Dear colleague, Welcome to the latest edition of our UK ESOL newsletter. In this edition you will find various general, academic and operational updates that will be of interest to you and your teachers. If you have any queries or concerns, please get in touch. All good wishes, The UK ESOL team Operational news updateStaff contactsUK ESOL SfL Operations team:
Fees for 2017-18These exam fees apply to all UK ESOL exams taken up to and including 31 August 2018. Exam forecast for 2017-18We will shortly be contacting you to ask for your planned exam dates and expected candidate numbers for this academic year. Administrative training & support webinarsTrinity is pleased to announce the following live webinar training dates in 2017-18. We invite you to join us on these dates from the comfort of your own office for administrative and operational support and assistance. The webinar will include a demonstration of how to use the Trinity exam portal to book exams, enrol learners, create exam timetables and print exam materials. There will also be the opportunity for you to ask questions throughout. Email invitations will be sent out ahead of each webinar date where registration and joining instructions will be provided.
Guidance for administratorsFor information on how to arrange your exams sessions please see the following guides: Trinity exam portal guidance is available as always from your coordinator and also now at www.trinitycollege.com/portalhelp More information about preparing Skills for Life exams can be found in our Best Practice Guidebook. Candidate enrolment and All Modes CertificatesWhen enrolling returning candidates, please remember that each subsequent enrolment must be correctly linked to the candidate’s existing Trinity record and candidate ID. For a candidate to achieve the Skills for Life Certificate (All Modes), each module exam enrolment must be made under their single candidate ID. Instructions explaining how to ensure candidate enrolments are completed correctly can be found in the guidance section above. Reading and Writing examsAll Skills for Life Reading and/or Writing exams now take place on 25 nationally set dates throughout the academic year. Sessions must be booked at least three weeks (21 days) in advance of the exam session through the Trinity Online exam portal. At the time of booking you MUST specify the date and start time. All candidate entries MUST also be on Trinity Online by this deadline. Receiving your exam papersTrinity will send your exam papers to you by courier. You will receive the exam papers 3 working days before the exam date. It is important that exam papers are locked away securely until the morning of the exam. Please check carefully the order number which is shown in the Admin Pack delivered along with the exam papers – this order number corresponds directly with the list of candidates enrolled to take the exam. You can also see your order numbers and candidate enrolments in the Trinity exam portal and on the attendance report. It is important to ensure that the correct exam papers are given to your students, failure to do this will result in the delayed issue of results. Returning your exam papersExam papers must be returned to Trinity at the end of the exam session in the secure return envelope provided. Please ensure that all of the following items are enclosed:
Trinity carries out regular inspections of Written paper exam sessions. Candidate ID PolicyPlease read Trinity’s Candidate ID Policy, which gives clear guidance to centres and candidates about the types of ID required for all UK ESOL Skills for Life exams. Unique Learner Numbers (ULN)A Unique Learner Number (ULN) is a 10-digit reference number that is allocated by the Learning Record Service to all learners in the UK who are over the age of 14 and in education and training. This number stays the same throughout the learner’s education and training. For more information about ULNs visit www.trinitycollege.com/ULN PaymentsPlease remember to send your remittance notice to receivable@trinitycollege.co.uk for all language exam payments. Enquiries about resultsTrinity’s process of making enquiries about results is designed to make queries more accessible to our candidates. Full information about this process can be found on the Trinity website. New VAT numberPlease note Trinity’s VAT number changed last year to: 228 1298 05. Academic newsOur recent RQF Briefings in London, Leeds and Birmingham introduced the revised RQF exams to our centres. Operational and academic matters were covered and you can now access the presentation slides here: The latest Examiners' Report containing examiners' commentary on candidate performance during the 2016-17 academic year is also now available. Academic resources and supportReading and WritingThere are now five sample papers each for Reading and Writing for levels: Entry 1 to Level 1. Level 2 now has three samples for Reading and two for Writing. You can find the resources by following the links for each level. For teachers who would like papers to use for mock tests, we have also put one paper per skill/level on a private page. Speaking and ListeningNew videos are now online! See Pranvera, Evelyn, Muthulakshmi, Syeda and Sakila in their interviews and group discussions and see the commentary and marks awarded. Click on each level to find them. Practice and sample materials for the Speaking and Listening test are also available. At Entry 2 to Level 2 you can find sample Roleplay and Group Discussion prompts. Coming soon
WebinarsRQF webinars are being held on the 20 November and 4 December. We will provide updates on the revised exams which go live on You will have the opportunity to raise any academic questions you may have before the first exams are taken in December. Additional webinars will be held during Spring and Summer terms with opportunities to register via the website and email invitation. Centre support visitsIf you have any general or academic issues you'd like to discuss in detail you can arrange a support visit from one of our team. For more information contact our Academic Support Manager, Janet Golding.
Forthcoming ESOL eventsCome and talk to us at industry conferencesWe will be present as both an exhibitor and supporting sponsor at the forthcoming NATECLA London Autumn Conference, taking place on 25 November. We are also delighted to be the main sponsor of the NATECLA Midlands Winter Conference - The ESOL Toolkit, taking place on We hope to see you at a future event! Contact usFor information and enquiries you can email us: UKesol@trinitycollege.co.uk |
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