Invigilator shortages and the future of digital assessment

<p>Welcome back to the tes news podcast. This week Senior content writer Grainne Hallahan is joined by reporter Matilda Martine as they discuss the future of digital assessment and why there is a shortage of invigilators.</p><p>This week's headline stories are available below:</p><ul><li><strong>NEU attacks ‘new and unusual’ DfE stance on pay talks</strong></li></ul><br/><p>The NEU teaching union went ahead with a two day teacher strike this week and said that 300,000 members were taking part. It also strongly criticised the DfE for meeting with the other main education unions this week but refusing to meet the NEU unless it called off the strike.</p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-strikes-pay-neu-distraction-politics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-strikes-pay-neu-distraction-politics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-pay-strike-neu-attacks-dfe-stance-talks-gillian%20keegan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-pay-strike-neu-attacks-dfe-stance-talks-gillian%20keegan</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li><strong>Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff</strong></li></ul><br/><p>More than two-thirds of school staff&nbsp;(68 per cent) think&nbsp;their workload is unmanageable, according to an annual survey conducted by&nbsp;Tes.</p><p>The findings were revealed this week in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tes.com/school-wellbeing-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tes Schools Wellbeing Report</a>&nbsp;survey of 5,858 UK-based school staff.</p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-workload-unmanageable-say-most-school-staff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-workload-unmanageable-say-most-school-staff</a></p><ul><li><strong>Oak National Academy: Ofsted to advise subject groups</strong></li></ul><br/><p>Ofsted subject lead inspectors will work as a