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The Revised QAA Grading Scheme: What You Need to Know for the 2024-25 Academic Year

 The Cambridge Assessment Network conference delved into the dynamic landscape of digital assessment, exploring its opportunities and challenges while prompting attendees to envision its future trajectory. Sarah Hughes, Research and Thought Leadership Lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, alongside Imogen Casebourne, Innovation Research Lead at DEFI Innovation Lab, University of Cambridge, shared their research, forecasting potential directions for assessment. They outlined four key drivers propelling change: climate change, AI-driven personalised learning, immersive assessment experiences, and the promotion of human flourishing and well-being. The implications for assessment professionals are profound, necessitating the fusion of learning and assessment with digital technologies while upholding the integrity and quality of future assessments. By projecting forward from the envisioned landscape of 2050 to the present day, participants were encouraged to identify acti...

Embedding Environmental Education in CAVA Access to HE Diplomas

Today, as we celebrate World Earth Day, CAVA reaffirms our commitment to fostering environmental awareness and sustainability through education. Since its start in 1970, World Earth Day has served as a global platform to address the impact of pollution, industrial development, and other environmental concerns. This year, the focus is on reducing plastic production by 60% by 2040, underscoring the urgency of environmental conservation. Learn more about this initiative on  earthday.org . CAVA's Commitment to Sustainability CAVA recognises the global challenge with regard to our changing environment, and the impact that our actions have upon it. For this reason CAVA is committed to operate according to strong ethical values, in a way that we achieve excellent results today, without compromising the needs of tomorrow. Through our Net Zero strategy, we operate as a lean organisation, limiting our consumption and waste. Each year, CAVA offsets any essential emissions through investments ...