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EXAMINATIONS REPORT

EXAMINERS WORKSHOP

The seventh Examiners Workshop was held on 8 and 9 of February at the Brisbane Airport Conference Centre. 50 examiners from 15 disciplines attended to develop their skills in assessment through training, discussion and mentoring. This Workshop helps build a robust and defensible examination system for all candidates across a multitude of disciplines within the College. The Examiners Workshop has grown in recent years, with more and more examiners interested in attending each year. Past feedback has indicated the invaluable opportunity to ensure timely development of highquality examination components. Examiners over the years have rated the top reasons for attending as being the opportunity to work with fellow examiners in their subject with protected time to develop their subject examination.

The Board of Examiners was pleased to invite the Director of Teaching and Learning, College of Sciences, Massey University, Dr Liz Norman, back to present topics on assessment such as blueprinting and drafting questions, question clarity and grading criteria and marking schemes. Dr Norman has a unique combination of veterinary and educational expertise, her presentation slides can be viewed on the College website.