Angelica de Paiva

Year of Graduation: 1997

  • Course Post Graduate Certificate in Mentoring in Education
  • School School of Education
  • Nationality German
  • Career industry Education
  • Current job title Awarding Body Assessment Manager
  • Current Company Learning Resource Network/London

My experience of university was "Onwards and upwards"! I was lucky enough to have had two brilliant mentors who believed in me, who guided me and it gave me great pleasure to make them proud through what I achieved.

My favourite memory is definitely my lecturer - it was his limitless patience and support that got me through this course while working as head of department in a very large and busy FE College (Dr Michael - yet the surname has escaped me) - and my wish is for him to realise how far I was able to climb.
The course still continues to benefit me enormously and in many ways (even as a septuagenarian) especially when I do quality audits in our many training centres around the world whereby I meet centre staff and learners alike and have the opportunity to speak with them - often to further help to improve the services and products we provide.
• Leading/ co-hosting webinars • Leading on development of units and qualifications • Leading on standardisations and quality assurance (UK and centres abroad) • Reviewing regularly invigilation manual (for centres) • Training examiners/ moderators (UK and abroad: Ireland, Cyprus, China, Bahrain) • Reporting and advising upon specific and generic issues arising from assessment and moderation of LRN qualifications • Conducting annual performance reviews with examiner/ moderator teams • Carrying out all aspects of centre audits in UK and abroad in line with regulatory requirements • Liaising with item writers, reviewing their submissions • Conducting online proctoring assessments • Promoting and marketing products at exhibitions • Attending exhibitions, conferences and training events (UK and abroad)
My career highlights include, undoubtedly, to still be able to carry out the job I love at 70+ as well as sharing experiences, acting as mentor whenever and wherever possible.
My advice would be to never give up and believing in oneself no matter how hard the path ahead might appear and no matter what others may say - the reward one gets from persevering is immense. I would say, success breeds success.