Hughes Hall, Mortimer Road, Cambridge, UK


2007-02-20 15:30: An update on CARET’s activities (Steve Lay, Rhiannon Williams (CARET))

2007-04-12 15:30: Motivating language learners: the role of assessment (Neil Jones (Cambridge ESOL))

2007-05-17 15:30: Maximising achievement for all: being dyslexia wise (Jennifer Owen Adams (British Dyslexia Association))

2007-07-19 15:30: Assessing Personal Development Planning (PDP) – ideas and issues (Dr Barbara Newland (JISC))

2007-10-18 15:30: An introduction to open source (Phil Riding (University College London))

2009-11-17 14:00: Natural Fibres in Construction - Innovative Applications and Processes (Dr Tim Yates - Technical Director, Building Research Establishment; Mizi Fan, Brunel University; Ed Suttie, Director of Timber Division, Building Research Establishment; Professor Peter Walker, Dept. Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bat)

2010-03-03 10:30: Learning: Does assessment damage learning? (Andrew Watts - Cambridge Assessment Consultant)

2011-02-10 10:30: Basic statistics (Jo Emery (Assessment Research & Development Division, Cambridge Assessment))

2011-02-15 15:30: How can we improve the quality of marking in our examinations and what does this mean for validity? (Ayesha Ahmed (CamExam))

2011-03-02 15:30: Assessing assessment – progress or politics? (Dr Tony Ashmore (National Education Trust))

2011-04-19 15:30: What can we learn from the British Birth Cohort Studies? (Professor Jane Elliott (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education))

2011-11-15 15:30: The effective monitoring of marking quality through on-screen marking (Graham Hudson (DRS Data Services Limited), Beth Black (Cambridge)

2012-01-26 16:30: Implementing whole genome sequencing in clinical practice (Dr Anna Pocorska-Bocci (PHG Foundation) and Dr Mark Ross (Illumina))

2012-02-08 15:30: High-stakes testing at the school/university interface: experiences from the former socialist states of central and eastern Europe (George Bethell (Anglia Assessment))

2012-03-08 16:30: Novel prenatal diagnostics and their impact in Asian countries (Alison Hall, PHG Foundation and Dr Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, University of Sussex)

2012-03-15 15:30: Current issues with National Curriculum assessment: lessons from school music education (Professor Martin Fautley (Birmingham City University))

2012-05-15 15:30: (De-) Formative assessment: is formative assessment as benign as we think? (Dr Barbara Crossouard, University of Sussex)

2012-05-21 15:30: Francis Galton, measurement, psychometrics and social progress (Professor Harvey Goldstein, University of Bristol)

2012-05-31 16:30: Epigenetics: The secret key to health (Speaker to be confirmed)

2012-07-05 16:30: Genomics in the NHS: are we there yet? (Dr Mark Bale, Interim Director of Health Science & Bioethics in the Department of Health and  Dr Shehla Mohammed MD FRCP, Consultant Clinical Geneticist and Head of Service at Guy’s Hospital.)

2012-10-16 15:30: The challenges of evaluating the impact of changes to qualification specifications on student learning and development ( John Winkley and Jenny Smith (AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd))

2013-05-22 15:30: Cambridge Assessment Network: The educational standards over time: has mathematics education in England improved?  (Professor Jeremy Hodgen. King's College, London)

2013-06-13 10:30: Cambridge Assessment Network: Defining educational assessment for the public (Andrew Watts)

2013-06-18 10:30: Cambridge Assessment Network: Alternatives to written examinations (Dr Jackie Greatorex )

2013-09-05 10:30: Cambridge Assessment Network: Validity and the value of educational assessments (Andrew Watts)

2014-02-06 10:30: Basic Statistics (Mark Elliot, Cambridge English)

2014-06-24 10:30: Test and item evaluation (Nat Johnson, OCR)

2014-09-23 10:30: Reliability  (Tom Benton, Cambridge Assessment)

2014-10-23 09:00: Question writing (Dr Victoria Crisp (Cambridge Assessment) and Nicky Rushton (Cambridge Assessment))

2014-11-26 10:30: Validity unpacked (Stuart Shaw, CIE)