Webinar: AI Can Mark Text. But Can It Mark Video?

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Date: Tuesday 15th September 2026
Time: 10:00 – 10:45 AM (BST)
Format: Online panel discussion
Hosted by: Tim Burnett, Test Community Network

How do you assess whether an apprentice has put their PPE on correctly, or whether a hospitality candidate has the soft skills to work a hotel reception desk, when all you have is a video? And can AI actually help?

This session brings together the organisations behind a Ufi VocTech Trust-funded project that set out to answer exactly that question: can AI marking technology be extended to assess video-based evidence in real vocational settings?

You'll hear from the people who designed, delivered, and funded the work. Two very different use cases, two very different assessment challenges, and a shared goal of making AI marking work with authentic, multimodal evidence rather than just text on a page.

On the panel

Ufi VocTech Trust – the project funder and champion of vocational technology innovation
SIAS – assessing practical skills and PPE compliance from video in engineering and mechanical qualifications
CTH – assessing soft skills, confidence, and interpersonal ability from video in hospitality qualifications
sAInaptic – the AI marking technology behind the project

Chaired by Tim Burnett, assessment technology consultant and host of the Test Community Network.

What you'll take away

How AI marking of video submissions actually works, and where the technology is now
What happened when two very different organisations put video-based AI marking to the test
The real challenges of assessing soft skills and practical competence from video evidence
What this means for anyone exploring authentic, multimodal assessment beyond traditional text-based marking

Who should attend

Assessment leads, quality assurance teams, qualification managers, and anyone in awarding organisations, training providers, or EPAOs who wants to understand what AI marking of video evidence looks like in practice.

Guest Profiles

Deborah Hoggett, Head of Product and Assessment, SIAS
Leading the development of industry-focused qualifications and apprenticeship assessments across the STEM sectors. Deborah works collaboratively with employers and industry experts to create robust, flexible, and relevant qualification and assessment solutions that meet the changing needs of learners and industry. With a particular interest in innovation, Deborah champions new approaches to qualification and assessment design, learner support, and assessment readiness, helping organisations provide effective guidance and preparation that enables learners to succeed. Deborah is passionate about sharing best practice and supporting organisations to navigate changing skills demands while maintaining quality and compliance.

Jane Holmes, Associate Director of Grants, Ufi VocTech Trust
Jane is responsible for leading and managing Ufi's grant funding work, with overall responsibility for projects and cohorts from call scoping through to onboarding, monitoring, forecasting, delivery, enrichment, closure, and evaluation. Her career spans grant programme management across organisations including Birmingham Science City, Innovate UK, and the Worcestershire Proof of Concept Fund, as well as innovation strategy work with the West Midlands Combined Authority. A background in global sales negotiation brings a strong customer and user focus to Ufi's work. For this webinar, Jane brings the funder's perspective on the project that asked whether AI marking technology could be extended to assess video-based evidence in vocational settings.

Angela Hagenow, Academic Director, Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality - CTH
Angela started her career in hospitality and tourism operations before moving into HR; she has over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of education, employment and people development. After studying hospitality management Angela worked in food and beverage departments in Hilton Hotels in Munich and London, and then had personnel and training management positions within Intercontinental Hotels and Marriott Hotels before moving on to teach business management in the university sector for eight years. Angela has also worked as a training & development consultant for private industry, commerce, professional firms and the public sector. Initially as Chief Examiner and now as Academic Director of CTH, the Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality, Angela is responsible for managing the academic function, organisation and development of CTH qualifications from Level 3 to Level 7 in hospitality and tourism. Some of her responsibilities include developing the qualifications and assessments, monitoring and analysing student performance data, and using that data to strengthen CTH’s academic programme. Angela is a member of CTH’s Accreditation Panel, Curriculum Development Team, Examination Board and Academic Council and has represented CTH at conferences and seminars. Part of her role is regulatory compliance and coordinating academic and policy dissemination; she has set, marked and moderated examinations and assignments and is dedicated to helping students reach their full potential.

Dr Rajeshwari Iyer, Co-Founder and CEO, 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. As Co-Founder and CEO, she leads sAInaptic's mission to transform assessment through intelligent automarking. For this webinar, Rajeshwari brings the technology perspective, sharing how sAInaptic's AI marking model was extended to assess video-based evidence as part of the Ufi VocTech Trust-funded project.