Assessment Tips - Brooks and Kirk

Maybe some of our Assessment tips will help you as an assessor. After all, you are never too old to learn.

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Holistic Assessment: What is it and how do we do it?

Assessment is a fundamental part of vocational education. It allows Assessors to make judgements on their learner’s knowledge, skills and understanding. It also enables them to identify strengths and weaknesses, tailor lessons to suit their individual needs and track overall progress. Holistic assessment takes this to a whole new level. In this article, we will […]

Enhancing Inclusive Education: The Importance of the Award in LGBTQ+ Inclusivity

In today’s rapidly evolving world, fostering inclusivity and acceptance has become an essential aspect of the Education and Training (AET) sector. It’s no longer sufficient to provide education. We must ensure that every student feels safe, supported, and respected within the educational environment. Regardless of if they identify with the LGBTQ+ acronym or not. Inclusive […]

Creating LGBTQ+ Inclusive Safe Spaces: The Essential Course for Assessors

We’re happy to deliver a series of blogs on LGBTQ+ inclusion and education as Pride Month approaches. We hope that by focusing on LGBTQ+ inclusion, we can provide important insights and approaches for creating and accepting a diverse culture in education. In today’s inclusive society, Further Education must create safe and affirming environments for all […]

NVQ Assessment Criteria: A Complete Guide to Understanding Them

NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) aim to provide those seeking practical knowledge and skills relevant to their work with qualifications. Recognised across various UK sectors, such as construction, health and social care, engineering, and hospitality, among others, these qualifications are vital. A crucial aspect of the NVQ process is the assessment, which evaluates a candidate’s competence. […]

What is 360 Feedback?

One of the best ways to improve knowledge and teaching is implementing 360 feedback, also known as multi-source feedback. This allows learners to receive actionable feedback towards growth and improvement. As an assessor or tutor, it’s important that you know about and understand what 360 feedback is. As it’s essential to know about this to […]

Getting a Name Right Matters

Names are important, whether they’re first names or last names. It represents their identity and heritage. This is why getting someone’s name right means a lot. On the topic of inclusion and inclusivity, being aware of how to pronounce someone’s name is important, as well as using any preferred names. As many people have experienced […]

The Assessors Guide to Assessments

You may be new to the TAQA world and are wondering about the different types of assessments. Well, this is where we come in to help. With over 25 years in the industry, we are industry specialists. We’re here to spread our knowledge and expertise to you. So let’s first talk about two kinds of […]

How to Manage Negative Feedback

Feedback, whether you’re the one giving it or the receiving end, is extremely important in our lives. It helps us improve upon certain things that we may be lacking. You’ll hear frequent feedback from employers, teachers, students, friends and even family throughout your life. So being able to harness negative feedback is extremely important. As […]

Soft Skills – What are They?

You may have come across or heard the term soft skills. Whether it be on job applications, interviews or just when you were browsing. Now if you don’t know about them or have never even heard of them, then we’re here to help. We’re going to tell you all about them. During interviews and job […]

How Can You be Inclusive? Our Top Tips!

In our previous blog, we went over what inclusivity is and why it matters. Now that we’ve gone through it, we wanted to talk about how you can become more inclusive. What can you start to do in your everyday life? Now we know that being inclusive has massive benefits for business and education, so […]