The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures This podcast episode is a recording of the keynote presentation given at the Surpass Conference in October 2020 by Harry Patrinos, Practice Manager at World Bank Education. With around 90% of the world’s learners affected by school closures as a result of the COVID-19…
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. Tim begins this episode by welcoming Penske Truck Leasing to the Surpass Community, before re-capping on some of the latest functionality to be introduced to Surpass. We…

Penske Truck Leasing selects Surpass to take prestigious Tech Showdown competition to the next level
The annual programme recognises the most talented technicians across the U.S. and Canada Exton, PA, USA – 4th December 2020 – BTL Surpass Inc. is pleased to announce that Penske Truck Leasing has chosen Surpass as the solution for the creation, delivery and scoring of their prestigious annual truck maintenance…
Join Ceri Harper, Head of Test Delivery Services, and Sue Palmer, Test Delivery Manager, with host Tim Burnett for a discussion about the impact of the pandemic on the global Test Centre industry. Ceri and Sue provide an insight into how the team here at BTL, along with the members…
The Global Impact of COVID on School Assessment Models This podcast episode is a recording of the presentation given at the Surpass Conference in October 2020 by Dave Mellor, Deputy Director of Assessment at AlphaPlus. Dave Mellor has a wealth of experience in delivering high-stakes school examinations. During this presentation,…

Protecting the integrity of the assessment is a fundamental part of delivering tests in the BTL Test Centre Network. Many certification and awarding organisations use the international network to enable candidates to sit their exam in a safe, secure and comfortable environment which meets all the technical and logistical requirements…
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this episode, Tim revisits some community and Surpass team updates first played during the Surpass Conference in October, as well as re-capping on some new features…
Chill, Pop, Pour, What a Lockdown! This podcast episode is a recording of the presentation given at the Surpass Conference in October 2020 by Romana Moss, Project Manager for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Romana discusses WSET’s planned journey to introduce computer-based testing in centres with Surpass, which was…
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this episode, Tim revisits some of the Community content from the recent Surpass Conference, as well as playing some information on new standard setting functionality from…
This podcast is recorded as an accompaniment to the recent webinar, where the features discussed can been seen demonstrated by Jack Hobson and Nathan Driver. In this Surpass pre-release podcast, Ben Brady and Technical Author and Trainer Nathan Driver discuss some of the fantastic new features that will be introduced…