Professor Mary Richardson
@miriched.bsky.social
Professor at UCL IOE. Fascinated by all things assessment, philosophy of education, ethics, and asking awkward questions. Lover of northern soul music, middle distance running, cats... and most of life. All views here are my own.
#Lionesses What a finish! Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly are an inspiration
July 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Lionesses What a finish! Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly are an inspiration
Cricket. That's a good day well spent... after a lot of sadness, cricket is a balm. Root scoring over 13000 test runs, England scoring more runs than any other day one ever. And more tomorrow. #cricket
May 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cricket. That's a good day well spent... after a lot of sadness, cricket is a balm. Root scoring over 13000 test runs, England scoring more runs than any other day one ever. And more tomorrow. #cricket
This matters. Our health care system being deconstructed if you want it, fight for it.- please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save our pharmacies - protect vital NHS services
Our local NHS pharmacies are on the brink of collapse, despite having proven during the pandemic that they are more needed now than ever. Since 2015, their funding has been cut by 40% and 1400 pharmac...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This matters. Our health care system being deconstructed if you want it, fight for it.- please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save our pharmacies - protect vital NHS services
Our local NHS pharmacies are on the brink of collapse, despite having proven during the pandemic that they are more needed now than ever. Since 2015, their funding has been cut by 40% and 1400 pharmac...
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
So pleased to see @nazzzog.bsky.social graduate this year! A fascinating PhD study and novel integration of Assessment and History - there are publications ahead from this! #WeAreIOE #CPAIOE @cpaucl.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @nazzzog.bsky.social on her PhD award at the @cpaucl.bsky.social graduations at the Festival Hall on Monday! It's always hugely exciting to see research findings come together into compelling analyses & great to see achievement acknowledged & rewarded! @ioe.bsky.social 1/2
May 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So pleased to see @nazzzog.bsky.social graduate this year! A fascinating PhD study and novel integration of Assessment and History - there are publications ahead from this! #WeAreIOE #CPAIOE @cpaucl.bsky.social
Preparing my keynote lecture for APEAC2025 in Singapore www.apeac.academy Honoured to have been invited to talk and teach with other leading assessment experts.
Excited to see Singapore, especially the botanical gardens. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great to fly the flag for @cpaucl.bsky.social
Excited to see Singapore, especially the botanical gardens. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great to fly the flag for @cpaucl.bsky.social
APEAC2025
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March 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Preparing my keynote lecture for APEAC2025 in Singapore www.apeac.academy Honoured to have been invited to talk and teach with other leading assessment experts.
Excited to see Singapore, especially the botanical gardens. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great to fly the flag for @cpaucl.bsky.social
Excited to see Singapore, especially the botanical gardens. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great to fly the flag for @cpaucl.bsky.social
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We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism.
If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link:
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If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link:
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March 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism.
If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link:
ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link:
ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
❤️❤️❤️ Educational Assessment? So do we!
Come and learn more at the IOE - #1 in the World for Education for the 12th year running. #WeAreIOE www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Come and learn more at the IOE - #1 in the World for Education for the 12th year running. #WeAreIOE www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Education (Assessment) MA
The Education (Assessment) MA route investigates theories, practice, policies and use of assessment in all phases of education. Our modules offer opportunities to explore assessment from a range of pe...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
❤️❤️❤️ Educational Assessment? So do we!
Come and learn more at the IOE - #1 in the World for Education for the 12th year running. #WeAreIOE www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@cpaucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Come and learn more at the IOE - #1 in the World for Education for the 12th year running. #WeAreIOE www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@cpaucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
TIMSS2023 Vol 2 published today. Our findings flag action needed to address gender gaps, particularly in maths. Socio-economic disadvantage continues to challenge equity in education. Our starting point for further research. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social
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Girls in England lag behind boys in maths and science study - BBC News
International research finds the gender gap in Year 9 maths in England is wider than any other participating country.
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March 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
TIMSS2023 Vol 2 published today. Our findings flag action needed to address gender gaps, particularly in maths. Socio-economic disadvantage continues to challenge equity in education. Our starting point for further research. #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social
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‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy
This is not education - it’s abuse
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This is not education - it’s abuse
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‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy
Emergency meeting called over strictness of discipline at Essex schools run by Mossbourne Federation
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March 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy
This is not education - it’s abuse
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is not education - it’s abuse
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Congratulations Danilo Kovac, a graduate of CPA's MA Eduction History, on this accolade. We're honoured @ioe.bsky.social to work with inspiring & innovative educators from around the world - it's why IOE's such an interesting place to work & study. Congtratulations, Danilo! #WeAreIOE bit.ly/4kcqWd5
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Congratulations Danilo Kovac, a graduate of CPA's MA Eduction History, on this accolade. We're honoured @ioe.bsky.social to work with inspiring & innovative educators from around the world - it's why IOE's such an interesting place to work & study. Congtratulations, Danilo! #WeAreIOE bit.ly/4kcqWd5
Join us on 13th March 2025 for the launch of the TIMSS2023 Volume 2 Report. Important findings relating to gender, socioeconomic disadvantage and more. Key learning and debate for anyone interested in maths and science. forms.office.com/e/TFube3QAz3 @cpaucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #IOETIMSS23
February 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Join us on 13th March 2025 for the launch of the TIMSS2023 Volume 2 Report. Important findings relating to gender, socioeconomic disadvantage and more. Key learning and debate for anyone interested in maths and science. forms.office.com/e/TFube3QAz3 @cpaucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #IOETIMSS23
@weratecatss.bsky.social Jerry is in guard mode.
February 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@weratecatss.bsky.social Jerry is in guard mode.
Reminiscing tonight, playing vinyl from my roof. This is a cracker...
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James - Sit Down (Live G-Mex Manchester 1990)
YouTube video by Kostas Paganelis
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February 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reminiscing tonight, playing vinyl from my roof. This is a cracker...
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Join us on Weds at 17.30 for the February Educational Assessment Seminar with Prof Chris DeLuca: The Evolution and Future of Assessment Literacy
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#WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA #AssessmentLiteracy
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#WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA #AssessmentLiteracy
February 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Join us on Weds at 17.30 for the February Educational Assessment Seminar with Prof Chris DeLuca: The Evolution and Future of Assessment Literacy
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@ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social
#WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA #AssessmentLiteracy
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#WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA #AssessmentLiteracy
@drpauliancampbell.bsky.social delighted that you’ll be visiting @cpaucl.bsky.social to present on the under-researched area of Race and Assessment
February 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@drpauliancampbell.bsky.social delighted that you’ll be visiting @cpaucl.bsky.social to present on the under-researched area of Race and Assessment
@cpaucl.bsky.social please follow our department! #WeAreCPA
February 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@cpaucl.bsky.social please follow our department! #WeAreCPA
Nothing beats teaching. Tonight, 16 MA students made me laugh, think and question my beliefs. Join us in 2025 for the MA Assessment programme. #Lovemyjob #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nothing beats teaching. Tonight, 16 MA students made me laugh, think and question my beliefs. Join us in 2025 for the MA Assessment programme. #Lovemyjob #WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social
Join us tonight for the last EAG Seminar of 2024! It's free and online, from 5.30 to 7.00pm. Listen to Isabel Nisbet and Stuart Shaw discuss 'The path ahead' in assessment
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@ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #AssessmentMatters
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December 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Join us tonight for the last EAG Seminar of 2024! It's free and online, from 5.30 to 7.00pm. Listen to Isabel Nisbet and Stuart Shaw discuss 'The path ahead' in assessment
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eag-ioe/educ...
@ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #AssessmentMatters
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@ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #AssessmentMatters
Looking forward to conversation about fairness, testing and AI on Friday with an OECD panel. @ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE
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Maintaining the Fairness and Relevance of High-Stakes Exams in the Age of AI
In many countries, upper secondary graduation requires students to pass high-stakes exams. But as AI systems become more powerful, so does their potential to disrupt high stakes testing either through...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Looking forward to conversation about fairness, testing and AI on Friday with an OECD panel. @ioe.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social #WeAreIOE
www.oecd-events.org/ai-wips2024/...
www.oecd-events.org/ai-wips2024/...
This is great Geoff. I’ll be sharing it with my MAAssessment students next week :) Merry Christmas!
Cheating accountants, sweary solicitors, out-to-lunch politicians, dodgy academics - here are the exam and assessment stories of 2024! www.geoffchapman.com/post/2024-re...
2024 Review of Exam and Assessment Sector
A curious year for the assessment sector. $25M fines for exam cheating. UK spluttering on plans for digitising school exams. A regulator pacifying angry teachers about exams. An ‘Exam Nation’ book that nearly forgot to mention exams. And definitely not forgetting the never-ending growth and impending car crash of SEN learner assessment needs.Still curious? Cheating accountants, sweary solicitors, out-to-lunch politicians, dodgy academics - here are the stories of 2024.January The new year starte
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December 7, 2024 at 8:40 AM
This is great Geoff. I’ll be sharing it with my MAAssessment students next week :) Merry Christmas!
Four years ago my lovely dad died. He was a huge inspiration to me and my siblings. One of the many things he gave me was a decent running pace. Here he is winning a counties 200m event in 1948, aged 17 in Manchester. Run on dad x
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Four years ago my lovely dad died. He was a huge inspiration to me and my siblings. One of the many things he gave me was a decent running pace. Here he is winning a counties 200m event in 1948, aged 17 in Manchester. Run on dad x
#WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great news and a real tribute to the work of this Centre. @uclholocaust.bsky.social
"I'm proud that my department has funded the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education since 2008. I'd like to pay tribute to Stuart and the Centre for its work"
Thank you Secretary of State @bphillipsonMP for your support and kind words at the @TheIHRA plenary this week.
Thank you Secretary of State @bphillipsonMP for your support and kind words at the @TheIHRA plenary this week.
December 4, 2024 at 7:05 PM
#WeAreIOE @ioe.bsky.social Great news and a real tribute to the work of this Centre. @uclholocaust.bsky.social