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Poland: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu (Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences) will begin accepting the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) results for students applying to study on veterinary medicine courses. The move makes Wroclaw the first medical school in Poland to use BMAT as a requirement to study veterinary medicine.

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The University of Cambridge today announced that it will bring together its publishing and assessment operations to create a single organisation. Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment publish and create world-leading content and examinations that are used across more than 170 countries.

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The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is now accepting results from the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) for students applying to study healthcare-related courses. The move means that anyone applying to study Medicine, Odontology, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine courses at the university can now use BMAT results as part of the application process to the institution.

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has announced that foreign language skills will be assessed as an optional component of the international PISA evaluation of education systems, beginning in 2025 with a comparison of English language levels in schools worldwide. Tests will be developed by Cambridge Assessment English, a not-for-profit department of the University of Cambridge, under a Partnership with the OECD. Future cycles may include the assessment of other languages.

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The winner of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest has passed a Cambridge English Qualification. Polish pop sensation Roksana ‘Roxie’ Wegiel recently passed her Cambridge B1 Preliminary for Schools exam, and now plans to move onto the next level.

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Experts will discuss the potential impact of Brexit on the UK higher education sector at an online event hosted by a department of Cambridge University. Leading the way in international admissions and recruitment: Europe and the UK will be hosted by Cambridge Assessment English in association with UK NARIC, the UK's agency for recognising international qualifications and skills. It’s the sixth event in the calendar for this important annual event.

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Spain’s national postal service Correos (Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos) has announced that thousands of people applying for its annual recruitment programme can prove their English language skills with the online test Linguaskill. The move will benefit people applying for delivery, sorting and customer service roles in 2021.

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More than 7800 students took IMAT (International Medical Admissions Test) to access medical courses taught in English language in Italy. The session took place simultaneously in 30 cities across the globe on the 10 September 2020.

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Solid teaching strategies need to be in place to ensure every English language learner is learning regardless of their ability - according to Monica Poulter, who worked for many years at Cambridge Assessment English and now teaches English online. She made the comments at an online event for the global English teaching community.

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There are three key ingredients for successfully teaching children English at home, according to language learning experts at Cambridge. These are creating a dedicated learning space, sticking to a routine and setting realistic targets.

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