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EFSET FREE Online Standard English Test | English study programs benefit from automatic evaluation

English study programs and EFSET evaluation EFSET | a game changer for IELTS & TOEFL and other leading English language tests EF Education First will launch its FREE EF Standard English Test (EFSET) on September 30, 2014. The new Standard English Test from English First Education will be the first FREE standardized test of English in the world. Every year millions of people worldwide sit various English language tests and English study programs in order to prove their level of proficiency or competency in the English language. This may be as part of their university career, study abroad opportunities, career advancement or for immigration purposes. Current internationally recognized English language tests cost around USD $300 for each exam and are administered in regional and local exam centers according to a published exam schedule. Many people who take such tests have to travel to another city or even another country in order to present the test. EFSET is a gam

Is Studying Abroad Better than Studying in the UK?

Studying abroad compared to a UK university education Now that annual tuition fees for many UK universities are around £9,000 it raises the question: can British students get better value for money studying abroad? In many cases British students are finding equivalent educational opportunities at much lower costs outside the UK. So how does studying abroad stack up against studying in the UK? One British student decided to study European Studies, in the Netherlands, at Maastricht University, where she will shortly begin her second academic year of study. She calculated that studying in the UK for a similar degree would leave her with at least £27,000 of student debt based on tuition fees, plus other possible associated costs. Meanwhile the undergraduate European Studies Degree course she is attending at Maastricht University costs just £1,500 for tuition annually and her course is taught in English, as are ten other undergraduate courses at the same university. So basically