Janison enables University of London students to sit exams at home

Janison Education Group has been selected to deliver 37,000 examinations online in July for students of the University of London studying through distance and flexible learning in 100 countries.

The edtech solution will allow the University to complete its critical assessment needs amid the global travel lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 crisis. It is the first time that some of the University’s study programmes will deliver exams digitally, and the first time the University will make use of remote proctoring technology.

Janison, the University of London and its CoSector arm specialising in digital solutions for higher education, have all worked to a very tight deadline to make these examinations possible for its students, whilst meeting professional requirements.

Craig O’Callaghan, Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive, University of London Worldwide, said: “This has been an incredibly fast moving project to ensure that all our students studying through distance and flexible learning across the world are provided with continuity and certainty for their examinations. The reputation of the University of London is based on the rigour of its examinations and we are confident that our online timed examinations will stand up to the rigour.”

Mark Newton, Managing Director of CoSector, the University of London’s division providing digital solutions for higher education in the UK, said: “We are confident that after a great deal of due diligence, we have the right solution with Janison in meeting the needs of our examinations and that of our students, who are spread right across the world with different levels of digital capability.”

In collaboration with CoSector, examinations will be delivered remotely to the safety of students’ homes. The project combines digital exam platform, Janison Insights, and remote proctoring solution, Janison Remote.

Students will sit the online examinations at home, with the session recorded via webcam and uploaded for review for integrity against the University’s strict exam guidelines. The proctoring video will then be quality assured by the University to ensure a secure and equitable delivery for all students.

David Caspari, Janison’s Chief Executive Officer, said of the project: “Education continuity is the foundation of the education sector’s business model. By allowing students to continue their assessments on schedule, this project directly addresses and overcomes the standstill that the higher education sector has suffered as a result of world-wide COVID-19 lockdowns.”

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About Janison
Janison, a publicly listed multi-award-winning Microsoft education partner, successfully delivers online assessment events to millions of candidates in more than 100 countries, for organisations including the British Council, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Singaporean government, and national and state government departments in Australia.

It is an Australia-based education technology pioneer which, since it began in 1998, has been transforming the way people learn. It provides two primary offerings in the education technology industry:

Janison Insights – a leading global online assessment platform for the provision of large-scale digital exam authoring, testing, and marking, servicing national education departments, tertiary intuitions and independent educational bodies.

Janison Academy – a leading integrated learning platform used by large enterprises and government departments to build capacity in their people.

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About the University of London’s online and distance learning programmes

• We are one of the world’s leading providers of online and distance learning, and today we offer online and flexible programmes to some 50,000 students in more than 180 countries, studying on over 100 degrees, diplomas and certificates.
• We devise, develop and deliver distance and blended learning courses in partnership with the member institutions of the University of London and other organisations to provide learners around the world with access to affordable, high quality, career-relevant higher education. https://london.ac.uk/courses
• Our unique model means that students can either study entirely online, or else get additional face to face support through our global network of teaching centres.
• Our short open courses (https://www.coursera.org/london) have also attracted over 1.5 million learners studying everything from Shakespeare to Machine Learning to starting a company to how to teach online.