Candidates taking Main Suite (KET, PET, FCE, CAE and CPE) or BEC (Preliminary, Vantage and Higher) exams can now access their results as soon as they are released, using a secure web-based service.
With results available from midnight on the release date, candidates can immediately find out how they have done, wherever they are in the world. This means that candidates studying away from home, on holiday, or far from their exam centre no longer have to wait for results posted from the centre.
Written in simple English, with clear icons and graphics, the new website is easy to navigate. A single click brings candidates to their secure personal results area. A further click gives them their Statement of Results with their Graphical Profile - an image demonstrating their performance in each paper. And if candidates lose their printed Statement of Results, they can simply return to the secure area of the website and print off another copy.
Candidates can rest assured that the website is highly secure, with levels of protection designed to prevent unauthorised access. It also includes useful information on general and business English exams, as well as timely reminders, where applicable, to enter for the next exam. The service is designed to be fast, friendly and safe.
Benefits to centres
In a recent survey, around 60% of centres believed online results would help to increase the number of candidates at their centre. Centres can also benefit from the fact that printed Statements of Results no longer have to be mailed to all test takers where candidates have online access. This reduces the heavy administrative burden of maintaining databases with updated address information.
Well received
As reported in the last issue of Cambridge First, the
online results facility was trialled by 80,000
candidates worldwide; 90% of them accessed Main
Suite and BEC results through the service. The
extensive trial tested the robustness of the website
which was able to handle 15,000 users logging on
within a day of the results being made available
online.
Centres have already been given guidelines on using the service, on updating personal details and on encouraging their supplier schools and test takers to use the facility.
The service will be available for all centres from March this year.
To visit the website, go to www.CambridgeESOL-results.org If you have any queries, please contact ESOLCustomerSupport@ucles.org.uk.