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UK higher education has undergone a profound transformation driven by marketisation, leading to an unprecedented institutional dependency on international student tuition fees. This ‘thought piece’ article examines a critical consequence of this shift: the systematic dilution of English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards. Driven by aggressive recruitment targets, universities have increasingly adopted highly flexible admissions pathways. This is characterised by the increased acceptance of online-only English language tests, the expansion of internal pre-sessional assessments that lack standardised external verification, and waiving of testing during some undergraduate-to-postgraduate transitions. This article brings together academic literature and recent policy shifts to trace how these adjustments undermine language benchmarking, isolate vulnerable student cohorts, and elevate attrition risks, ultimately triggering severe regulatory crackdowns from the UK Home Office in 2026. It concludes by presenting a case for restoring standardised rigour through the use of more widely-trusted and highly secure English language tests such as IELTS or TOEFL.

On Tuesday 9 June 2026, a group of MTS staff completed a 10km walk through the heart of Central London as part of a charity fundraising event. It was an opportunity to come together as a team, supp

We are happy to announce that Korina Freese, Associate Director, Business Development and Kornelia King, IELTS Student Experience Consultant, represented MTS at the 2026 International e-Assessment Conference, held at the Leonardo Royal London St Paul's Hotel in London on 9th and 10th of June 2026.

The wait is finally over. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is here, and this year’s football (or ‘soccer’ as it is also known) tournament is setting new records even before it has begun. It has been 96 years since the very first World Cup, and that first-of-its-kind event (held in Uruguay in 1930) has since expanded into a global celebration, with an estimated 3 billion people watching the matches over the coming 38 days.

At MTS, inclusion (in all dimensions and senses) isn’t a checklist or a seasonal campaign. Inclusion and respect for all our people is an everyday baseline. It’s woven into our core values because we believe a testing environment should always be a space of opportunity, never anxiety. As we celebrate Pride Month 2026 during the month of June, we are doing more than just flying the rainbow flag. We are reaffirming our active allyship with our LGBTQI+ staff, test takers, partners and collaborators.

Every year on 12 May (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth) the world pauses to celebrate International Nurses’ Day. At MTS, this isn’t just another date in the diary. It’s a moment to acknowledge the extraordinary professionals who form the backbone of healthcare systems globally and, more personally, the many dedicated individuals we meet through our testing centres.

In a proud act of civic engagement, MTS is opening up its head office and London exam centre to local voters, transforming its ground floor area into a bustling hub of democracy today (7 May 2026).

On Friday 24 April, MTS was honoured with an invitation to step inside protected British premises in Brazil, for a coffee and a strategic catch-up with Maria Sales, the Head of Education (Brazil) who works for the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT), based at the British Consulate building in central Sao Paulo.

We are delighted to announce that MTS is officially expanding its international footprint through an exciting new partnership with the British Council in Hungary and Avicenna International College, Budapest.

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.

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

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.

We’re proud to share that MTS recently (July 2025) participated in the prestigious ANEC Annual Conference in Fortaleza.

We’re delighted to share that MTS’s AI-powered IELTS Mock Test platform has been named as a Finalist product in the prestigious PIEoneer Awards 2025 for Digital Innovation of the Year - Learning!

This week (week commencing 16 June 2025) is “Refugee Week” in the UK: a time to think about and honour the strength and resilience of refugees worldwide. At MTS, we're proud to support this brave community by working with the British Council and RefuAid, a charity dedicated to empowering refugees through employment, language and education.

We’re delighted to announce that MTS is attending the 2025 e-Assessment Association Conference and Awards, taking place in London on 10 and 11 June 2025.

At MTS, we believe that inclusion is more than just a policy, it's what we're about. It's one of our MTS Values, and always will be.

We are delighted to announce that MTS’s AI-powered IELTS Mock Test platform has been selected as a 2025 e-Assessment Association Award finalist in the new category of “AI in Assessment Innovation” which recognises groundbreaking initiatives that harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence in assessment.

The laser lights, the enormous on-stage digital screens, the glitter, the glam, the costumes, and of course the glorious (and sometimes eccentric) songs; it's that special time of year again when E

MTS is proud to announce that our representatives, Michal Mazanek (CEO) and Bruno Feijo (Country Director for Brazil and Business Development Consultant), attended Bett Brasil 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil this week. This premier event at Expo Center Norte, is the largest education and technology exhibition in Latin America, attracting over 46,000 attendees from more than 28 countries.

We are thrilled to announce a milestone moment for MTS: the launch of the British-based, and Brazil-focussed company’s first-ever IELTS test date in São Paulo, Brazil. As a proud Independent Test Center in partnership with all the IELTS Global Partners, we lead the way in supplying high quality secure IELTS testing of the world's leading English proficiency test, and we are delighted to bring this prestigious exam to the vibrant heart of Brazil's largest city with a population of 12 million people, many of whom want and need to prove their level of English to meet their life goals.

The Commonwealth is an association of 56 member states with a combined population of 2.7 billion citizens, almost a third of the world's people, spanning Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.

We are delighted to announce that MTS has been awarded Silver in the "Employer of the Year" category at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry SME London Business Awards 2025 (SME Business Awards). This recognition is a testament to our ongoing commitment to fostering a supportive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.

We are delighted to announce that MTS has been selected as a finalist in the London Chamber of Commerce’s SME (Small & Medium-sized Enterprises) London Business Awards 2025. MTS has been selected as a finalist in the category “Employer of the Year” and MTS’s CEO Michal Mazanek has been selected as a finalist for “Businessperson of the Year” in recognition of his significant achievements as a charismatic and dynamic CEO and founder of MTS, leading phenomenal growth and success of the company in its first 10 years.

At MTS, diversity is not just a buzzword - it’s at the very heart of what we do. As a proud delivery partner to the IELTS global partners behind the IELTS exam, we’ve had the privilege of meeting a

MTS continues global expansion with capacity to deliver exams in 77 cities across Brazil MTS is pleased to announce that we have significantly expanded our exam delivery capacity across Brazil. We now have computer-based exam rooms, ideal for exam delivery in 77 cities across 11 states. Each room is equipped with between 25 and 50 computers. This brings our exam coverage in Brazil to 43% of all Brazil's states.

MTS, a global exam services company headquartered in London, UK, celebrated its 10th anniversary on 11 July 2024 in style at a special evening event for staff, alumni, key customers, suppliers, and other friends of the company, held at Kindred Hall, London. 

MTS is proud to announce that we have started offering CELPIP (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program) exams aimed at a significant volume of people emigrating from the UK to Canada. The CELPIP Tests are officially accepted by several governments (including the Canadian government for emigration purposes) as well as professional organisations, colleges, universities, and employers in Canada. The Canadian government is welcoming emigrants to the country in large numbers to fill key employment gaps created from a growing economy and a retiring workforce, and has committed to see 500,000 new people emigrating and settling in Canada every year until the year 2026.

We are pleased to announce that MTS has achieved a significant milestone in our mission to provide top-tier examination services. Our main test venue and head office in West London has, today, been officially recognised as a Pearson VUE On Demand Test Center, marking a pivotal step forward in our commitment to educational excellence and professional advancement. This partnership enables us to offer a broad spectrum of exam qualifications and certifications, catering to a diverse array of professional and academic needs.

Being an exams provider running secure in-test-centre exams at large scales, MTS is pleased to announce that we are getting very close to achieving our 2023 target of IELTS tests delivered across our network of test venues across the UK and Ireland for the whole year, a record number which is testament to our excellent customer care, compliant delivery and excellent experience of the IELTS testing world. 

MTS was pleased to meet a wide range of students from all over the world at the most recent SI-UK University Fair for International Students, held this November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Lond

MTS is delighted to welcome its exam partner the British Council into its exam venues for the delivery of ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) exams, for the one-week sitting of the September 2023 sessional window of ACCA exams, running from 4 – 8 September.

We are pleased to announce that MTS has today become an authorised Kryterion Testing Centre. Kryterion is part of the Toronto-based Drake International Ltd company.

The UK’s highly cherished National Health Service, abbreviated to NHS, was officially launched by the Labour Party’s Aneurin Bevan, at the Park Hospital (now known as the Trafford General) in Manchester on 5 July 1948. Today we both mark and celebrate the NHS and its value in bringing health and prosperity to people living in all parts of the UK, and we congratulate and thank all the NHS healthcare professionals working in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

MTS is proudly attending and sponsoring the 2023 E-Assessment Association’s annual conference in London, held on June 6 and June 7 2023. We have been hearing from senior leaders on important topics such as integrity in the delivery of exams, the role of AI in the exams and assessment world, policy change and innovation.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) company OpenAI has this week unveiled GPT-4, the latest incarnation of the large language model that powers its popular chatbot ChatGPT. OpenAI claims that GPT-4 contains big improvements, including the use of images as well as text and computer code in its prompts and answers.

Every day, Social Workers support millions of people in the UK to improve their chances in life. MTS is proud to play its part in supporting people to live their best lives through helping people to access the social care employment sector.

MTS is delighted to announce that it has opened a brand new exams centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Equipped with 32 high-spec computer workstations, and ideally set up for both computer-based and paper-based exams, MTS’s new venue is the best and newest place for taking exams in Belfast.

MTS was proud to have successfully delivered examination services to enable the latest round of General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) exams to over 250 candidates across 6 UK cites on 3 November 2022. MTS worked with its exam partners to mobilise its highly skilled invigilation workforce to run the exam at MTS's venues in Birmingham, Brighton, Coventry, Glasgow, London and Nottingham.

MTS has successfully delivered the high-stakes ICBSE (Intercollegiate Committee for Basic Surgical Exams) tests to hundreds of trainee surgeons, at the most recent set of exams which took place on 13 September 2022. MTS worked successfully with Pearson VUE and others to offer the exam sessions at MTS's venues and partner venues in 6 cities across the UK: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Coventry and Belfast. MTS also supplied the invigilation workforce, drawing these from its pool of over 350 trained invigilators nationally. 

The United Kingdom is in a period of national mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022. 

MTS is delighted to be working with Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing to deliver the all-important STEP (Sixth Term Examination Paper) Mathematics test.

MTS is thrilled to announce that British Council registrations have now opened for the first IELTS on Computer test date on Saturday 19 March 2022 at MTS’s local exam partner Eloquia, a successful language school located in the heart of Frankfurt, Germany. 

MTS is delighted to announce that British Council registrations have now opened for the first IELTS on Computer test date on Saturday 19 February 2022 at MTS’s local exam partner International House Palermo Language Centre, in the beautiful city of Palermo, Sicily (Italy).

MTS is pleased to announce that we are working with global exam partner PSI Online to offer the computer-delivered Life in the UK test in four UK cities; Edinburgh, Cardiff, Brighton and Milton Keynes.

MTS is delighted to announce that we are now offering the computer-delivered Occupational English Test (OET on Computer) in three major UK cities; Cardiff, Edinburgh and Birmingham.

MTS was pleased to have recently provided a bulk booking IELTS service 'fit for a queen', providing covid-secure IELTS tests for 26 students in May 2021, all taking place on-site at Queens College Taunton, a beautiful and historic independent co-educational day and boarding school in Somerset, UK.

MTS is delighted to have won a competitive tender with a major global examinations partner to provide examination venues equipped with high-specification computer terminals for the delivery of secure and high-stakes computer-based testing for ACCA accountancy exams in 15 venues across 14 cities in the UK and Ireland, for exam dates in June, September and December 2021.

MTS is an exam services company with growing expertise in the field of remote proctoring.