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Paul Steer discusses the place of vocational qualifications alongside 'highly valued' GCSEs and A Levels, social media challenges, and how OCR are shining light on the exam process.

In the latest issue of Schools Week Mark Dawe, Chief Executive of OCR and School's minister Nick Gibb debate the new grading system for GCSEs.

Schools Week profiled Tim Oates, Director of Assessment Research and Development, asking about his childhood, early career and what's his 'recipe for a good life'.

Addressing the Education Supervision and Evaluation Seminar at Beijing University of Technology, Michael O'Sullivan claims it is "not impossible to imagine a future of education and assessment which is 100% digital."

Tim Oates discusses evidence that the dawning of the digital age means that while we can access more information than ever before we may be retaining less, and questions the reasoning behind the UK's 'anti-textbook feeling'.

Paul Steer advises Skills Minister Robert Halfon...

Tim Oates discusses evidence that the dawning of the digital age means that while we can access more information than ever before we may be retaining less, and questions the reasoning behind the UK's 'anti-textbook feeling'.

Paul Steer looks behind the furore around 'lesser taught' languages and stipulates the three things that must happen if Government insists exam boards continue to offer minority languages.

As the general election draws closer, Simon Lebus asks whether the next government will finally tackle an issue that Tony Blair named the greatest mistake of his Premiership.

Michael O'Sullivan, Chief Executive of Cambridge International Examinations, reflects on the forces driving China to make their curriculum 'fitter for the 21st century' and how education underpins the future economic strength of the country's cities.

Gabriel Heller Sahlgren, research director at the Centre for the Study of Market Reform of Education (CMRE), and an affiliated research fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden, reveals the true story of an education superpower.

Fairy stories often have a dark side and pick up ‘eternal truths’. Dark side perhaps, but no eternal truths in the last decade’s fairy stories about Finland's education system.

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A101: Introducing the Principles of Assessment

CPD accredited online courses

First cohort receives advanced award from the Assessment Network

Shining light on the exam process - Paul Steer

Should we make the GCSE pass rate harder? Mark Dawe and Nick Gibb

Tim Oates - Schools Week profile

Setting examinations that are fit for the future - Michael O'Sullivan

Why do students still need textbooks?

Post 16 Skills Plan: 9 things the new Skills Minister should consider

Aspects of Writing

Why we can’t go on like this – Language qualifications in the UK

How long can it take? A case study in Slow Government - Simon Lebus

Educating China's children - Michael O'Sullivan

Real Finnish Lessons - Gabriel Heller Sahlgren

Finnish fairy stories - Tim Oates