Posted by: Dannielle Murphy Manually uploading test results, scouring spreadsheets for apprentice credentials, and juggling multiple systems for end-point assessment. If those sound like the struggles your EPA delivery teams are having, you aren’t alone. Construction EPA Company – one of the UK’s leading end-point assessment organisations in construction and the built environment – was…
Posted by: Keean Schupke The ‘boom’ in popularity of artificial intelligence (AI), since ChatGPT broke onto the scene in November 2022, has encouraged many to be more open-minded about how AI can augment their work. In assessment, it’s progressed the conversation about how we can collectively improve traditional teaching, learning and examination practices for the…
Posted by: Tad Chapman Three ways AI could transform the EPA landscape in 2024 Tad Chapman, Vocational education solutions lead How AI could make a significant difference to a strained end-point assessment system (and why it’s no panacaea) The longstanding challenge for the end-point assessment (EPA) sector has been reconciling the rising demand for assessments…
Posted by: Richard Leith Ahead of the eAA’s inaugural AI Symposium, we took the opportunity as headline sponsor to sit down with Pat Coates, CEO of the e-Assessment Association (eAA) to discuss all things AI and what the event offered it’s attendees. Pat sat down with risr/’s Richard Leith, part of our Growth and Innovation…
Posted by: Zahid Malik Today is a big and exciting day for the team as we step into the future and relaunch Fry-IT as risr/. Why the change you ask? Let me explain. You may not be aware of the origin of Fry-IT, it all began in 2000 with me, a couple of fellow academics…
Posted by: Vic Pereira What is your name and where are you from? My name is Jon and I live in Ottawa, Canada. What is your job title and what do you do? I am the Operations Director for North America. I support the North American customers with onboarding, service scoping and delivery and finding…
Posted by: Vic Pereira There is nothing like getting out and about and meeting with our customers face to face. That has been somewhat tough in recent years for obvious reasons, which is one of the reasons we are so excited to be attending the AMEE and Ottawa conferences this week. This is the first…
Posted by: Vic Pereira What made you decide to work for this risr/? I spent my early career within heavily bureaucratic engineering companies. While the technologies I worked on were exciting and innovative, the way in which we worked always felt onerous, hierarchical and frustrating. The opportunity to create an organisation and culture with real…
Posted by: Vic Pereira What is your name and where are you from? My name is Lisa McClare and I live in Manchester, North of England. What is your job title and what do you do? I am a Project Manager and I champion the development of skills and toolkits for all colleagues involved in…
Posted by: Vic Pereira We are thrilled to share that we have been selected as one of the International e-Assessment Association Award finalists for the category of Best Transformational Project! We’re hugely proud of the team and of our colleagues at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) who were our partners. …