The British Council Czech Republic entered in partnership with the city of Znojmo and the Private College of Economics (PCE) in the project “Znojmo speaks English” (ZSE). ZSE is a part of a broader initiative aimed at fighting youth unemployment. The city has decided to refund the costs of the B2 or C1 level certificates to every successful student candidate with permanent residence in the city. We will offer two special FCE sessions this year in Znojmo for a special price. The PCE will run preparatory courses and will also refund 2000 CZK to their students who successfully take the exam but do not have permanent residence in the city. Find out more about this socially responsible project at http://www.znojmokolumbus.cz/ and http://www.svse.cz/.

With the name and logo change of Cambridge English Language Assessment we are changing our logo as a test centre of Cambridge English Exams as well. At present, we are the only Authorised Platinum Centre in the Czech Republic.

2013 is the 100th year anniversary of Cambridge English exams. Coinciding with this important milestone, we are also changing our name to Cambridge English Language Assessment.

The first Cambridge English: Proficiency exam was taken by three people in 1913. Now, over 4 million candidates a year take Cambridge English exams around the world. This enormous growth reflects how English has evolved into a key skill, and how our exams focus on the real-life communications skills candidates need for success at university, in the workplace and for immigration.

Cambridge English Language Assessment is the new name for University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. The new name and new logo will be introduced gradually during 2013, and all exams, certificates, statements of results and other official documentation, will change from November 2013.

IELTS is accepted across the USA: Over 3,000 US institutions and programs accept IELTS.

Do you want to study in the USA? IELTS can help you get there. Over 3,000 higher education institutions and programs in the USA accept IELTS scores as proof of English language proficiency.

Major institutions all over the US recognize that IELTS gives an accurate reflection of your ability to understand, read, write and speak English. This is because the test has been developed by some of the world’s leading experts in English language assessment.

Here you can find the most updated recognition list.

From 2012 all candidates taking Cambridge Exams are required to have their photograph taken on the day of their test. We are introducing this because of the increase in candidates using their Cambridge Exams Certificate qualification for immigration purposes and applying for work, university and college.

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All IELTS candidates will have their photo taken by IELTS staff on test day before the test. The photograph taken by IELTS staff will appear on the IELTS Test Report Form (TRF).

IELTS is enhancing its security systems in order to keep pace with evolving technology. The new systems have been piloted successfully around the world, and all centres worldwide will be using them in 2012.

IELTS is dedicated to protecting the genuine candidate, whilst at the same time ensuring the highest standard of customer care and the validity of test scores. These additional security arrangements will provide additional protection for genuine candidates against fraudsters and those who try exploit test takers. They also provide receiving organisation the additional reassurance that the person whose photograph appears on the TFR is the person who took the test.

A new exam centre was open on the 5th of March 2012 at the University of Polytechnics in Jihlava. Students and general public will thus have the opportunity to take exams in English in Jihlava. The Cambridge ESOL certificate is internationally valid and it helps its holders to obtain work or study abroad.

"Our centre will organise exams in General English, but the we are planning to offer also exams in Business or Legal English, because they could be useful for our students," said Jitka Ryšková from the Department of Foreign Languages. "We also started to offer exam preparation courses." The centre will also organise various events connected with the English language and it will develop the English section of the university library that is accessible also to the public.

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