Can digital English testing – adopted by a significant number of universities during the pandemic – continue to support the UK higher education sector?
This was the main question at a recent roundtable hosted by The PIE and Duolingo in London.
When the pandemic forced the closure of physical testing centres across the globe due to health and safety concerns, students who needed to take a standardised English language test to study in the UK needed an online option.
Many UK universities responded by accepting Duolingo English Test results, before traditional test centre-based exams such as IELTS and TOEFL, as well as other providers, launched online alternatives of their own.
