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From January 2026, IELTS test fees across the UK and Ireland are increasing. Book your December 2025 test date now with MTS to secure the current rate.

We are delighted to share the news of a new collaboration between MTS, the British Council in Turkey, and the Istanbul-based English-language centre Konusma Kulübü, whose name translates into English as “Speaking Club.” Together, the three organisations are launching IELTS test delivery right in the centre of Istanbul, using Konusma Kulübü’s modern venue, near to Taksim Square, one of the most significant and iconic districts on the European side of the city.

We’re delighted to announce a milestone for MTS, we recently welcomed the very first candidate from Meazure Learning at our London exam centre, a moment we’re proud to share.

As language teachers, we often look for fresh ways to help learners think faster, listen better, and express themselves more naturally. In my experience, some of the most powerful classroom tools come from the world of interpreting.

In October 2025, three key representatives from MTS had the pleasure of connecting with our valued Vietnamese partner school leaders.

As we come to celebrate UNESCO World Teachers' Day on 5 October, at MTS we make a clear commitment: to celebrate EFL teachers and provide them with the tools, recognition, and support they deserve. And we are particularly committed to building a global network of confident, highly trained IELTS instructors through our structured IELTS teacher training courses.

MTS now offers year-round IELTS testing in Brighton, with a special £210 test fee for all Brighton tests booked and paid for by 31 December 2025 as part of our LOVE BRIGHTON, LOVE IELTS campaign.

August and September 2025 IELTS test dates are almost full across MTS test centres in the UK and Ireland. Book now to secure your preferred date and location.

I’ve never been a particularly techy person. I didn’t grow up gaming, and I was never interested in computer studies. That carried into my professional life. In the early years of teaching, I remember dreading interview questions like: “What technology do you use in the classroom?” 

Teacher Juliana Valadares shares how she moved from AI sceptic to advocate, and how she now uses AI to plan lessons, differentiate materials, and support learner independence.

Teenagers can struggle to generate the ideas needed for a discursive essay under time pressure, perhaps because they feel that the ideas all have to come from within themselves as original opinions.

We’re thrilled to announce that MTS has officially become an Approved Test Centre for the Oxford Test of English (OTE) - a globally recognised English language exam developed by the University of Oxford and certified by Oxford University Press.