此事件对于即将留学英国,在准备英语考试的申请人有极大影响。下面简单的对此次公告做一个基本介绍和说明。
名词解释:
ETS:Education Test Services美国教育考试服务中心
SELT:Secure English Language Tests安全英语测试
TOEFL:Test of English as a Foreign Language托福考试
TOEIC:Test of English for International Communication托业考试
事件回放:
今日-
Dear Peng,
I am writing to update you about the actions we are taking as our investigation
into ETS Secure English Language tests (SELT) taken in the UK progresses and
the impacts that this may have on you and your students.
Our licence agreement with ETS, in
We have suspended accepting ETS tests as evidence of English language ability.
Applicants wishing to make an application should take a test with an
alternative provider from the list.
We will write to you again with full details of how we will work through
applications that are currently suspended.
I am sure you understand that we treat any threat to immigration control with
the utmost seriousness and as such, cannot allow any cases where fraudulent
evidence may have been obtained to be processed until we have absolute
certainty that they are genuine.
If you wish to withdraw your sponsorship of an applicant, you must do so via
the Sponsorship Management System (SMS)。 The application will then be
refused.
Further information is available at Christine Douglas
National Lead for Temporary Migration
重点内容在于:
1:正式确认(HOME OFFICE)英国移民局/内政部与ETS(美国教育考试服务中心)之间的考点授权合同从
2:受此公告影响,ETS(美国教育考试服务中心)旗下的托业和托福成绩将都不在被英国移民局/内政部认可。换句话说,很多持有托福考试成绩的考生有可能面临需要重新选择语言考试的尴尬难题,因为移民局正式不承认所有托福和托业考试成绩,也就意味着必须提供一个替代考试成绩,例如雅思成绩。
3:受此公告影响,内政部建议所有英国境内的担保人,包括大学,雇主以及其他需要审核英语成绩的机构都应该取消相应的担保资格。(邮件里的表达方式是典型的英式方式,说法是:如果你希望取消提供给申请人的担保号码,你应该从你的网上管理系统取消,申请者的签证会被拒绝)。
4:潜在法律纠纷:正如第3条所说,如果英国大学不取消对录取学生申请签证的担保资格,内政部将比较尴尬,因为按照现行的移民法规,积分制的情况下,如果申请人获得了第四等级的T4学生签证分数45分,移民局是必须要给予签证的。因为:
5:后续问题处理:从今日的系统公告来看,仅仅是一个预告,很多具体的细节没有涉及到。包括已经递交签证的申请人应该如何处理自己的签证申请,包括如果没有时间考试获得新的语言成绩的申请人应该如何处理等等。相信内政部后续也将陆续公布更多的实施细节。
ETS官方回应:
ETS也紧急的发布了一个关于此公告的声明,对与英国内政部不能续约表示遗憾并且重申仅仅是托业考试中心有问题,托福考试仍然是安全可靠的。同时承诺将进一步提高对考试的监察程度,甚至包括生物语音信息识别措施。
总体感觉来说,英国内政部这次针对ETS的调查及停止续约行为很大程度上反应了内政部对于类似问题的严重性已经意识到并且决定下力气改正,虽然托福考试成绩受到牵连,但是并不意味着以后没有机会重新进入内政部的审核清单中。
ETS: Update on TOEFL? Testing in the U.K.
Following the broadcast of a BBC Panorama program in February 2014 which highlighted
an organized criminal element seeking to circumvent the
We appreciate the Home Office's recognition that while the TOEFL and TOEIC
tests shared a SELT license, the fraud uncovered by the BBC program was limited
to TOEIC testing. Security measures around the TOEFL test were never under
question. The TOEFL test remains the most widely respected English-language
test in the world recognized by more than 9,000 institutions in more than 130
countries.
Security is and always has been a top priority; however, we’ve made this
decision in response to the security challenges portrayed in the BBC program.
We acknowledge that we fell short of our own high standards and sincerely
regret the dishonest activities of third party contractors in the
Students seeking more information on test cancellation and refund policies
related to
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