BTL delivers its 10Millionth exam through Surpass: The Assessment Platform Blog Post

[…] Surpass Editions, a secure cloud-based solution which has enabled new organisations, from professional awarding organisations to universities across the globe, to deliver high-stakes assessment and tests securely and with confidence. The education sector is seeing many great changes and technology acting as an enabler to better standards of learning and […]

Surpass Community Webinar – How we improve the User Experience through testing Blog Post

[…] new products. Gain a fascinating insight into how the User Interface of Surpass is designed to create an intuitive, stress free experience for item writers, test administrators, and candidates with Lee and Richard from BTL’s Design Team. Over the course of the discussion the pair discuss the design principles used […]

Surpass Joins the International Language Testing Association Blog Post

ILTA promotes the improvement of language testing throughout the world. Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK, 15th April 2021 – Surpass is pleased to announce it has joined the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) as an institutional member. ILTA is an international group of language testing and assessment scholars and practitioners who […]

Surpass Community Webinar – Accessibility and Inclusive Design in Examinations Blog Post

[…] ongoing developments with regards to current and future WCAG guidelines. They also discuss how specific accessibility requirements are becoming more common in the world of testing, before talking about the concept of ‘inclusive design’ being more than a box-ticking exercise, as well as our social obligations as we work towards […]

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2021: An assessment year in review Blog Post

[…] Surpass Conference in October, with highlights including Sean McDonald from telc Language Assessments explaining how Surpass has played a key role in their project to test in 24 languages across Europe. You can watch all the presentations and case studies from some of the organisations currently using Surpass, at conference.surpass.com. […]

Millions invested in jobs and assessment technology

BTL invests significantly in jobs and growth with £10m this year Blog Post

[…] the tools and expertise needed to move offline paper-based exams into an onscreen (online or offline) environment, BTL has allowed many organisations to continue delivering tests throughout the pandemic. Online invigilated tests in particular rose 6,500% at BTL in 2020/21. The pandemic’s impact on in-person events has led to a […]

BTL Group Ltd. Achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Certification Blog Post

We’re pleased to share that BTL Group has now achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus certification, an enhancement to our ex isting Cyber Essentials certification which helps organizations guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrates our commitment to cyber security.  Cyber Essentials is a Government backed scheme to help organizations prevent cyber […]

Association for Project Management (APM) Choose Surpass Blog Post

[…] (ChPP) status, the chartered standard that demonstrates technical knowledge, professional practice and ethical behaviour. The transition to Surpass will see APM able to offer on-screen testing to candidates sitting the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) or Project Management Qualification (PMQ). “As the largest professional body for project management in Europe, […]