Upper Tribunal allows students appeal in ETS TOEIC fraud case

bareme toeic points http://toeic.leap.edu.vn/hoc-thi-hien-tai-don-qua-hinh-truc-quan.html. Politics.co.uk says this was used to justify thousands of deportations as the Home Office claimed that everyone who had taken the TOEIC test conducted by ETS had committed fraud. The Financial Times reported that it is not clear how many people were deported, but more than 30,000 test scores were considered suspect.

The hearsay evidence of Ms Collings and Mr Millington, the two main witnesses relied on by the Secretary of State was inherently limited in that neither of these witnesses possessed any relevant qualifications, credentials or expertise in what is ultimately a scientific field - namely, voice recognition technology and techniques;
There was no evidence from ETS;
The evidence from expert Dr. Harrison was persuasive and remained unchallenged by the Secretary of State;
The Appellant’s themselves were found to be truthful.

With respect to the ‘worthwhile’ evidence point in Mr. Ali’s case, the Court held that it could not be said that the Secretary of State had no worthwhile evidence to satisfy herself that this was an appropriate case to make a removal direction and that this amounted to a special or exceptional factor justifying judicial review proceedings. Lord Justice Beatson stated that the appeals system "specifically envisages that challenges to the factual accuracy of evidence take place through an out-of country appeal and the information which informed the Secretary of State’s decision as to the deception was put before Mr. Ali, albeit in the text of the refusal decision rather than the removal decision".

A Home Office spokesperson told the Financial Times: "We are very disappointed by the decision and are awaiting a copy of the full determination to consider next steps including an appeal. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."

With respect to the no alternative remedy question, Mr. Malik contended that if the section 10 removal decision invalidated the Appellants’ leave, they had no appeal against the refusal to vary their leave. Therefore even if the section 10 notices were successfully challenged in out-of country appeals, the refusal of the applications to vary would still stand unless they were set aside by judicial review proceedings. He argued that there was no difference between an application for a variation of leave and an application for further leave to remain

The Seminar ended with enjoyment and good impression from the students at Thang Long University. It once again affirmed the determination of the school to integrate MOS into the school’s academic disciplines to enhance students’ IT proficiency up to international standards. As shared by the School Management Board, training students was not just limited to satisfying local recruiters but also for a broader ASEAN labor market, which will be integrated soon in 2015.

AWS Solicitors, who represented one of the two students in the case, released a press release following the ruling which you can read here on Free Movement. A summary of the judgment is also available here.

At the end of the workshop, the attendees got certified by the ETS as TOEIC Master Trainers. They will continue to train other teachers and contribute to improve the quality of TOEIC instructors in South East Asia.

Use authentic texts to learn and practice the reading strategies.
Use TOEIC preparatory texts to practice the reading strategies under test conditions.
Think about the text-type of a given text.
Think about where a given text is used (social and situational contexts).
Think about the purpose of a given text.
Think about the main point(s) of a given text.
Think about the writer and/or source of a given text.
Think about the audience of a given text.
Think about the written expression of a given text.
Units of Work
Forms
Faxes

Sequencing
It is highly suggested that learners first learn the strategies with very straightforward text-types such as forms and tables and gradually work up to the more difficult text-types categories such as letters and miscellaneous reading passages.

Specialists from The Seminar talked about the fierce competition in the current labor market, and in order to get a job, besides professional skills, students should make themselves more bright and shining by soft skills such as English language proficiency and IT literacy. How to master those skills and catch a recruiter’s eye was discussed in detail by Specialists from IIG Vietnam and HR Managers from Manpower and VP Bank. Besides, the students were provided with the most updated recruitment information from VP Bank, during which the recruiter advised that the students should actively add more experience in their CV by applying for internship in companies.

The students engaging in the Seminar also expressed their dreams as well as thoughts about future competition for a job. P.T, a third year student with Finance major from Thang Long University, told about her personal experience applying for two job posts and got no feedback. T.H, a business administration major student, who had a passion for information technology, asked which IT certificate he should get. All the students expressed their interests in the recruitment testing process as it comes to that, at several companies, the initial screening on English and IT can be waived if the candidates possess standardized assessment certificates.