Conference Overview

A wide view of qualifications and approaches for assessors and assessment and their contribution to learning especially related to QCF qualifications and the new assessor and quality assurance awards and certificates.

All learning pathways in education and training rely on some form of assessment to measure progress, to ensure that learning is effective and achievement is recognised whilst maintaining the quality assurance of qualifications where relevant. The range of assessment activities can be very broad in both technique and context; these are reflected in the new Assessor and Quality Assurance units, awards and certificates.

This one-day conference will explore the assessment landscape from the fundamental skills through to designing assessment systems and criteria in different scenarios. We will cover the new assessor and quality awards and certificates and their possible application relating to other vocational qualifications beyond NVQs such as the QCF.

The conference is aimed at:

• Assessment Staff and their Managers in Colleges and WBL Providers working in the NVQ and QCF environments.
• Teaching and Training staff across the whole education sector and their managers who are involved with other types of assessment of development and qualifications.
• IAG and learning support staff and those involved in progression and qualifications.
• Designers and managers of assessment systems and criteria.
• Those researching and teaching the theory and application of assessment.

From Organisations:

• FE Colleges
• WBL providers
• Schools
• Universities
• Employers
• Training Organisations
• SSCs and other organisations in the learning infrastructure.