Four Chinese international students in the US have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States after they were accused of cheating on the ETS TOEFL exam.

Iranian students will be able to sit English proficiency exams for overseas college applications at ten new test centres soon to roll out in the country's two major cities.

Trinity College London, which has just been named one of only two Secure English Language Testing providers in the UK, has acquired national English language testing centre chain English Exam Centres.

As of April 6, Trinity College London and IELTS will be the only two approved providers of Secure English Language Testing used to support UK visa applications, as part of a raft of changes to visa laws due to be laid before parliament on 26 February.

EF Education First, one of the world's largest English language training providers, has announced it will move into standardised testing with the launch of a free online exam that aims to rival established testing brands including TOEFL and IELTS due to its scope and accessibility.

Students come to university with a variety of English language qualifications, some as much as two years old. Putting them all through the same independent, CEFR aligned test on arrival is now an important part of induction into many institutions.