CPD training courses

If you've been thinking of applying for the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies: Educational Assessment, join us for an online information webinar and Q&A with our Course Director Dr Simon Child.

An interactive series of five workshops guiding you through the principles of curriculum design and how these can be practically applied to the development of a curriculum.

This interactive workshop will explore how generative AI tools can be incorporated within our assessments.

An interactive workshop, designed to fit around your working day, exploring different approaches to grading and how these can be applied in your own context.

This interactive series of three workshops will help you understand how to design and use multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in the assessment of languages to ensure valid and reliable outcomes.

Understand key principles underpinning effective assessment including validity, reliability, and fairness. Improve your assessment knowledge and challenge your assumptions. Courses available: On-demand | 2 Jun-3 Aug 2025 | 8 Sep-9 Nov 2025

This interactive series of three workshops will provide you with a solid foundation in using AI for item generation and assessment design.

A series of four interactive online workshops on the principles of writing good exam questions. A comprehensive guide to the effective development of assessments and individual items with practical information and opportunities to evaluate a range of questions and mark schemes. Courses available: 5 Jun-26 Jun 2025 | 13 Nov-4 Dec 2025

Understand the practicalities of producing and delivering assessment as you are guided through the assessment cycle from start to finish. Courses available: On-demand | 9 Jun-10 Aug 2025 | 15 Sep-16 Nov 2025

This interactive workshop will introduce some key ideas underpinning validity and validation, and will offer practical ideas for validating your assessments to check their overall quality. Courses available: 24 Jun 2025 | 2 Dec 2025