Browsing news: Assessment and measurement

    • PSI to deliver Secure English Language Test (SELT) for overseas UK visa applicants

      PSI Services LLC | London, UK |

      PSI Services LLC, a global workforce solutions provider of best-in-class assessment content, leading-edge technology, and deep consulting expertise across the career life cycle, today confirmed that it has reached a commercial arrangement with the UK Home Office to deliver the Secure English Language Test, or SELT, for overseas UK visa applicants.

    • AAT awards PSI worldwide assessment contract for accounting qualifications

      PSI Services LLC | London, UK |

      PSI Services (UK) Limited (PSI), a global provider of assessment services, leading-edge technology and talent management solutions, has been awarded a contract by AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) to provide the high-stakes test platform for its accounting qualifications worldwide.

    • Ten Key Questions for Would-be Buyers of Learning Management Systems

      eLearning Industry | San Francisco, CA, USA |

      An article from the network-based media and publishing company, eLearning Industry, sets out ten key questions that would-be buyers of learning management systems (LMSs) should ask when they experience a demo of the software.

    • ‘Pure Inspiration’: Turning Dreams into Reality at eLA Conference on ‘Uniting Africa’

      eLearning Africa |

      Africa’s biggest conference on learning, training and technology, eLearning Africa, will take place in Rwanda this year. Among the keynote speakers at the event, which will be held, under the patronage of the Rwandan Government, in the Kigali Convention Centre from 26 – 28 September, will be some of the biggest names in global education and technology.

    • ATD comes to Europe

      ATD | Amsterdam |

      ATD, the world’s largest talent development association, is hosting the ATD European Summit, a one day event for learning and development professionals, next week in Amsterdam.

    • Business-improving e-learning receives top award

      Highfield e-learning | London |

      An innovative e-learning package that helped Marks & Spencer reduce the cost associated with incident reporting has been recognised at the digital industry’s prestigious Learning Technology Awards.

    • iSQI and CGI training and certification deal

      iSQI | Potsdam, Germany |

      The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI) and CGI, a globally active independent provider of IT and business processes, have announced a collaboration to improve training and certification of IT specialists in software testing, requirements engineering, agile software development, software product management, usability and user experience and software architecture.

    • aNewSpring earns ISO 27001 certification for information security management

      aNewSpring |

      aNewSpring, the learning enhancement platform, announced today that they’ve received the ISO 27001 for its Information Security Management System (and used Rickrolling in the process). The certification helps manage the security of all information assets, both internal and external.

    • TestReach launches cutting-edge interactive canvas for exam candidates

      TestReach | Dublin |

      At Learning Technologies 2016, TestReach is unveiling a comprehensive new set of cutting-edge features for online exam candidates including the ability to annotate and highlight sections of the exam paper and the flexibility for users to resize all parts of their screen (question, answer box and any reading resources).

    • TAP® is becoming a de facto standard across the Nuclear sector

      The Training Foundation |

      The Training Foundation has been approved by the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) as an Employer Nominated Training Provider. NSAN has welcomed TAP’s inclusion as an Employer Nominated Approved Provider and recommends TAP, as they firmly believe that the quality of employee training is crucial to the sector’s success in addressing the skills challenges the sector is facing for the planned nuclear programme.