Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has expanded the range of accepted English language tests for the Student Direct Stream, causing the shares of previous monopolisers IDP to plummet.

With its repeated lockdowns and lengthy and cumbersome travel restrictions, the pandemic has become a rare example of a truly universal and shared experience for billions of people.

Testing provider ETS will shorten its TOEFL iBT test to two hours from the current three, it has said, as it revealed a range of changes to the exam.

Testing provider PSI delivered some 22 million assessments worldwide in 2022, an increase of around five million on the previous year.

British company Pearson recorded an 11% rise in profit to reach £456 million in 2022, the company's preliminary unaudited 2022 results show.

Password English Language Testing has announced a partnership with proctoring platform Examity to offer secure language tests to students at home.

The British Council has partnered with Dublin-based technology company TestReach in a move that will "transform English language testing worldwide".

AI can now predict with over 90% accuracy a student's test score, identifying their weakness and strengths with about 10 minutes of interaction