All Episodes

15th Oct - Global Assessment News Update - AI Glasses, Ofqual Fines, and the Return of Oral Exams — This Week in Global Assessment

8th Oct - Global Assessment News Update

1st Oct - Global Assessment News Update

24th Sept: Forget the Maths Gene: Ovidiu Bagdasar's Mission to Help Everyone Enjoy Maths

24th Sept - Global Assessment News Update

17th Sept: From High-Stakes to Formative: Malaysia's Assessment Balancing Act

17th Sept - Global Assessment News Update

10th Sept: Can Telemetry Replace the Exam? Jim Henderson on Assessing IT Skills in the Flow of Work

10th Sept - Global Assessment News Update

3rd Sept - Forty Years of Getting Assessment Right (and Wrong) with Rick Jones

3rd Sept - Global Assessment News Update

29th August - Global Assessment News Update

20th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

13th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

6th August 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

30th July: Why Better Assessment Data Isn't Improving Schools with Amina Afif

30th July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

23rd July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

23rd July: The Social Lift, How Assessment Reform Is Reshaping Central Asia with Vali Huseyn

16th July: The Limitations of AQA's AI Authoring Research, with Tim Burnett

16th July 2026 Global Weekly News Update from the Assessment Community

9th July - The Illusion of Polish with Gelareh Keshavarz

9th July Assessment Global News Update

2nd July: Paper, Pixels and Trust - Rethinking High-Stakes Exams in Pakistan with Munira Mohammad

2nd July - Weekly Global News

25th June - Weekly Global News

25th June: Building Assessment for Good: What's Coming to Rome This October

18th June: Training Doctors for an AI-Saturated World with Ebrahim Talaee, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

18th June Weekly Global News Update

11th June Weekly Global News Update

Could Vibe Coding be the Innovation Unlock for Assessment Experts?

4th June Weekly Global News Update

Why Membership Bodies Need to Get Serious About AI with Richard Gott

28th May - Global Assessment News

14th May - Global Assessment News

7th May: How a £7 Webcam, + a Vibe-Coded AI App, Could Be a Test Security Problem with guest Lee Fawcett

30th April: ReadSpeaker: Rethinking Accessibility in Assessment with Hugh McNeela

23rd April- Reliability, Validity, Fairness: with Mary Pitoniak

Webinar: AI Superpowers - Vibe Coding, Cowork & AI Skills

2nd April: Exams, Coursework or Both? What the OECD Found Across 38 Countries with Lena Gray and Rebecca Frankum

Webinar: Using AI to Generate Question Items PLUS New Guide Published

19th March - Don't Chase the Tools — Build Your AI Pedagogy First, with Med Kharbach

12th March - The AO Forum Returns: Regulator Panels, Deception Devices, and Compliance with Ben Smith at Gordon Associates

5th March: Breaking the Mould: Using Escape Rooms to Rethink Assessment with Dr Erin Leeming

How STA Is Making AI Marking Work — Responsibly and on Their Own Terms

19th Feb: Breaking Through the Complexity Wall with AI Teammates

12th Feb: Assessment Horizons 2026: Feedback, Failure, and the Future of Learning

IAEA 2026: Why We Need Your Voice in the Room

5th Feb: Love Paper Week with Tim Cammack, Secure & Confidential Documents

29th Jan: AI in the Classroom: Visibility, Safeguarding and Traffic Lights with Ed Swift

22nd Jan: AI, VR & Soft Skills, Innovation Fund Update with Dean Blewitt

15th Jan: UX Thinking with Anna Kate Phelan & Richard London

8th Jan: New Year, New Career: Job Hunting Tips for 2026 with Joe James

4th Dec: Assessment in the Age of AI: A Language Testing Perspective with Zeynep Urkun

Research Sprint Webinar: What are the impacts of using AI to author question items?

13th Nov: Assessment Now 2025 Replay: Authenticity in the age of AI

Oct 30th, From Early Chatbots to Safe AI: Building Secure Education Technology with Dr. Aftab Hussain

23rd Oct 2025 - Moving Beyond the ePortfolio Burden for Medical Assessments with David Lay

Debate - Paper V Digital Delivery

Debate: Online Proctoring: Are We Locked in an Arms Race at the Cost of Candidate Privacy

2nd Oct - In Conversation at E-ATP 2025 Dublin plus the Test Community Weekly Update

25 Sept - The Future of Assessment: AI, Robotics and the Surpass Conference 2025

18th Sept - Assessing Skills for the Future: Robotics, AI, and the Changing Landscape of Manufacturing Education

Webinar: AI & Awarding Organisations From Experiments to Implementation Building Your 2 Year Roadmap

26th June - How easy is it for AI to take a test?

19th June - How much is AI going to impact the recruitment and operations of Awarding Organisations?

12th June - In Review: 2025 e-Assessment Conference and Awards

5th June: Where do you start with AI? Plus the Weekly Test Community Update

29th May - Could AI be changing how we learn & socialise in ways we haven't realised? With Rita Bateson

15th May - Could AI-based assessment activity have a huge impact on the environment? Rita Bateson

3rd April - The Global AI Regulatory Landscape with Allison Mulford

AI Detection: The Technology Behind Spotting AI-Generated Content with Bradley Emi

1st May: Simternships: Revolutionising Student Career Preparation, Jim Holm

24th April - Test Community Network Weekly Update

Digital Frontiers in HE: Episode 2 - Hybrid Assessment Models at Birmingham City University

13th March: Digital Frontiers in HE: Episode 1, The Evolution of Digital Assessment and Student Welfare with Lesley O'Keeffe

6th March: Inside the AO Forum: Regulation, Compliance, and AI with Ben Smith

Feb 27th: AI for Marking and Feedback: Transforming Assessment with sAInaptic

20th Feb - VR Meets AI: Revolutionising Medical Assessment with Jeremy Carter

Feb 13th: The Future of Assessment: Ufi VocTech Trust & NCFE's £125k Innovation Fund

6th Feb - Assessment Evolution: Cambridge Assessment Network's 20 Years of Innovation

30th Jan: From Traditional to Digital, Asia Testing Trends with Cassie Li from ATA Online + Test Community Weekly Update

Make Good Things Happen: The Future of AI in Assessment with John Kleeman

16th Jan: The Art and Science of Assessment Translation with Steve Dept

19th Dec - Exploring Comparative Judgement with Matt Wingfield + the Test Community Weekly Update

12th Dec - Global Assessment Trends: A World Tour with Paul Edelblut

5th Dec - Beyond Profit: Bob Gomersall on Innovation and the Future of Learning + Test Community Update

28th Nov - Key Takeaways from FAB Conference 2024 + Test Community Network Weekly Update

21st Nov Research, Innovation, and Reform with Rebecca Conway + The Test Community Network Weekly Update

14th Nov AI, Apprenticeships, and Adaptation with Sarah Sutcliffe + The Test Community Weekly Update

7th November Edtech Double Agent, Pete Atherton in Conversation + The Test Community Network Weekly Update

Looking Back on E-ATP Berlin 2024 with Chelsea Dowd + Test Community Weekly Update

17th Oct: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging in Assessment + Test Community Update

10th October AI Tech Demo Plus the Test Community Weekly Update

Assessment Ecosystems with Nick Freeman + The Test Community Weekly Update

26th Sept - Competency Modelling with Manny Straehle +Test Community Update

19th Sept, Justin Cutroni: Evolution of Tech Certs + Test Community Network

12th September Test Community Network Webinar Personhood Credentials with Ph.D. student Nouran Soliman from MIT.

Test Community Network Webinar Leadership Webinars: Exploring the Benefits of a Digital Assessment Transformation for International Testing Programmes

29th August, Test Community Update & Digital Surveillance in HE Assessment with Sarah Grayston