This week John and Sophie speak to Michael Turner, an Executive Director at AQA- a leading provider of qualifications and assessment services in the UK.

As well as setting out the role of awarding bodies and the epic task ahead of them once the exams are done, Michael tells us all about how exam boards work with JCQ, Ofqual and schools and colleges. Learn about how John feels in the presence of the real Exam Man and find out why we'll soon be off on an unexpected jaunt to Milton Keynes. Covering security, technology, the future of exams and more, this is an episode that keeps on giving!

Guest bio: Michael Turner leads AQA’s Product, Marketing and Brand, Customer, and Sales functions. He is also a board member of Oxford AQA, a joint venture between AQA and Oxford University Press to provide qualifications internationally. Prior to this, he was AQA’s Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Marketing and was accountable for external and internal communications, policy and public affairs, brand and marketing. He was previously Director General of the Joint Council for Qualifications, the membership body for eight of the largest awarding bodies in the UK. Michael has worked for several education organisations including The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as Head of Media and Public Affairs and for another awarding body. He also has experience of communications within the construction and financial services sectors.

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