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On 20th September 2019 Swiss Exams hosted a fully booked free teacher workshop with John Potts in Zurich. Have a look at some impressions! Lori Kaithan, CEO and Centre Exams Manager (CEM), opened the workshop with a welcome presentation about the Cambridge English exams and our exams centre.

The start of the school year is the perfect time to explain the benefits of Cambridge English Qualifications to both students and parents. Read this article to find out more and download a helpful PDF for your support.

The number of higher-education programmes (HF and FH) in Switzerland offering preparation for the Cambridge Business English Certificates has grown significantly. The BEC certificates are an integral part of these programmes. Cambridge English and Speexx now offer digital learning solutions fit for higher education. Usually, students prepare for a HF or FH (Bachelor’s) degree over the course of three years. They are trained in their respective fields which could be “Business Administration”, “Marketing”, “Finance”, “Leadership” and so on.

This article will help you and your students to find out when and how to access Cambridge English exam results. Have a look! Within 10 days after the exam all candidates receive an "Online Result Letter" by e-mail with further details on how to access their results. The Online Result Letter includes the following details:

We are happy to introduce you to Heidi, our new manager of our finance and HR administration team. About her career and interests Heidi joined the Swiss Exams Team in September. She has worked for very different types of companies during her career in finance. She loves travelling to Australia but also enjoys hiking in the Swiss mountains. Spending time with her family and friends is one of her favourite pastimes.

Swiss Exams provides reliable exams dates, easy and flexible registration processes and school- and candidate-friendly Cambridge English Exams services across Switzerland. Contact us and reserve the exam seats for your class. Our offer includes computer- and paper-based exams and services in most major cities in Switzerland. We operate 8 permanent Cambridge English computer-based (CB) venues in Switzerland, including Zurich, Winterthur, Chur, Berne, Basel, Lucerne, Lausanne and St. Gallen. Due to the high demand, we recommend reserving seats for your classes.

In this practical workshop teachers will establish and clarify the assessment scales that are applied to the writing component in B2 First (FCE) and C1 Advanced (CAE). Sign up for one of the last seats for this workshop now! These criteria will be applied to authentic Swiss sample scripts for the Part One essay task and to a Part Two task at each level. This will give teachers hands-on practice in assessing their own students’ written work. In addition, a focus on activities will be incorporated that will help the learners to develop their writing skills.

New technology allows organisations to provide assessment anywhere and at any time, while guaranteeing full security standards. In other words, candidates do not need to come to a designated place at a pre-arranged time to do high-stakes exams, they do it from home, from school or from work.

We are happy to announce that Swiss Exams Access, a platform for school administrators, teachers and students, providing you with additional access to information regarding Cambridge English exams registrations for your school, has successfully been introduced.

Swiss Exams is a leading organisation in exam management. We are an authorised Cambridge Assessment English platinum centre and an official Goethe exams centre offering over 400 exams per year. For the Exam Operations team in our head office in Winterthur we are looking to fill the position of: