On 26 and 27 November, qualifications and assessment professionals will come together in Milton Keynes for FAB 2026 to consider what the next step looks like in a changing world.
This year’s conference comes at a moment when awarding organisations are being asked to respond to several pressures at once: policy change, qualification reform, operational resilience and the growing role of AI in assessment. FAB’s agenda reflects that reality, with discussion focused on reform in England, devolution, AI and the capability needed to respond well.
RM is proud to be sponsoring this year’s conference.
For us, that matters because the most useful conversations in assessment are rarely about technology in isolation. They are about what quality looks like in practice, how organisations protect trust while adapting to change, and how new approaches can support reliable outcomes for candidates without losing sight of human judgement and operational reality.
Across our work in digital assessment, AI-assisted marking and candidate-first assessment design, we see the same question coming up repeatedly: how do awarding organisations build the confidence to test what is possible while staying fair, reliable and grounded in the needs of real candidates? FAB 2026 provides an important setting for that discussion, bringing together policy voices, practitioners and sector leaders with different perspectives on what comes next.
If you are attending the conference and would like to discuss your assessment challenges and needs, email us your details and one of our experts will be in touch to arrange a meeting.