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AlphaPlus is an education service business that specialises in standards, assessment and certification. We help our clients design, develop, deploy and evaluate qualifications and their underpinning assessments. Our work spans the public and private sectors, schools, colleges, vocational and professional learning. Around half our work is overseas.

Here are some typical examples of what we do:

> Providing an outsourced turnkey examinations service
> Helping professional bodies redesign their membership and certification processes
> Developing new professional and occupational standards
> Developing new qualifications and curriculums
> Writing high stakes assessments for awarding organisations such as Exam Boards and Government agencies
> Supporting regulators with their work to oversee examinations
> Providing statistical analysis of assessment data
> Moving assessments from on-paper to on-screen

We are educationalists with a strong commitment to improving teaching, learning and assessment, based on intellectual integrity, sound evidence and innovative approaches. We are also committed to being a dependable, accountable, honest and loyal partner for our clients who rely on us for support in high stakes environments.

BetterExaminations is a modern end-to-end high-stake examinations platform that supports educators and learners. Through an extremely easy to use cloud-based platform, candidates can sit exams from anywhere in the world, with optional online proctoring/invigilation.

With over 50 question types, a comprehensive range of subjects can be examined using a wide range of devices. For the institution, the platform provides comprehensive exam management and reporting features including support for exam workflow, external examiner support, feedback / marking and features to help you manage traditional paper based exams.

The BetterExaminations team comprises over 70 people based in Ireland, the UK, Poland, Australia and the US. As part of the Terminalfour Group we work with over 220 Universities, Colleges, School Boards and Awarding Bodies worldwide.

The British Council is a highly trusted partner, providing access to the world’s most reputable qualifications for more than 75 years. Underpinned by principles of integrity, security and fairness, the British Council is one of the leading players in the delivery of high-stakes examinations, globally.

The British Council delivers computer-based testing (CBT) in almost 500 locations in over 120 countries. Our extensive experience and expansive global network mean we are in a unique position to advise existing and potential clients on how to successfully transition from pen and paper to computer-based testing, or to expand the global reach of your existing CBT assessments into new international markets.

City & Guilds is the UK's leading vocational awarding body, with over 1000 employees, providing over 50% of all NVQs and with over 1.8 million learners every year. We've got more than 8500 centres in 81 countries all over the world - and an international network of offices to support them.

At City & Guilds, we believe in excellence through collaboration. In our work to develop and promote vocational skills, we draw on expertise and support from industry, the Government and individuals. In turn, we lend our experience and offer financial support to organisations and projects that share our vision and values.

With over 30 years of sector experience, we’re committed to putting people first and continually improving outcomes for citizens. Our people bring a wealth of insight, combining the best of the public and private sectors, applying local knowledge on a global scale. Whether it’s partnering with organisations at a national or local level, we challenge ourselves and our customers to see the opportunities in every situation. Through our commitment to turning ideas into action, we help over 2.5 million professionals deliver the public services of the future, every day.

Exams can be challenging but your e-assessment software shouldn’t be! Our powerful yet intuitive exam platform lets you focus on what matters: helping your test takers succeed.

Cirrus is used by awarding bodies such as Chartered Accountants Ireland and the National Council for the Training of Journalists and professional testing organisations, e.g. Aviatrix and Boston Consulting Group to streamline exam processes.

> Reduce your entire assessment workload - from creating, delivering and marking to analysing your exams.

> Deliver secure high-stakes exams and prepare test-takers for real-world tasks.

> Throughout the entire process, you can count on dedicated Customer Success Teams for support.

Sprung from Higher education. Built out of Sweden. Over a decade of experience. Digiexam is a software company. Our all-in-one platform is designed to safely and reliably power your whole examination lifecycle.
With it, our customers are able to fortify their academic integrity, enhance efficiency and grow. Our team consists of ambitious people from over 7 different nationalities who believe that great knowledge deserves great exams.

Eintech provide agile, flexible and cost effective e-Assessment solutions for awarding organisations, end point assessment organisations and training providers. Our proprietary software Rogo©, is a powerful, scalable online platform that requires no local installation and above all is easy to use.
Rogo provides speedy and efficient:

- question authoring and item banking,
- test publishing,
- test delivery,
- remote invigilation,
- online marking and marker management and,
- results analysis.

Rogo will integrate with existing software and processes. It enables users to rapidly deploy tests globally, providing reduced distribution costs, reduced environmental impact, reduced time between test compilation to delivery and increased security.   

Examity is a global leader in online proctoring. Founded to meet the needs of employers, higher education institutions, and certification providers, Examity’s mission is to protect and enhance the quality of exams online. Since our founding in 2013, we have partnered with hundreds of clients and partners to provide a seamless and flexible online proctoring experience.

ExamOnline is an Online Examination solutions and service providing organization. Our remote proctor exam platform with advanced artificial intelligence and full video based proctoring capabilities is the leader in conducting highly secure and sensitive examinations.

We have a global client base with operations in 5 continents serving clients with different needs such as hiring assessment for corporate, semester end exams for Universities and academic institutions, certification exams for professional bodies, skill based assessments for vocational trainings, high stakes exams for recruitment to government bodies etc.

In addition to remote proctored examinations, we also provide solutions for -

Computer based examination solution
Online registration system
Online admission management solution
On screen marking (digital evaluation) of pen and paper-based answer sheets

Excelsoft Technologies, incorporated in the year 2000, is a provider of innovative technology-based solutions in the learning and assessment space. It caters to the requirements for a diverse industry base of school Education, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Corporate, Government, Defense, Educational Publishers, and many more in Test and assessment delivery. Our Saras™ Test and Assessment is an end-to-end solution offering educators the ability to author and deliver highly personalized assessments. Adhering to globally recognized QTI standards, it provides educators a great interface to author items and tests, and deliver them to learners in the form of formative, summative tests, or in-classroom quizzes. SmartEval, our intelligent evaluation platform enables Screening, Evaluation, and Ranking of a large number of job applications with the highest accuracy. With the motto of “Redefining The Way People Learn”, we have created and deployed transformational eLearning solutions has served 100+ organizations and are used by over 30M+ end-users across the globe.

The future of eAssessments & life-long learning from a single hub.

For 21 years the Fry team has been dedicated to our mission, to help improve and save lives through technology. Through our innovative platform development and collaborative client partnerships, we have been a driving force in creating software to prepare healthcare professionals for the challenges they will face.

We work with some of the world's top institutions who trust us to deliver their high-stakes assessment, training and CPD. Our clients include Imperial College, the University of Edinburgh, King’s College London, the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health, the Royal College of Radiologists, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Australian Dental Council, to name but a few.

Graide is an AI-assisted assessment and feedback platform that reduces the time you spend grading, whilst improving the quality, consistency and timeliness of feedback to students. Spend less time grading and give better feedback to your students.

Inspera Assessment is a secure cloud-based e-assessment platform that covers the entire examination process from initial question creation to exam delivery and collaborative marking. All subjects from STEM to Arts can be examined via Inspera Assessment. At Inspera, we have over a decade's worth of experience partnering with institutions to manage their transition to digital exams. We work in partnership with universities, schools, awarding bodies and governments, serving end users in more than 150 countries. Our offices are in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Romania. Learn more:

Learnosity is the global leader in assessment solutions. Serving over 700 customers and more than 40 million learners, our mission is to advance education and learning worldwide with best-in-class technology.

Our APIs make it easy for modern learning platforms to quickly launch fully featured products, scale on demand, and always meet fast-evolving market needs.

Questionmark, our end-to-end enterprise-grade assessment platform, works with corporations and governments to unlock their potential by delivering assessments that are valid, reliable, fair, and defensible.

The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) is a university college and professional body that exists to advance banking and finance by providing outstanding education and thinking, tailored to the needs of individuals, business and society. Our focus is on lifelong learning: equipping individuals with the knowledge, skills and qualifications to achieve what they want throughout their career and life.

That journey starts in schools – through our finance qualifications at GCSE and A Level equivalent. It continues at university with our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees for students aiming to pursue a career in banking and finance. Finally, we’re an awarding body for finance sector qualifications in the UK and internationally – helping people achieve success throughout their careers.

NCFE is the educational charity and leader in vocational and technical learning committed to powering a smarter education eco-system. We combine over 170 years of education experience with deep insight into what is needed and what works. From world-class qualifications and content to new assessment methodologies, from innovative technology platforms to partnership opportunities with our network of expert collaborators – we galvanise the education sector to shape the smartest solution for individual learning needs. In doing this, we’re working for a fairer education system for all learners to power inclusivity and choice.

Pearson VUE has been a pioneer in the computer-based testing industry for decades, delivering more than 16 million certification and licensure exams annually in every industry from academia and admissions to IT and healthcare. We are the global leader in developing and delivering high-stakes exams via the world's most comprehensive network of nearly 20,000 highly secure test centers as well as online testing in over 180 countries. Our leadership in the assessment industry is a result of our collaborative partnerships with a broad range of clients, from leading technology firms to government and regulatory agencies. For more information, please visit PearsonVUE.com

We believe that students who are encouraged to extract all they can from every step of their learning journey are the ones most likely to succeed. It's why PebblePad, and our award-winning Learning Journey Platform, offers educators the technology and expertise needed to support, guide and develop students – from induction to graduation, and beyond.

Indeed, every day in universities across the globe, educators use PebblePad to design and build authentic assessment opportunities to help students and staff plan for their learning, record and reflect on their experiences, and collect, curate, share and showcase evidence of their evolving capabilities.

PebblePad is a platform designed by educators for educators, and our mission is to help learners develop and share their unique talents and attributes for lifewide and lifelong success. If you would like to learn more about why PebblePad is increasingly being viewed as an essential component of the higher education learning ecology, get in touch.

Proctorio is a comprehensive learning integrity platform with automated solutions for remote online exam invigilation that integrates directly with your institution's LMS, ensuring the total academic integrity of every assessment, every time.
With Proctorio, institutions can add automated supervision and identity checks with one click to easily conduct secure in-house online exams, without having to rely on live proctors.
The Proctorio proctoring platform includes various tools, such as identity verification, automated exam supervision, content protection, secure browser settings, computer locking options, plagiarism detection, customizable supervision intensity, and extensive, instant analysis of test-taker behavior and results.
Since Proctorio's proctoring platform integrates effortlessly with any LMS, no additional logins are required, and users can access it easily.
The Proctorio platform fulfills all data protection requirements for privacy protection in accordance with the current GDPR guidelines, and the EU's ground-breaking privacy policy.

Prodigy Learning is an award-winning global EdTech business, providing innovative online platforms that enable learners to develop and prove their skills.
These solutions range from skills assessments in education through to job-ready digital skills certifications from IT industry leaders including Adobe, Autodesk and Microsoft.
The Company was established in 2000 and now has offices in Dublin, Ireland, London, UK, Sydney, Australia and New York, United States, serving >3,000 customers in the education, training, corporate and public sectors worldwide. The Company is a Microsoft Authorized Education Gold Partner and Global Training Partner supporting academic institutions with Microsoft Education solutions.
The Company is internationally recognised for its work in the online digital skills and assessment platforms. Our latest generation online assessment platform “skillify” and online Computer Science curriculum “Coding in Minecraft” recently won ‘ICT-Platforms and Applications’ category at the 2020 EducationInvestor Awards, one of the UK’s most prestigious EdTech awards.

Prometric is a leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment solutions to many of the world’s most recognized licensing and certification organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies. We support more than 7 million test takers annually at our testing locations in more than 180 countries around the world. We have nearly three decades of experience working with clients of all sizes across a multitude of industry sectors to develop and deploy innovative test development and test administration solutions that address evolving market needs. As a result, we have the market expertise, organizational stability, and demonstrated capability to ensure the successful implementation, administration, and future growth of your testing program.

PSI is a global leader in secure, data-driven workforce solutions, providing best-in-class assessment content through technology. PSI’s eAssessment solutions deliver a science-based approach to testing across sectors. Leveraging next-generation technology, PSI’s proven test delivery model features world-class security, test development, multi-modal and online proctoring, and professional services. For more than 75 years, PSI has been a trusted provider to the world’s leading corporations, government, professional associations, certifying bodies, and leading academic institutions.

Questionmark provides a secure enterprise-grade assessment platform and professional services to leading organizations around the world, delivered with care and unequalled expertise.
Its full-service online assessment tool and professional services help customers to improve their performance and meet their compliance requirements.
Questionmark enables organizations to unlock their potential by delivering assessments which are valid, reliable, fair and defensible. Questionmark offers secure powerful integration with other LMS, LRS and proctoring services making it easy to bring everything together in one place.
Questionmark's cloud-based assessment management platform offers rapid deployment, scalability for high-volume test delivery, 24/7 support, and the peace-of-mind of secure, audited U.S., Australian and European-based data centers.

Qualifications Wales regulates qualifications, other than degrees, in Wales.
We are an independent statutory body, funded by the Welsh Government. This means that we make our own decisions about qualifications and provide independent expert advice to others. It also means that we oversee the standards to which qualifications are awarded, independent of influence from others.
We regulate qualifications that are developed and delivered by the awarding bodies that we recognise. A recognised awarding body must comply with the rules that we set.
Working with a wide range of organisations, we monitor the compliance of awarding bodies, review existing qualifications, oversee the design of new requirements and support the qualifications system.
We are accountable to the people of Wales through the National Assembly for Wales. Through our work we ensure that learners, practitioners and the public can be confident that qualifications, and the qualification system, meet their needs.

Reed in Partnership’s mission is to positively transform people and their communities. For over 20 years, Reed in Partnership has been trusted by government, public and private sector organisations to deliver effective person-centred services.
Part of the Reed Group - one of the UK’s largest family-owned companies - Reed in Partnership operates across the UK, delivering services which help people start working, improve their health, develop their skills and fulfil their goals. This now includes high-quality and secure testing solutions that provide test-takers with inclusive access to assessments that enable them to realise their potential.
To date, we are proud to have supported over 1m test candidates from a network of over 130 urban and rural test centres. Reed in Partnership is 18% owned by the Reed Foundation, a charity which provides seed funding for a wide range of causes including Ethiopiaid, Womankind and Women at Risk

RM Results is part of RM plc, the British company with over 40 years’ experience providing technology to the education sector.
RM Results is driving the global modernisation of assessment by providing digital assessment solutions and educational data analysis services for the world's leading awarding organisations, professional bodies, universities and governments.
Our digital assessment solutions are used by customers administering high stakes examinations in countries including Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the Caribbean; as well as international bodies such as ACCA, ICAEW, the International Baccalaureate and Cambridge International Examinations.
Each year we provide the technology to allow around 15 million exams to be taken and marked by examiners in over 150 countries around the world. Ensuring everyone gets the results they deserve.

The Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) is Scotland’s national awarding body and regulator, for general and vocational qualifications. SQA has been active in e-assessment development and delivery for over 15 years, with a key focus on supporting their range of Schools, Colleges and Training providers in delivering the highest quality learning and experience for all learners. SQA believe the use of technology in assessment has the potential to not only deliver significant efficiency and quality benefits for deliverers, but more importantly provide learners with the highest quality, valid assessment experiences, so they can more effectively, and fairly, evidence what they know and can do

Surpass is a market-leading end-to-end assessment solution, created by BTL Group Ltd.
The award-winning Surpass Assessment Platform is used for the authoring of items, item banking, test administration, test delivery and reporting of computer- and paper-based tests. Surpass-based solutions have been used internationally to create, deliver and mark over 35 million computer-based tests to date, and it is the first choice for organisations needing a dependable solution for high-stakes formative and summative testing.
Its success is due to the Surpass Community - collaboration between, partners, customers, and dedicated support teams at BTL Surpass to fuel an innovative approach to technological development.

SwiftAssess is a comprehensive, end-to-end Assessment Management Platform, offering multiple key solutions, features and workflows that streamlines and solves real world challenges in the assessment industry, and across multiple sectors including Education, Professional Certification, Corporate learning, Government and more. This covers industry standards when it comes to security, accessibility, analytics, item banking, interoperability, marking and more.

SwiftAssess is one of the products designed and developed by GamaLearn.

Talview offers an end-to-end, AI-powered hiring and proctoring solution that unifies how organizations screen, interview, and assess top candidates and learners, while ensuring a simple, engaging experience for everyone.
From the testing center to the office or to the home, Talview reimagines, humanizes, and democratizes large-scale recruiting and credentialing processes so every person can realize their full potential both academically and professionally.

We are a global leader in IT services, consulting and business solutions, garnering $20.9 billion revenue in FY19. We have operations in 55 countries with over 450,000 employees . TCS iON is a product brand of TCS which has expertise in Learning, Assessment and Marking. With 200 Million candidates assessed, we are trusted by top institutions to improve learning outcomes. We simplify adoption of technology through quick set up and configurations, enabling cost efficiencies. We are working with Top Awarding Bodies and Learning organisations in UK and across the world.

TestReach is a comprehensive assessment solution for creating and delivering any type of exam online, from formative assessments through to formal, high-stakes exams. Assessments can be run anywhere worldwide, with complete security and integrity, backed by best-in-class services and support.

The SaaS application is flexible and covers all exam delivery approaches, including the option of integral remote proctoring, where exams are supervised online by our trainer supervisors. With intuitive software for collaborative authoring, item banking, exam assembly, marking, reporting, data analytics, candidate feedback and integrations - TestReach covers all your assessment requirements in one user-friendly and scalable solution.

We have dedicated the past 12 years towards the modernization of e-assessment and learning experiences that have transformed educational practices for ministries of education, academic institutions, examination bodies, and training organizations around the world.

Today, our team of over 100 architects, designers, technologists, and psychometricians support our partners transition from legacy e-assessment systems (or paper-based practices) to world-class technology solutions that are efficient, equitable, flexible, and drive student-success.

Join us on our mission of giving every student the opportunity to succeed in their academic lives and beyond.

ABRSM is The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of music and a global music education charity.
At the heart of everything we do is our belief that music enriches lives. Building on our heritage, we offer face-to-face and digital exams, sheet music, recordings, apps and courses for students and teachers across the world.
As a charity our donations encompass a range of grants, scholarships, awards, prizes and bursaries, for organisations and individuals. All promote music education and support achievement, progression, creativity, diversity, inclusion, sustainability and leadership in music education.

The CISI is a registered charity and our purpose is to champion lifelong learning and integrity, raising individual standards of knowledge, skills and behaviour globally to enhance public trust and confidence in financial services.

The CISI’s mission is to help members attain, maintain and develop their knowledge and skills and to promote the highest standards of ethics and integrity in the securities and investment profession.

Based in the City of London, with origins in the London Stock Exchange, the CISI is a global organisation with representative offices in financial centres such as Barcelona, Colombo, Dubai, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Manila, Mumbai, Nairobi and Qingdao. We work in close cooperation with regulators, firms and other professional bodies worldwide and over 40,000 examinations were sat in 81 countries in the last twelve months. With 45,000 members in over 100 countries, the CISI is the professional body which sets examinations and offers qualifications for those working in, or looking to establish a career in, the financial planning, wealth management and capital markets professions.

City & Guilds is the UK's leading vocational awarding body, with over 1000 employees, providing over 50% of all NVQs and with over 1.8 million learners every year. We've got more than 8500 centres in 81 countries all over the world - and an international network of offices to support them.
At City & Guilds, we believe in excellence through collaboration.
In our work to develop and promote vocational skills, we draw on expertise and support from industry, the Government and individuals. In turn, we lend our experience and offer financial support to organisations and projects that share our vision and values.

Highfield is the global leader for compliance and work-based learning qualifications, training materials and e-learning. Highfield is also registered as an end-point assessment organisation and can provide support for over 60 apprenticeship standards.

At Highfield we effectively support the delivery of compliance, apprenticeship and work-based learning qualifications across multiple sectors. Our vision is to set the global standard for listening and responding.
Our blended-learning solutions cover subject areas including food safety, health and safety, security, licensing, and many more. Over 35,000 trainers and training centres deliver our qualifications across 30 countries, with millions using our materials and e-learning every year.

Kaplan Assessments is a recognised expert in the design, development and delivery of professional assessments and qualifications. Our longstanding professional relationships with a variety of well-established partners including regulators, chartered institutes, universities, colleges and training providers, which alongside strong employer links, provides us with valuable insights into industry needs.

Kaplan is the sole assessment provider for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), designing, developing, updating, and delivering the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to become a solicitor in England & Wales. Additionally, our Ofqual accredited Awarding body, Kaplan Professional Awards (KPA), offers high quality, regulated qualifications and assessment.

LASER is a well-established, well respected awarding organisation of Open College Network origins which remains true to its longstanding mission of transforming learners’ lives by the recognition of their learning and achievement, and its ethos of having a social conscience, promoting widening participation in education/training, social inclusion, and lifelong learning for all.

LASER is a top 30 awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual, approved under its Trident Awards brand by SIA to offer licence-linked security qualifications in the private security industry, and an Access Validating Agency licensed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education to offer Access to HE Diplomas.

The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF) is a university college and professional body that exists to advance banking and finance by providing outstanding education and thinking, tailored to the needs of individuals, business and society. Our focus is on lifelong learning: equipping individuals with the knowledge, skills and qualifications to achieve what they want throughout their career and life.

That journey starts in schools – through our finance qualifications at GCSE and A Level equivalent. It continues at university with our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees for students aiming to pursue a career in banking and finance. Finally, we’re an awarding body for finance sector qualifications in the UK and internationally – helping people achieve success throughout their careers.

NCFE is the educational charity and leader in vocational and technical learning committed to powering a smarter education eco-system. We combine over 170 years of education experience with deep insight into what is needed and what works. From world-class qualifications and content to new assessment methodologies, from innovative technology platforms to partnership opportunities with our network of expert collaborators – we galvanise the education sector to shape the smartest solution for individual learning needs. In doing this, we’re working for a fairer education system for all learners to power inclusivity and choice.

NEBOSH is a leading global organisation, that aims to provide world-class and accessible, health, safety, environment, risk and wellbeing qualifications and services. To ensure we continued to deliver this mission, our use of e-Assessment technologies increased during the COVID-19 era, as we strove to ensure that no learner was left behind.

Since our inception in 1979 almost 550,000 people from around the world have gained a NEBOSH qualification. Tens of thousands join them every year, studying with our network of 600 Learning Partners offering assessments in over 130 countries. NEBOSH qualifications are highly respected by governments, employers, and our learners.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine works to ensure high quality care for patients by setting and monitoring standards of care in emergency departments, as well as providing expert guidance and advice on policy to relevant bodies on matters relating to Emergency Medicine.

The College aims to advance education and research in Emergency Medicine. It is responsible for setting standards of training and administering examinations in Emergency Medicine for the award of Fellowship and Membership of the College, as well as recommending trainees for CCT in Emergency Medicine.

The Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) is Scotland’s national awarding body and regulator, for general and vocational qualifications. SQA has been active in e-assessment development and delivery for over 15 years, with a key focus on supporting their range of Schools, Colleges and Training providers in delivering the highest quality learning and experience for all learners. SQA believe the use of technology in assessment has the potential to not only deliver significant efficiency and quality benefits for deliverers, but more importantly provide learners with the highest quality, valid assessment experiences, so they can more effectively, and fairly, evidence what they know and can do.

Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) is a specialist Awarding, Assessment and End-point Assessment Organisation offering vocational and technical qualifications in a range of service sectors, including Hairdressing; Beauty Therapy; Complementary Therapies; Sports, Active Health and Fitness; Hospitality and Catering; Business and Retail; and Learning and Development.

Our qualifications are delivered under three brands: VTCT, iTEC and Skillsfirst with over 120,000 learners and apprentices every year.

With more than 2,500 approved centres, VTCT has an ever-expanding client-base, with a growing international presence.

VTCT’s charitable objective is the advancement of education for the public benefit. Through world-class qualifications and education resources, we place the learner at the heart of what we do.