Cambridge Assessment Podcasts

Premises to 1965 - an extract from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Elisabeth Leedham Green

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Syndics - an extract from from Chapter 1 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Elisabeth Leedham Green

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Examinations and girls' education - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Andrew Watts.

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Examination expansion overseas - an extract from Chapter 2 of Examining the World: A History of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, by Andrew Watts

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Anna Richards from the Suffolk & Norfolk School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) joins colleagues from Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing to discuss how the SCITT's teacher training programmes have been forced to adapt during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Are UK history lessons inclusive enough so that everyone can see themselves in the story? Do they take into account the many legacies of the British Empire and colonialism? History teachers, Clare Broomfield and Sitara Amin; historian and co-lead of the Runnymede Trust's 'Our Migration Story', Sundeep Lidher; and Lead Subject Advisor at OCR, Mike Goddard, join us in this important discussion.

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Michelle Fava, Mark Andrews and Dan Frost reflect on ideas discussed at last year's SHAPE Education conference and consider how Covid-19 has created the conditions for innovation in education.

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OCR's development of a GCSE in natural history is discussed by Jill Duffy, OCR Chief Executive and Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment Director of Assessment Research and Development.

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To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, as an exam board, we are considering what Cambridge Assessment can do to support and encourage female learners in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects.

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OCR's development of a GCSE in natural history is discussed by Jill Duffy, OCR Chief Executive and Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment Director of Assessment Research and Development. Jill and Tim are keen to hear from interested stakeholders with ideas for the development of a GCSE in natural history. Contact us at https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/news/media-contacts/