Judith FairbairnJudith Fairbairn leads on assessment development projects for the British Council's Global Assessments team, which includes project management, assessment design, item writing, rating scale development, test quality assurance and developing bespoke asessment solutions for clients. Areas of expertise include research into rating speaking and writing tests, online rater training, rating scale development, and equality, diversity and inclusion in testing. Judith has an MA in Language Testing (Lancaster University) and is studying a PhD at University College London, Institute of Education focusing on rater decision making processes when marking speaking tests. Read More Read Less