The government’s planned overhaul of Australian citizenship hangs in the balance and may be blocked in the Senate. Much of the opposition centres on the proposed English test. Right now, a general citizenship test is administered in English – so you …
The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has admitted he will need to overhaul the English-language test in the government’s citizenship package to have any hope of getting the legislation through the parliament. But the critical parliamentary powerbroker on the controversial citizenship overhaul, …
Students have described their struggle to complete foundation English courses, having left high school without the language skills needed for university. Degrees are taught in English in all major universities in the Emirates, meaning pupils of all nationalities and tongues …
Another day, another legal battle for Uber. The ride-hailing company is suing Transport for London (TfL), the local transport regulator, over rules that require “private hire” drivers from non-English speaking countries to pass a written English language exam. The rules …
Language tests for foreign nurses working in British hospitals have been made EASIER after only eight out of 220 Filipino nurses passed. Exams have been relaxed so more foreign nurses will have the right to work in the UK after only 4% …
I had been teaching English to medical professionals for over a decade before Dr Ubani – the German-trained doctor whose patient died during his first shift in the UK – hit the headlines. The GMC doubted not only Ubani’s clinical competency, but …
Theresa May is facing calls for a parliamentary inquiry into immigration policy after the home secretary lost her attempt to deport two students in a test case that suggests thousands may have been unfairly treated. A tribunal found the Home …
Migrants who fail language tests after two and a half years in the UK may be forced to leave, David Cameron has said, as he announced plans to encourage greater integration of Muslim women. When asked whether a Muslim woman …
It is about time policymakers in the UK started thinking about our obsession with testing, writes TES chief education adviser and former schools minister Jim Knight A month ago I wrote about an experiment carried out by Lawrenceville High School to see …