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Pearson PTE Academic test shortened, StudyTravel launches Alphe
new online version to launch InPerson+ events for 2022
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earson www.pearsonpte.com S tudyTravel Ltd has confirmed a series of ST
has unveiled a new PTE Aca- Alphe InPerson+ conferences for 2022.
Pdemic Online test and format. The ST Alphe InPerson+ events will be
From November 16th, the PTE two-day conferences, allowing educational
Academic exam will be reduced from institutions and service providers to meet with
three hours down to two hours. There will be fewer questions but reference-checked study travel agents.
no changes to the overall exam structure, question types or scor- For those that are still unable to travel to
ing scale. The shorter in-person test will still be accepted by the face-to-face events, the InPerson+ events allow
same institutions, professional bodies and the governments. a certain number of delegates to join as online
On the same date, a new, remote-proctored PTE Academic attendees – the ‘+’ element.
Online test will be launched. Freya Thomas Monk, Senior Vice Two brand-new face-to-face events are
President, English Language Learning at Pearson, said, “To help included in the ST Alphe InPerson+ schedule
them [students] in their journey we have rolled-out a shorter PTE for 2022: ST Alphe Summer Schools IP+ in Rome
Academic test to be taken in test centres and a new online PTE (March 25-27); and ST Alphe Ireland IP+ in Dublin
Academic test which can be taken at home.” bit.ly/3kprYpn (May 20-22), dedicated to language schools,
high schools and tertiary programmes in Ireland
and agencies from around the world.
AMS and EC partner to simplify access to Other confirmed events include ST Alphe
HE partners in Canada Spain IP+, ST Alphe Secondary Focus – London

lAnguAge tertiAry AssociAted IP+, ST Alphe UK IP+ and ST Alphe Secondary
Focus – Frankfurt IP+.
gency software platform AMS www.ams4you.com announced Covid safety plans in place for the InPerson+
a collaboration with EC English www.ecenglish.com that will events include the ST Alphe Conference Bubble,
Aprovide access to EC’s partner higher education institutions. with all networking and meetings taking place
Agency Management System (AMS) said that a feature of the within the hotels; a requirement for all del-
new partnership that will benefit agencies and counsellors will be egates to be vaccinated; and lateral flow tests
the ability to submit applications for any of EC English’s featured provided for each day. More details at: https://
schools and programmes. EC has initially provided access to Cana- studytravel.network/alphe/conferences
dian partner schools but plans to expand to cover other markets.
Andrew Mangion, CEO of EC, said, “We are thrilled at the
opportunity to integrate our programmes into the very system
that many of our agencies use as their primary CRM and are
confident that it will make working with EC more convenient than
ever. Agencies and their counsellors will be saving a great deal of
time, with the simple click of a button.” bit.ly/3CqNU9M

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