Summer Conference 2025 workshops

 

Conference workshop content focuses upon helping exams officers become more effective in their role, and achieving the Exams Officer Professional Standards.

You can download a pdf version of the following workshops which were delivered at the 2025 conference (this is available to members only by clicking here - membership is free of charge):

  • The Exams Office – Handling difficult conversations with senior leaders, centre staff and candidates/parents: A workshop which provides advice and guidance in managing difficult exams-related conversations with senior members of staff, peers and external stakeholders
  • OCR – Hot topics: This workshop will revisit a selection of the 'hot topics' and questions raised at network meetings and other events, with active audience participation and an opportunity to network. The areas covered will include managing conflicts of interest, Access to Scripts and laptops in exams
  • AQA - Stakeholder management: Tools for helping you to effectively manage your stakeholders. Building your skills and expertise around stakeholder management to support exams officers in the role and ensure that they are working as efficiently as possible
  • Pearson – Results Day Ready: Key steps to keep BTEC learners on track. Join Pearson staff for a practical, interactive session designed to help you navigate the key steps needed to ensure your BTEC learners receive their results on time. They will walk through essential checks, share best-practice case studies, and tackle common challenges so you can feel confident that every learner stays on track for success
  • Katherine McDiarmid – Leading and managing your invigilation team: Following the success of the 2023 conference workshop (Leading your exams office) this session considers aspects of the exams officer role which are related to the management of invigilators
  • Geraldine Jozefiak – Reducing requests for separate invigilation: As today's students are often called the 'anxious generation' (with this prolonged anxiety leading to an increased number of requests for separate invigilation), this session considers how students can be helped in overcoming some of their anxiety...and in the process, reduce your workload