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Mad Max

21-08-2020 21:32

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Yes miss......:hyper:

Damien

25-08-2020 16:27

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Head have rolled: https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...r-exams-fiasco

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The head of England’s exam regulator, Sally Collier, has resigned over the exams fiasco that has engulfed schools and universities.

Maggy

25-08-2020 23:35

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Pushed or jumped?Sacrificial offering?

Carth

25-08-2020 23:38

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Probably the Sacrificial offering.

Give it a few months and she'll turn up somewhere else :D

Mad Max

26-08-2020 01:17

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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36047777)

Pushed or jumped?Sacrificial offering?

Nah, she just made a complete arse of it...

denphone

26-08-2020 06:27

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36047787)

Nah, she just made a complete arse of it...

Just like her boss then...

Maggy

26-08-2020 09:42

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36047790)

Just like her boss then...

:tu:

OLD BOY

26-08-2020 10:26

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36047787)

Nah, she just made a complete arse of it...

Agreed. Did she not think to tell her staff to actually test the algorithm before approving it? Very careless and unprofessional. Ofqual assured ministers that the algorithm was robust. Were they supposed to disbelieve their advisors? Of course not. She had to go.

Hugh	26-08-2020 10:40

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36047799)

Agreed. Did she not think to tell her staff to actually test the algorithm before approving it? Very careless and unprofessional. Ofqual assured ministers that the algorithm was robust. Were they supposed to disbelieve their advisors? Of course not. She had to go.

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Gavin Williamson was personally told in JULY that the exam grade system was flawed but carried on anyway - as minister insists algorithm did NOT unfairly downgrade poorer pupils despite it being scrapped...

... Sir Jon is also reported to have written to Mr Williamson, the Education Secretary, in July to warn that the Ofqual algorithm, would only be 75 per cent accurate at best when applied to GCSE and A-Level grading.

In his letter Sir Jon also said that using predicted grades for some small groups of students while using the algorithm for large groups would cause unfairness.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-warnings.html

Julian

26-08-2020 10:42

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36047790)

Just like her boss then...

Which person is her " Boss " ?

Hugh	26-08-2020 10:49

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 36047803)

Which person is her " Boss " ?

The Secretary of State for Education

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The Chief Regulator is an appointment made by the Secretary of State for a term of five years. The Chief Regulator is the Chief Executive of Ofqual.

https://publications.parliament.uk/p...uc/822/822.pdf

heero_yuy

26-08-2020 11:12

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Quote from The Sun:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...8&d=1562846859

Shamed Ofqual boss Sally Collier tonight sensationally quit over the A Levels fiasco - but she could keep a plumb job at the Cabinet Office.

The bungling bureaucrat walked the plank after wrecking exams day for hundreds of thousands of students.

She decided to quit her £200,000 a year job “by mutual agreement” with the Ofqual board.

But The Sun understands she can still keep a lucrative post in the Cabinet Office despite the total shambles.

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "Sally is a substantive civil servant and as such is able to return to a job within the Civil Service."

So snout still in the trough as a reward for failure. :rolleyes:

1andrew1

26-08-2020 12:38

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36047807)

So snout still in the trough as a reward for failure. :rolleyes:

She's been successful in getting her boss off the hook, and is being rewarded for doing this task well. ;)

Julian

26-08-2020 14:21

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36047806)

The Secretary of State for Education

https://publications.parliament.uk/p...uc/822/822.pdf

Thanks for that Hugh.

I wonder how many times a secretary of state has rejected the only candidate put forward by a select committee responsible for recruitment , which she ultimately on appointment then reported through :scratch:

Hugh	26-08-2020 15:00

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 36047830)

They are hired by a recruitment board, not a Select Committee, and the board recommend a candidate to the Secretary.

Something similar happened to me when I went for an IT Director’s position at a University - I was recommended for the position after a gruelling interview process, but I had to meet the Vice-Chancellor, and be approved by him (did he think I would fit in with him, his Senior Team, and the Uni’s "culture"?*).

Same thing happened when I contracted at another Uni as Head of IT Systems Development - after selection, I had to meet the Chief Operating Officer for approval.

In both cases, they had vetoed other candidates, and they had restart the recruitment cycle.

What the stats are for OfQual and it’s ilk, I don’t know, but I would imagine it’s the same process, otherwise you are just wasting the Minister’s time for a box ticking exercise...

*I got the job...

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