Gillian Cooke led a breakout session looking back at the technology Cambridge Assessment used in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here she explains how the group has continually embraced innovation. Cambridge Assessment has a 160-year legacy but without technology we couldn’t have started! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2019•7 min
How can we get more girls into STEM subjects? Professor Dame Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge, talks about her life in science and her advice to school leaders on getting girls into STEM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2019•18 min
Cambridge English have been working to help refugees access education, training and English language courses, as Will Shaw and Chloe Saville explain in the third of our podcast series on refugee education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 03, 2019•15 min
Sol, Lee and Peter from the Cambridge Refugee Support Committee talk about volunteering in Calais, France, in the second episode of our refugee education series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 02, 2019•22 min
In the first of a three-part refugee education special, Sol and Sinead explain how the Cambridge Refugee Support Committee started and what they do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 01, 2019•18 min
Gillian Cooke, Group Archivist, Cambridge Assessment talks through a special exhibition currently housed at Cambridge University Press which illustrates our 170-year working partnership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2019•7 min
Dr Sinéad Fitzsimons shared her experiences of projects designed to open doors for migrants to access education and how they dovetail with the work of Cambridge Assessment and partners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2019•15 min
Paul Steer, Head of Policy at OCR, predicts the impact of Ofsted's (the UK schools watchdog) new proposed inspection framework and whether it will help to reverse the current perceived emphasis on test scores as a means to judge whether a school is performing well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2019•10 min
Professor Colleen McLaughlin shares her long history in the field of emotional development and resilience in young people. She explains why it is important and explores whether can we teach it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 19, 2019•12 min
Paul Steer, Head of Policy at OCR, talks about what he thinks will be the hot topics in education in 2019, including T Levels, quality of marking, and recent reforms to A Levels and GCSEs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 07, 2019•11 min
