IELTS
According to an LBC phone-in programe (radio), even native speakers with degrees from Cambridge and having acted for the RSC are being asked for an IELTS exam in the medical/healthcare university programmes. Also one caller said that "South Africa is not considered to be Anglophone". Of course there are two sides to a story, but universities are putting hurdles in careers we know we need to have graduates from. Why is this happening. Why isn't IELTS intervening against these jobsworths at registry.
Original post by Voxdei
According to an LBC phone-in programe (radio), even native speakers with degrees from Cambridge and having acted for the RSC are being asked for an IELTS exam in the medical/healthcare university programmes. Also one caller said that "South Africa is not considered to be Anglophone". Of course there are two sides to a story, but universities are putting hurdles in careers we know we need to have graduates from. Why is this happening. Why isn't IELTS intervening against these jobsworths at registry.
IELTS charges a pretty penny for their exams, so I assume they'll be fairly happy if universities send people their way, whether unfairly or not.
Original post by Scotland Yard
IELTS charges a pretty penny for their exams, so I assume they'll be fairly happy if universities send people their way, whether unfairly or not.
It's more than a pretty penny - most of the IELTS students I have can amply afford taking IELTS as many times as they wish, which is prohibitive to the rest - but it's better to have an exam that lasts for life - like GCSE English (although I can see they are being very harshly marked). Some unis accept modules in English from other quals (BTEC) but don't seem to accept MAs! I feel like Emma Grundy (incidentally we don't get told what she got).
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