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08:30 to 09:30 Registration and welcome
09:30 Chair Opening Address by Chair: Professor Gordon Stobart, Institute of Education, University of London
09:45 Plenary Session
‘Where regulation is heading and the factors driving it’ - Isabel Nisbet, acting Chief Executive of the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual).
‘The view from Scotland’ Matthew McCullagh, Quality Manager, on behalf of John Lewis, Development Manager, Scottish Qualifications Authority
10:40 Coffee then session on The Implications for Professional Bodies
'The Drive for Professionalism - how we got to where we are' - Jeremy Tafler, Assessment Consultants
'Grading and Awarding' - Colin Robinson ,Independent Consultant with QCA and DCFS
'Beyond self-assessment' - Jeremy Tafler and Dr Michael Kingdon
12:15 Describe workshop tasks then LUNCH
13:45 Workshops - covering one of three topics per table RISKS, ISSUES, THREATS looking at two case studies, one on the threat of litigation from a candidate and the second on an allegation from a provider that too few distinctions are being awarded for a qualification.
14:45 Tea than closing plenary session
'What can go wrong' - Dr Michael Kingdon, Assessment Consultant
‘How fit for purpose are your professional qualifications’ - Julian Potter, Entity
16:00 Chair's closing address including feedback from workshops - distillation of key points
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