Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Guests Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics, and James Westley, Group Leader at Cambridge Consultants, discuss the growing importance of thinking skills in higher education and the workplace. They explore the definition of thinking skills and their assessment, emphasize their significance in a changing world, and highlight their relevance in engineering and design professions. They also address the shift towards valuing thinking skills over deep knowledge and the need for better navigation and human skills in the age of machine learning and robots.

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/privacy for more information.

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.

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. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.