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9 October 2014
The annual conference for the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) brings together the Awarding Organisation community with over 200 delegates from 110 full FAB member awarding organisations. BTL at the 2014 Federation of Awarding Bodies conference
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9 September 2014
The conference brings together leaders on high-volume, summative assessment technology adoption and usage. These leaders also come together as users of BTL’s technology, notably the Surpass assessment service. BTL sets the assessment technology agenda with European conference
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3 September 2014
BTL Group Ltd are providing a hands-on workshop for delegates and sponsoring the 2014 eAssessment Scotland conference, hosted by the University of Dundee on September 5th. BTL lead eAssessment conference with European university workshop
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30 June 2014
BTL Group Ltd, together with eFinity, are sponsoring and exhibiting at the 2014 International Computer Assisted Assessment conference (CAA), at the Woudschoten Hotel & Conference Centre in Zeist, Netherlands on June 30th to July 1st 2014. BTL partner with Efinity for key European eAssessment conference
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6 May 2014
BTL is pleased to announce that CACHE (Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education) has awarded BTL a contract for the delivery of Assessment Services through Surpass Professional Edition, BTL’s new SaaS-based Assessment Platform. CACHE Award Assessment Delivery Contract to BTL
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24 March 2014
BTL is pleased to announce that it has extended its contract with EAL by a further 3 years: licencing Surpass for EAL’s innovative e-Assessment programme in the engineering, manufacturing and building related sectors. EAL has worked in partnership with BTL since 2008, using the Surpass Assessment Platform to develop and deliver on-screen examinations. EAL’s innovative approach to question design and rigorous quality standards in item authoring and management have helped reinforce their already highly recognised reputation for investing in the industries they serve. BTL Awarded 3 Year Contract Renewal with EAL
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25 July 2013
BTL is pleased to announce that it has extended its contract with WJEC by a further 2 years, with the option of 1 additional year: licencing Surpass for WJEC’s innovative e- Assessment programme across Wales and England. WJEC has worked in partnership with BTL since 2008, using the Surpass Assessment Platform to develop and deliver on-screen examinations. Their highly accessible on-screen content is delivered in both English and Welsh. WJEC are very forward-thinking in their approach to e-Assessment, having delivered the first ever on-screen A-Level examination in the summer of 2009. They have also pioneered a number of innovative Advanced…
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22 August 2012
BTL Group Ltd, the leading independent provider of assessment solutions will be once again sponsoring and presenting at the European Association of Test Publishers Conference (E-ATP). The conference this year will be held at the Hotel Concorde, Berlin during the 12th-14th September 2012. Director of Sales & Marketing, Jeremy Carter, will be presenting alongside Martin Mackain-Bremner, Head of Assessments from the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians). They will be speaking on the topic of ‘From knowledge to competency – using advanced question types to test skills in a high stakes environment’. Jeremy and Martin will be drawing on the experience…
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1 August 2012
BTL Group Ltd, the leading independent provider of assessment solutions, will be exhibiting at e-Assessment Scotland 2012. The conference will be held at the University of Dundee on 31st August 2012. The conference aims to be the UK’s largest conference dedicated to exploring the best examples of e-Assessment in the world today. BTL will be represented by Business Development Managers, Jessica Pape and Tim Burnett, who will be on hand to demonstrate why BTL’s Surpass® Assessment Platform is the system of choice for leading UK exam boards delivering their qualifications on-screen. Organisations using Surpass include, AAT, AQA, SQA, City &…
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25 July 2012
OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) has selected BTL’s Surpass® assessment platform to deliver their on-screen Functional Skills qualifications. The two-year initial contract will focus on delivering these qualifications in the UK, with the intention to further extend the delivery to other qualifications in the future. OCR is a leading UK awarding body that offers a wide range of qualifications to schools, colleges, workplaces and other institutions. Their range of qualifications includes A Levels, GCSEs and vocational qualifications including Cambridge Technicals, Cambridge Nationals and NVQs. Mark Dawe, OCR’s Chief Executive, says “This new partnership with BTL enables OCR to give…
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20 June 2012
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of assessment solutions, is delighted to announce the official launch of their Advanced Question Types (AQTs) Business Unit. An AQT is a human or computer marked question or a simulation that is rich in functionality and interactivity. It can be used for both formative and summative assessments and can cover a wide range of assessment levels (GCSE, A-Level, Vocational etc.) and subjects (English, Maths, Science, Accounting etc). Surpass: The Assessment Platform is known in the assessment industry for being able to create the most advanced on-screen assessment questions. Surpass is used by…
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15 May 2012
BTL Group Ltd, a leading UK based provider of assessment solutions, is delighted to be exhibiting at the 2nd annual Gulf Education Conference. The two-day event will be held at the Hilton London Metropole during 28th-29th May 2012. The conference will welcome delegates from the Gulf with specialist speakers from the Middle East, UK and USA. Delegates to the conference are invited to the BTL exhibition booth to discuss how Surpass®, the most widely used assessment platform by UK Awarding Bodies, can help to transform existing and new assessment programmes. BTL staff will be on hand to show how Surpass…
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28 March 2012
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has today signed a five year assessment partnership agreement with BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent provider of assessment solutions. The partnership will see SQA licence BTL’s Surpass® Assessment Platform for the development and delivery of its whole assessment programme including the new National Qualifications being developed to support Curriculum for Excellence. SQA has been using Surpass for the SOLAR e-Assessment programme since 2008; this new contract sees Surpass rolled out throughout the SQA – with Surpass being used to develop and deliver both paper and on-screen assessments. SQA’s initial focus is on use of…
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13 March 2012
BTL Group Ltd is once again delighted to sponsor, exhibit, and present at the 10th annual e-Assessment Question Conference. The conference will be held at the America Square Conference Centre, London during 21st and 22nd March 2012. This year, the conference will look into the impact of e-Assessment on Qualifications, Awarding and Certification Assessment for Learning. The conference will look at how the technology, tools and techniques of e-Assessment can support High Stakes Assessment as well as Formative and Summative Assessment processes, including the delivery of qualifications and certification in the classroom and the work place. BTL will be showcasing…
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23 February 2012
BTL Group Ltd, the leading, independent provider of assessment solutions, is delighted to announce that the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) have renewed their partnership with BTL, to license the Surpass® Assessment Platform for a further five years. AAT is the leading qualification and membership body for accounting and finance staff. BTL and AAT have been in partnership for assessment services for a number of years. AAT use the Surpass Platform to develop and deliver their global assessment programme. AAT computer-based assessments (CBA) continue to be the most innovative and relevant accounting assessments currently available, testing knowledge and skills through…
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21 February 2012
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based provider of Assessment solutions, will be attending and speaking at two key Assessment & Learning industry events in the Middle East. BTL will be at the Assessment Tomorrow Seminar in Bahrain on the 27th February 2012, and the GESS conference in Dubai on the 29th of February 2012. At both events, BTL will be represented by Head of International Sales, Murray Silver. Murray will be speaking about using assessment technology for high stakes assessments, and providing examples of how this has successfully been rolled out in the UK. BTL has a history of…
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14 February 2012
BTL Group Ltd is delighted to announce that accessible e-Assessment content, created using the Surpass® Assessment Platform, has been awarded ‘Accredited Plus’ by the UK’s leading pan-disability charity, AbilityNet. To achieve ‘Accredited Plus’, BTL created an exemplar assessment which was rigorously tested by people with a diverse range of disabilities and was reviewed for compliance with WCAG 2.0 AA. The key issues identified during the testing and review procedures have been subsequently resolved to provide ‘real-life accessibility’. Achieving ‘Accredited Plus’ demonstrates that the Surpass Assessment Platform can be used to create and deliver highly accessible e-Assessments. Accessibility features in the…
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21 November 2011
BTL Group Ltd, the leading UK based Assessment solutions provider, will be once again exhibiting at the Online Educa conference. The event will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin, during 30th November– 2nd December 2011. BTL will be exhibiting on the UK Exhibition Island, which is being managed by the BILD (the British Institute for Learning and Development). Following on from last year’s success, a British themed reception will be held on the island on Thursday 1st December from 3.45pm onwards. Visitors to the conference are invited to stand C115 to learn more about BTL’s flagship Assessment Platform, Surpass®,…
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15 November 2011
BTL Group Ltd, the leading independent provider of Assessment solutions is once again delighted to be exhibiting and presenting at the Assessment Tomorrow Conference on the 17th November 2011 at the Grosvenor Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh. The conference takes ‘Technology and its role in Curriculum of Excellence’ as its focus and how technology can deliver benefits to the learner, teacher or the school, college or training provider. BTL Chairman, Dr Bob Gomersall, will be presenting during the conference on ‘e-Assessment – where is it going?’ Delegates to the conference are invited to the BTL exhibition stand to discover how Surpass® can…
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1 November 2011
BTL Group Ltd, the leading independent provider of e-Assessment solutions, is once again delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at the annual Federation of Awarding Bodies Conference. The conference will take place on 7-8th November 2011 in Kenilworth, UK. The BTL team invites delegates to the BTL stand to find out why the Surpass® e-Assessment Platform is the most widely used e-Assessment platform in the UK Awarding Body market for high stake examinations. The BTL team will provide demonstrations of the Surpass® system and also be on hand to answer any questions. To pre-book a meeting with the BTL team,…
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