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It's been a fun-filled and informative two days at the UK Festival of Education. We had a fantastic time meeting so many educators passionate about supporting students - it was great to see so many of your faces at our stand and throughout our sessions. Here's just a few of our highlights from the past two days - we'd love to hear yours, too! See you next year. 🎉 #EducationFest

📢 Following an amazing attendance last week at the 14th UK Festival of Education held at Wellington College, we are proud to announce that AQA will continue its support of #EducationFest as Headline Partner for a further three years. As Headline Partner, we’ve secured a fantastic opportunity to continue to listen, learn and engage with the teaching community, making sure that you are part of the conversation on how we can work and learn together to shape the future of education. It’s a priority at AQA that we continue to support our teachers, helping them and their students realise their full potential. Having the opportunity to meet and engage with you in person at events like the Festival of Education enables us to connect more than ever before. At the heart of what we offer is providing support and services that enable learning, and our Headline Partnership gives you a chance to meet face-to-face with the dedicated teams at AQA, who strive to always develop better assessment and improved support to teachers and students. Events like these help us demonstrate that we are more than an exam board. By placing teachers – our customers – front and centre, and by using our world-class research and expertise, we not only stay relevant in the assessment world, but we also help define it. The Festival of Education helps us tell this story directly to teachers and stakeholders right across the education sector. Thank you to #EducationFest and EducationScape for allowing us this continued opportunity for partnership, innovation and being at the heart of the conversation. We look forward to the next three years of inspiring and innovating, together. If you would like to join in and help us shape tomorrow, register your interest here. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eNZ2etFq

Delighted to feature in Schools Week and FE Week today with a piece looking at assessment reform. When the DfE launches its much anticipated independent curriculum review, how should it approach its task? I argue that at a time when money is tight and change fatigue in the sector is high, we need to look at more innovative approaches to changing behaviour, rather than always defaulting to major structural reform. Very grateful to Sam Booth, William Yates, Oli de Botton and Nicole McCartney for a fascinating panel discussion last week which inspired the piece. See what you think, and let me know if you disagree!

How do you deliver qualification reform on a tight budget? In Schools Week and FE Week today, our Director of External Affairs Reza Schwitzer says tackle the perception of the qualification, not just its structure, and you’ll be right on the money. https://lnkd.in/eGSZHtAJ

Congratulations Catherine McKinnell on your appointment as Minister of State for Schools from all of us at AQA. We were delighted to meet with you earlier this year to discuss Project Qualifications, and look forward to continuing to work with you!

During the election season, our Student Advisory Group discussed youth voice and the future of education, including what they want to see from politicians and education policies in our latest video below. If you’d like to know more about what we’re doing for the future, be sure to read our report towards new assessments for Numeracy, Literacy and Digital Fluency > https://bit.ly/3WKLRLc

Hot on the heels of the election result, Reza Schwitzer, Samantha Booth, William Yates, Oli de Botton and Nicole McCartney discussed what the outcome of this means for curriculum and assessment in a thought-provoking discussion. #EducationFest

Day 2 of UK Festival of Education. The sun hasn’t popped out yet but team AQA are here to make you smile 😊 pop down to the stand for a poncho! Mark Chester Mark Bury (MMICS) Mark Davies Angela Whitnall Holly Smith Adrienne Nichols Michael Turner Darren Joseph Bayley

Whatever the outcome this evening, student voice is going to be critical for the future government. Listen to what our Student Advisory Group would like to see prioritised for young people in the next parliament: https://ow.ly/h3vh50SvwE7

It’s been a fantastic first day at the UK Festival of Education, filled with inspiring and insightful sessions. We’re back again tomorrow - don’t forget to visit us on the lawn by the chapel for session information and your festival freebies. #EducationFest