Tuesday, 15 September 2009 09:00 - 09:45

Chair

Dibu Ojerinde

Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board and IAEA

Nigeria

Presenter: Barry McGaw AO

(Chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia)

Professor Patricia Broadfoot CBE is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire, moving there in 2006 from the University of Bristol where she was Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education. Her research has focused on educational assessment from sociological and comparative perspectives. She has written extensively on educational assessment and related issues, covering both policy and practice, international in scope, and with a concern for the welfare of the individual student. Her most recent book is 'An Introduction to Assessment'.