Reza Schwitzer
@schwitzer.bsky.social
Director of Assessment Reform at AQA. Formerly DfE and Public First. Loud and sometimes prone to hyperbole. COYG! Views own
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Financial literacy is set to become a core part of the curriculum, following publication of the Curriculum & Assessment Review.
During #NumberConfidenceWeek, Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social and Natalie Wilson from AQA met the APPG on Financial Education to demo our new numeracy app. (1/3)
During #NumberConfidenceWeek, Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social and Natalie Wilson from AQA met the APPG on Financial Education to demo our new numeracy app. (1/3)
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Financial literacy is set to become a core part of the curriculum, following publication of the Curriculum & Assessment Review.
During #NumberConfidenceWeek, Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social and Natalie Wilson from AQA met the APPG on Financial Education to demo our new numeracy app. (1/3)
During #NumberConfidenceWeek, Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social and Natalie Wilson from AQA met the APPG on Financial Education to demo our new numeracy app. (1/3)
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Proud to convene leaders from the UK Ukrainian community at @aqaeducation.bsky.social to discuss the campaign for a Ukrainian GCSE.
We need the right qualification, but it's also about preserving and celebrating Ukrainian identity.
Thanks to @joepowell.bsky.social and other MPs for your support
We need the right qualification, but it's also about preserving and celebrating Ukrainian identity.
Thanks to @joepowell.bsky.social and other MPs for your support
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Proud to convene leaders from the UK Ukrainian community at @aqaeducation.bsky.social to discuss the campaign for a Ukrainian GCSE.
We need the right qualification, but it's also about preserving and celebrating Ukrainian identity.
Thanks to @joepowell.bsky.social and other MPs for your support
We need the right qualification, but it's also about preserving and celebrating Ukrainian identity.
Thanks to @joepowell.bsky.social and other MPs for your support
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We were honoured to host an inspiring meeting this morning alongside @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social and @joepowell.bsky.social - bringing together Ukrainian language teachers & stakeholders for a discussion on how to ensure Ukrainian children can maintain & develop their language skills while in the UK.
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We were honoured to host an inspiring meeting this morning alongside @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social and @joepowell.bsky.social - bringing together Ukrainian language teachers & stakeholders for a discussion on how to ensure Ukrainian children can maintain & develop their language skills while in the UK.
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We’re finishing up in Manchester for the Conservative Party Conference and began with a @ukyouth.bsky.social YouthZone panel!
Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)
Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We’re finishing up in Manchester for the Conservative Party Conference and began with a @ukyouth.bsky.social YouthZone panel!
Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)
Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)
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Rounding off today’s panels with @aqaeducation.bsky.social
We're joined by @robeastaway.bsky.social, Sarah Porretta (@youngenterprise.bsky.social), Baroness Spielman, and @schwitzer.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed from the curriculum and assessment system to help every child excel in maths.
We're joined by @robeastaway.bsky.social, Sarah Porretta (@youngenterprise.bsky.social), Baroness Spielman, and @schwitzer.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed from the curriculum and assessment system to help every child excel in maths.
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Rounding off today’s panels with @aqaeducation.bsky.social
We're joined by @robeastaway.bsky.social, Sarah Porretta (@youngenterprise.bsky.social), Baroness Spielman, and @schwitzer.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed from the curriculum and assessment system to help every child excel in maths.
We're joined by @robeastaway.bsky.social, Sarah Porretta (@youngenterprise.bsky.social), Baroness Spielman, and @schwitzer.bsky.social to discuss what’s needed from the curriculum and assessment system to help every child excel in maths.
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Many thanks to our joint panel with Education Policy Institute at the #CPC25 today on ‘Can technology solve the challenges facing #education’ for a thoughtful and insightful discussion.
With Pepe Di’Iasio Natalie Perera Dr Ben Spencer Reza Schwitzer and Shane Ierston.
#AI #policy
With Pepe Di’Iasio Natalie Perera Dr Ben Spencer Reza Schwitzer and Shane Ierston.
#AI #policy
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Many thanks to our joint panel with Education Policy Institute at the #CPC25 today on ‘Can technology solve the challenges facing #education’ for a thoughtful and insightful discussion.
With Pepe Di’Iasio Natalie Perera Dr Ben Spencer Reza Schwitzer and Shane Ierston.
#AI #policy
With Pepe Di’Iasio Natalie Perera Dr Ben Spencer Reza Schwitzer and Shane Ierston.
#AI #policy
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Hello from Liverpool for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Party Conference!
Yesterday was a busy day, starting in the Youth Zone with a panel event including representatives from Girlguiding, @dofe.org and our Student Advisory Group. (1/5)
Yesterday was a busy day, starting in the Youth Zone with a panel event including representatives from Girlguiding, @dofe.org and our Student Advisory Group. (1/5)
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hello from Liverpool for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Party Conference!
Yesterday was a busy day, starting in the Youth Zone with a panel event including representatives from Girlguiding, @dofe.org and our Student Advisory Group. (1/5)
Yesterday was a busy day, starting in the Youth Zone with a panel event including representatives from Girlguiding, @dofe.org and our Student Advisory Group. (1/5)
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Great to finish a packed day at conference chatting with the Education Policy Institute about building a curriculum where every child can thrive - thank you to fellow panelists for a really insightful session
September 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great to finish a packed day at conference chatting with the Education Policy Institute about building a curriculum where every child can thrive - thank you to fellow panelists for a really insightful session
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Cracking panel at @edupolicyinst.bsky.social / @aqaeducation.bsky.social event, discussing the small matter of the future of the curriculum and assessment.
@schwitzer.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @leoracruddas.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @peter4bracknell.bsky.social
@schwitzer.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @leoracruddas.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @peter4bracknell.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cracking panel at @edupolicyinst.bsky.social / @aqaeducation.bsky.social event, discussing the small matter of the future of the curriculum and assessment.
@schwitzer.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @leoracruddas.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @peter4bracknell.bsky.social
@schwitzer.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @leoracruddas.bsky.social @pepediiasio.bsky.social @peter4bracknell.bsky.social
Very eminent group of people, was really exciting to present our numeracy prototype to them and get so much support and encouragement for what we’re doing
AQA was proud to join the @nationalnumeracy.bsky.social Leadership Council, sharing insights on our new numeracy assessment.
Read more in The Times [£] here: www.thetimes.com/uk/education... and have a look here: www.aqa.org.uk/aqa-unveils-...
Read more in The Times [£] here: www.thetimes.com/uk/education... and have a look here: www.aqa.org.uk/aqa-unveils-...
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Very eminent group of people, was really exciting to present our numeracy prototype to them and get so much support and encouragement for what we’re doing
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Kicking off our #LDConf programme with a packed room, looking at inclusive curriculum & assessment reform in partnership with @aqaeducation.bsky.social.
Ellie Harris (@thedifferenceed.bsky.social), David Laws, Phil Sayles, @schwitzer.bsky.social & @munirawilson.bsky.social on the panel.
Ellie Harris (@thedifferenceed.bsky.social), David Laws, Phil Sayles, @schwitzer.bsky.social & @munirawilson.bsky.social on the panel.
September 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Kicking off our #LDConf programme with a packed room, looking at inclusive curriculum & assessment reform in partnership with @aqaeducation.bsky.social.
Ellie Harris (@thedifferenceed.bsky.social), David Laws, Phil Sayles, @schwitzer.bsky.social & @munirawilson.bsky.social on the panel.
Ellie Harris (@thedifferenceed.bsky.social), David Laws, Phil Sayles, @schwitzer.bsky.social & @munirawilson.bsky.social on the panel.
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It’s #LiteracyDay today, and that includes digital literacy. So how confident are young people in engaging digitally?
@thakeman.bsky.social writes the latest AQi blog about the myth of the digital native and what support young people need in this digital media era > www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/the-myth...
@thakeman.bsky.social writes the latest AQi blog about the myth of the digital native and what support young people need in this digital media era > www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/the-myth...
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It’s #LiteracyDay today, and that includes digital literacy. So how confident are young people in engaging digitally?
@thakeman.bsky.social writes the latest AQi blog about the myth of the digital native and what support young people need in this digital media era > www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/the-myth...
@thakeman.bsky.social writes the latest AQi blog about the myth of the digital native and what support young people need in this digital media era > www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/the-myth...
Would love to hear more about this
It was in early spring when I first asked a close ally if Starmer still believed it was better for ministers to spend longer and become expert in their departments and they basically said it was the biggest thing he'd changed his mind about now having seen how Whitehall operates.
September 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Would love to hear more about this
If Darren Jones is now CDL anyway, doesn’t the new CSPM role lose some of its importance? Is the new story now really the newly formed Department of Growth led by Pat McFadden?
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If Darren Jones is now CDL anyway, doesn’t the new CSPM role lose some of its importance? Is the new story now really the newly formed Department of Growth led by Pat McFadden?
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The interesting Q re: Polanski taking over the Greens is whether they can keep their strategic ambiguity that has allowed them to win in both progressive and nimby/Tory/conservationist areas.
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The interesting Q re: Polanski taking over the Greens is whether they can keep their strategic ambiguity that has allowed them to win in both progressive and nimby/Tory/conservationist areas.
Martin about as happy as I am with doing a half time interview. What new devilry is this?
August 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Martin about as happy as I am with doing a half time interview. What new devilry is this?
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“In a world where AI will be ubiquitous, but we want young people to develop knowledge and skills of their own, we will need to find a balance,” writes Chinwe Njoku in an engrossing new AQi blog.
www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...
www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...
August 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“In a world where AI will be ubiquitous, but we want young people to develop knowledge and skills of their own, we will need to find a balance,” writes Chinwe Njoku in an engrossing new AQi blog.
www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...
www.aqa.org.uk/aqi/ai-in-ed...
Had to do a double take on these polling figures 👀 @politico.eu @yougov.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Had to do a double take on these polling figures 👀 @politico.eu @yougov.co.uk
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Yes I do agree that the application of the test needs more nuance than it probably will have. Haven’t seen the details apart from on this page
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www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/...
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August 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Yes I do agree that the application of the test needs more nuance than it probably will have. Haven’t seen the details apart from on this page
www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/...
www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/fast-stream/...
Don’t agree. The way it has been announced, socio-economics is an exclusionary factor. It doesn’t say there are exemptions for disability or care experience. I hope that is just the media line and not the reality. (It’s otherwise obviously sensible but not that different to the status quo…)
August 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Don’t agree. The way it has been announced, socio-economics is an exclusionary factor. It doesn’t say there are exemptions for disability or care experience. I hope that is just the media line and not the reality. (It’s otherwise obviously sensible but not that different to the status quo…)
Every day is a school day! Just discovered wheat plants are also used to make straw.
Beautiful morning in Berkshire
Beautiful morning in Berkshire
August 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every day is a school day! Just discovered wheat plants are also used to make straw.
Beautiful morning in Berkshire
Beautiful morning in Berkshire
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Imagine you're a brand that doesn't want to pay whatever Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, and Gisele Bündchen command. Can you create an AI "model" based on them? A basic idea of property rights is that you own your body and thus what your body creates (labor). How does this work with AI "models?"
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Imagine you're a brand that doesn't want to pay whatever Cindy Crawford, Kendall Jenner, and Gisele Bündchen command. Can you create an AI "model" based on them? A basic idea of property rights is that you own your body and thus what your body creates (labor). How does this work with AI "models?"
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We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
July 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
The response from John, by the way, is an absolute masterclass in reacting to a hospital pass
REPORTER: Ukraine has asked the international court to go after Russia for using toxic chemicals in the fight
TRUMP WHISPERING TO HEGSETH: What do you know about this?
HEGSETH WHISPERING: John might know
TRUMP: Well, I'd ask John to discuss it
TRUMP WHISPERING TO HEGSETH: What do you know about this?
HEGSETH WHISPERING: John might know
TRUMP: Well, I'd ask John to discuss it
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The response from John, by the way, is an absolute masterclass in reacting to a hospital pass