Issue 94 November 2019

UKNARIC19 our mostinternational conferenceever UKNARIC2020 datesand venue confirmedDelegates from 34 countries and territories wererepresented at the UKNARIC19 annual conference inLondon on 4 and 5 November making our 23rdannual conference the most international yet

The conference took place at the QEII Centre inWestminster

We can announce we are returning to the QEIICentre next year on 3 and 4 November forUKNARIC2020

You can email conferencenaricorguk to pre-register and reserve your place

UK NARIC CEO Dr Cloud Bai-Yun in her conferenceopening address stressed how important it is tobalance risks in international strategies andoperations during these turbulent times This idea wasexplored further by keynote speaker Bill Haytonauthor of Vietnam Rising Dragon and The SouthChina Sea the Struggle for Power in Asia and READ MORE

ETS TOEFL enhancementsgive additional informationon test performanceETS has made a number of innovations to theirTOEFLreg test throughout 2019 These enhancementswill benefit test takers and also give more detailedinformation on test performance to universities andcolleges

One of the new enhancements is MyBest scores Thisallows institutions to see applicantsrsquo best sectionscores when they take the TOEFL test more thanonce Many institutions are acknowledging the valueof seeing applicantsrsquo best test performance whenevaluating their English proficiency

lsquoHaving both sets of scores will allow universities tosee not only how test-takers performed on a singledate but to gauge their potential by viewing theirprevious high scores READ MORE

Last training dates of theyear upcoming in LondonThe last UK NARIC training dates of the year areupcoming in December There are limited places leftfor these training and seminar events in London

Education in India Pakistan amp Bangladesh is on 3December as well as Education in China EvaluatingInternational Qualifications and Degrees of Deception- Combating Education Fraud are both on 4December

Adjoining days make it convenient and efficient toattend more than one of these complementary eventsas part of one trip READ MORE

UK NARIC on the road forTrain to Teach - supportingaspiring teachersUK NARIC regularly attends Train to Teach eventswhich are held all over the UK - most recently inManchester Bristol Birmingham and London

These events are attended by the DfE teachertraining advisers and teaching advocates They haveenabled UK NARIC to give face-to-face advice tothose with international qualifications who areexploring a career in teaching in the UK

UK NARIC can support applicants at these events byoffering verbal comparisons of academic awards andgiving advice on the documents we will require toprovide formal assessments of their qualifications READ MORE

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UK NARIC hosts GO-ERPwebinars on best practicein recognitionUK NARIC together with colleagues from the DutchNARIC (Nuffic) and the Czech ENIC-NARIC (MZMT)have conducted the first two webinars in a seriesGlobal Outreach European Recognition Practices(GO-ERP)

In the first webinar the focus was on recognitionpractices and how these have been streamlined as aresult of the Lisbon Recognition Convention as wellas the transparency instruments and tools used aspart of the READ MORE

e-VALUATE practicaladvice to evaluatee-learningThe final documents for the e-Valuate project havenow been published These will assist ENIC-NARICcentres and admissions officers at European HEIs toassess qualifications obtained through onlinelearning

Online you can now view and download

Practitionerrsquos guide for recognition of e-learning Introducing a step-by-step approachtowards academic recognition of stand-alonee-learningAcademic recognition of e-learningRecommendations for online learningproviders READ MORE

Libya universities seekinginternational partnershipsThe desire of Libyan HEIs for international collaborations especiallywith the UK and for wider opportunities for their scholarship studentswere discussed [picture left] at a meeting READ MORE

Europass at Erasmus+ InspiringInclusion day to widen opportunitiesThe UK National Europass Centre participated in the Erasmus+Inspiring Inclusion event [pictured left] in London on 12 November Theevent shared case studies in inclusion and diversity to widenopportunities in international education READ MORE

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