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Stuart Shaw is Principal Research Officer and Research Co-ordinator, Assessment Standards and Quality at Cambridge International Examinations (CIE).

Stuart has worked for Cambridge Assessment since January 2001 where he began as a Validation Officer in the Research and Validation Unit (Cambridge English, previously Cambridge ESOL) with specific skill responsibilities for Writing for a range of Cambridge English products. In June 2007, Stuart moved away from Cambridge English examinations into mainstream international examinations. He is particularly interested in demonstrating how Cambridge Assessment in general, and CIE in particular, are seeking to meet the demands of validity in their assessments.

Recent publications include: Examining Writing: Research and practice in assessing second language writing (Shaw and Weir, 2007); and, The IELTS Writing Assessment Revision Project: towards a revised rating scale (Shaw and Falvey, 2008). He is currently working with Dr Paul Newton on a textbook provisionally entitled ‘Validity: Theorising the evaluation of educational and psychological measurement’.

Helen Imam is Education Manager, Teaching and Learning Initiatives, at Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). Before joining the Education Division, she was responsible for a range of English Language and Humanities qualifications. She has taught (and examined) English as a second language in South Asia and North Africa, and has worked in educational publishing.

Helen has BA (Hons) in Linguistics, Diploma in TESOL and MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, with a special interest in the academic language skills needed to achieve in content subjects. She likes to help put research and ideas into practice. Helen recently helped to commission authors to write two bilingual education guides for Cambridge International Examinations which have been published by Cambridge University Press.