Events
Celebrating ten years of the EOA – driving the profession forward!
Events Coming up
June 23 -24 /2012 - Wellington College Education Festival The EOA will be fully supporting this event on both days. We are allaware that this takes place in the midle of the exam period but urge people to try and attend the Sunday seminar being run by the EOA which will challenge how our community have to function within the existing education/exam market. March 9 - 19 / 2012 - EDSU induction programme The EOA will be fully supporting this programme with presenters and facilitators February 23 - 24 /2012 - Association of Colleges event for exams office staff The EOA will be fully supporting this event. There will be two workshops opportunity to deal with personal, operational and broader issues under the title - 'Who's exam system is it anyway?'
January 31 / 2012 - Ofqual - Review of access arrangements for Dyslexic students There is a growing concern over the increased volume and provision of all access arrangements across exams Events GoneReports on past events can be found in our news section December 6 / 2011 - major stakeholder workshop chaired by the EOA in Reading This meeting is about setting down the future foundations for our community, based upon your exam office agenda. Full details to follow and how you can be involved. November 23 - 25 / 2011 - BTEC Workshop BTEC Workshop locations as follows: 23 November - Northampton - Attended by ETD 25 November - Manchester - Attended by ETD November 15 - 17 / 2011 - AoC Conference and exhibition at the ICC in Birmingham
October 19 - 28 / 2011 - BTEC Workshop BTEC Workshop locations as follows: 19 October - Exeter CANCELLED 24 October - Bristol - CANCELLED 25 October - London - Attended by Exam Team Development 26 October - London - CANCELLED 28 October - Stockton-on-Tees - CANCELLED October 13 / 2011 - Ofquals debate on Standards in London Michael Gove MP as a key note speaker. Your views will be represented at this venue. October 12 / 2011 - Westminster briefing on funding opportunities in London 'Investigating the Future for Charitable Giving and Fundraising: October 11 / 2011 - Westminster Education Forun in London 'The Education year ahead, 2011 - 12' Your views will be represented at this venue.
The training dates are as follows: 06 October - Manchester (EOA members are volunteering to act as facilitators at these events as part of their CPD) September 30 / 2011 - Diploma Checkpoint Meeting - Department for Education Andrew Harland will review 2011 diplomas September 29 / 2011 - Learning Records Service - Customer Scruinty Group Attended by Andrew Harland in Coventry September 28 / 2011 - update meeting with the Department for Education Attended by Andrew Harland September 27 / 2011 - EOA Board of Trustees meeting in Reading Agenda to be agreed. Members comments and contributions welcome
September 14 / 2011 - QCDA run through for induction programme
September 8 / 2011 - update meeting with the Department for Education Representing members views and concerns as we approach a new academic year
August 25 /2011 - GCSE results meeting with JCQ in London Attented by Fran Atkinson August 18 / 2011 - GCE results meeting with JCQ in London Attented by Andrew Harland July 7th / 2011 Edexcel - Manchester Conference
July 5th / 2011 QCDA Local Brighton & Hove meeting
July 6th / 2011 QCDA Local Eastbourne meeting
July 5th / 2011 Edexcel - London Conference
June 20th /2011 Education Select Committee - Westminster Meeting Graham Stuart MP chair of Education Select Committee Update on exam office position as we approach the new academic year. June 16th / 2011 ERAG meeting (Ofqual) - Coventry
June 7th / 2011 Cambridge Assessment at the British Library in London Is 14 the new 16? (link here)
May 9th / 2011 VTCT conference at the NEC EOA to be represented at the event
April 18th - 20th / 2011 ATL conference in Liverpool
April 7th / 2011 BTEC workshop in London
March 31st / 2011 EOA Board of Trustees meeting at Reading College March 23rd / 2011 Exams Task Force - Coventry (Ofqual offices) Agenda to be confirmed Apart from a period between 2006 - 8 the EOA has been playing a central role in representing its community since 2004 when the NAA adopted the EOA training model developing into the a very successful format which the EOA have always wanted extended to all exams office staff
February 18th / 2011 BTEC workshop in Sheffield
February 10th / 2011 BTEC workshop in Northampton December 1st / 2010 EOA Board of Trustees (finance committee) (Reading) Your Board of Trustees are meeting on the 7th December to discuss the future programme of the EOA so please email in your requests, views and comments as soon as possible to
The EOA is a major stakeholder representative in the exams office community and the DfE has approached the EOA as part of their consultation process on how best to meet the needs of our community, once QCDA have gone.
October 12th / 2010 Exams Task Force - Coventry (Ofqual offices) Tony House (BOT member) will be representing your views at the next exams task force which occurs after every exam period. Top of the list will be GCSE results, the OCR A* issue and your concerns over hard copies. Thank you for all your comments so far and keep them coming. September 22nd / 2010 SJC - Manchester (AQA offices) Your views will be represented by Roy Waite (BOT member) at the next Standing Joint committee (SJC) on feedback from exams.
September 10th / 2010 EDI development group - London (OCR offices) Alan Waymont and Tony House (BOT members) will be representing your views on the future of these systems so the EOA will keep you posted
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