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£200,000 Fund for Innovation in Education Assessment Methods (UK)

Education charity, NCFE, is making £200,000 in funding available to help the UK’s education sector develop new and innovative approaches to assessment. The funding will support organisation’s including training providers, qualification developers, awarding bodies, quality assurers, EdTech companies, and colleges, to develop ideas for better assessment that meets the needs of today’s learners and educators.

The Assessment Innovation Fund can be used for anything project-related including people’s time, equipment and technology development.

Previous successful projects have included research into digital badges, the use of virtual reality in assessments, and how immersive and interactive storytelling can engage hard-to-reach students who don’t respond to mainstream education.

The Assessment Innovation Fund closes to expressions of interest at 9am on the12th March 2024.

1st March 2024