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  • What Could Remote Invigilation Mean For Education?

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    By Ashley Harrold

    As published in HWRK Magazine. Ashley Harrold, CEO of Inspired Online Schools, explains how remote invigilation unlocked access to International GCSE exams with Pearson in 2023 and what it means to students now and in future.

  • Closing the gender gap in Design Engineering Education – lessons from HE

    As of March 2022, women made up 16.5% of all engineers in the UK, compared to the 10.5% reported in 20101. While we may be tempted to say the jump from 1 in 10 engineers being women to 1 in 7 shows progress, these figures still reflect the fact that the number of female engineering students persistently sits below 20% in higher education (HE). Much has been written about the myriad ways in which people have tried to address this issue and yet stubbornly these statistics – and their impact upon minority groups – prevails.

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