In February, a BBC news special for the show Panorama revealed “systematic fraud” at TOEIC test centres across the UK (incidents include “fake-sitters” writing the test on behalf of other people and an invigilator reading answers aloud to test-takers). Since then, the British government has removed TOEIC and TOEFL as approved tests for immigration purposes. A further move was recently taken, with approximately 60 higher education schools in the UK having their right to host foreign students suspended.
The government has also found that many students are working far more hours than their student visas allow.
The government has launched a criminal investigation into ETS Global.
Red more in the Times Higher Ed and Inside Higher Ed.