Press Release
EOA Newsletter – June 2008
Return your Yellow Forms
Each year these forms are completed by examination office personnel as commentary and feedback as to how each session of the exams has gone. In the past this was done by teaching examination officers and the emphasis has always been on feedback from the teaching community on how the examination papers reflect teaching. However, less emphasis has been placed on feedback on the administration of the examinations.
Therefore, we urge all examination office personnel to provide their own feedback and to encourage all their teaching colleagues to pass comments back to them on any aspect of an examination be it practicals, coursework, written or oral exams. This is our opportunity as a community to provide constructive feedback and hopefully influence the future operation and administration of the examination system.
There is going to be the usual focus by the press on this year’s exam results especially after all the media coverage of the plight of examination office personnel. There may also be questions raised about the Diplomas as we approach the new academic year.
If you have any comments or feedback please e-mail us: Virginiacashin@examofficers.org.uk
EOA July Conferences – places still available
Oxford – Mon 30th June & Tues 1st July
Macclesfield – Tues 8th July & Weds 9th July
If you haven’t booked yet we still have a few places available so please see our website www.examofficers.org.uk for full details and to download a booking form which please fax to us on: 0118 963 7666.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to our conferences in July and meeting some of you for the first time. In the meantime here is some updated information:
EOA Partnerships
At this year’s conferences there will be a number of stands displaying pilot projects from the EOA partnership programme. This is where we are providing members with access to specific services and activities that may be of help to examination office personnel in the future. There will be an opportunity for members to view these products and systems and to sign up for any of the relevant pilot schemes.
Awarding Body Clinics
On Day 2 we will be holding clinics with representation from most of the major awarding bodies. If you have any specific questions and issues you wish to raise globally or specifically for AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR or WJEC please email us: virginiacashin@examofficers.org.uk and title it “Conference Clinics”
EOA Website
Please remember that to access the members area of our new website www.examofficers.org.uk you need to log in using your registered e-mail address (which will be the address used for this e-mail) as your username and then your existing password.
The forums are now active – however posts from the original website haven’t yet been incorporated. Our website developers are currently working on this.
If you encounter any problems logging on please e-mail info@examofficers.org.uk or phone the EOA on 0118 965 3934.
Redstone - Webexchange
Redstone are continuing to run their pilot study into the next academic year and have asked us to draw your attention to the following link: http://www.webxchange-ems.co.uk/resources/newsletters/eoa/webx-ems-0608.doc
Summer Exams Period
Nearly there! There will be one more newsletter before everyone breaks up for the summer. The EOA team wishes everyone a well deserved and relaxing break.
The EOA Team