Educators today are increasingly interested in using game-based assessment to assess and support students' learning.
Newly qualified social workers may well have the opportunity to undertake a programme known as ASYE, assessed and supported year in employment.
In September, Coffey also wrote to green groups, saying: "We are determined that natural flood management solutions are fairly assessed and supported".
The assessed and supported year in employment, which was introduced for social workers in England this year, ensures newly qualified social workers in their first permanent job receive regular support during their first year of employment.
The assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) training was introduced at Plymouth city council in September last year in line with the national scheme and builds on previous newly qualified social worker (NQSW) programmes run by the authority.
Within three months of finishing my masters, I began the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), something which still remains, to many students and newly qualified social workers, a complete mystery.
The assessed and supported year, if you complete it, puts all NQSWs in an excellent position for the rest of their careers, equalising the standards within social work, and drawing direct parallels with other high-pressure professions.
With this in mind I am working with the North West London Partnership of local authorities to embed social media in the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) training and education programme.
For the past few months I have been leading #ASYEngage, a small University of Sussex-funded research project which follows several newly qualified social workers in their assessed and supported year in employment.
If you are applying for a job which does not openly state that it will contribute to your assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), do not be afraid to ask in the interview if your employers would be willing to consider supporting you through this.
