Webinar: 26th Feb - Making the Case for AI Marking

Leadership Webinar | Thursday 26th February 2026 | 4:00 PM GMT | 45 minutes with Q&A

In partnership with sAInaptic

Every Awarding Organisation Is Asking the Same Question

How do we responsibly adopt AI in our marking processes?

The benefits are clear — greater consistency, faster turnaround, reduced costs, and richer feedback for learners. AI marking isn't a future possibility; it's a present reality. But for every awarding organisation exploring this path, the same challenges keep surfacing: How do we satisfy regulators? How do we evidence that it's trustworthy? How do we take the first step without putting our reputation on the line?

You're not alone in asking these questions. Across the sector, awarding organisations are looking to each other for guidance, reassurance, and proof that a responsible route forward exists.

This Leadership Webinar is here to show you that it does.

A Path Others Are Already Walking

Safety Training Awards (STA) is already on this journey. As an awarding organisation that has embraced AI marking through sAInaptic's intelligent automarking technology, STA offers a real-world example of what responsible adoption looks like in practice — from building the initial case through to collaborating with stakeholders and learners to become operationally efficient.

In this session, STA's Director of Education, Kaylë Brightwell, joins sAInaptic's founders to share their experience openly: what worked, what they learned, and what other awarding organisations can take from their journey.

What You'll Take Away

This isn't a theoretical discussion. It's a practical session designed to give you the confidence and clarity to move forward:

• How STA approached AI marking innovation and built their case for adoption
• How to keep learners at the centre of the process
• Why explainability and transparency matter, and how to demonstrate both
• How domain-specific AI offers a more defensible alternative to generic large language models
• Practical steps you can apply in your own organisation to begin the journey responsibly

Your Panel

Kaylë Brightwell — The Qualifications Expert
Director of Education at STA (Safety Training Awards). Kaylë has been a swimming teacher for 23 years and specialises in baby and pre-school swimming. With 19 years tutoring experience, she is passionate about encouraging people to learn to swim and be safe in water. She has spoken internationally about the importance of learning to swim within a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment with participants at the centre of the lesson. She managed a swim school before joining STA in 2012. Recently appointed as the Director of Education at STA Kaylë heads up the Qualification Development team, creating fit for purpose, high quality training qualifications, as well as supporting the expanding Approved Training Centre workforce to ensure compliance and quality assurance for learners and employers across the sector.

Dr Rajeshwari Iyer — The Data Scientist
Co-Founder and CEO of sAInaptic. Rajeshwari holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Imperial College London and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. With over 12 years of experience in computational modelling and data science, she leads sAInaptic's mission to transform assessment through intelligent automarking.

Kavitha Ravindran — The Educational Leader
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at sAInaptic. Kavitha holds a PGCE from the University of Cambridge and has over 12 years of experience as a secondary science teacher and GCSE examiner. She brings deep subject matter expertise and a passionate commitment to democratising learning.

Hosted by Tim Burnett, Founder of the Test Community Network.

Who Should Attend

This webinar is for leaders and decision-makers at awarding organisations who know AI marking offers real benefits but want to see how others are making it work — responsibly, transparently, and with confidence. Whether you're at the very start of your thinking or already in conversation with collaborators and learners, this session will give you a practical reference point and the reassurance that a proven path exists.

About sAInaptic

sAInaptic uses domain-specific AI to automate the evaluation of skills & knowledge assessments, reducing marking time and ensuring consistent, high-quality feedback. Their intelligent automarking tool uses advanced NLP techniques to analyse meaning and structure in student responses, rather than relying on simple keyword matching. Founded in 2020 by Dr Rajeshwari Iyer and Kavitha Ravindran, sAInaptic is on a mission to automark the evaluation of all question types in existence and provide instant feedback for every response.

This Is the First in a Series

This Leadership Webinar is the first of three planned webinars with sAInaptic, exploring different dimensions of AI marking for the assessment industry. Register now to start the journey.

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