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Subject: European education news from Holland - December16, 2006

Leiden University: Blended learning Master of law virtual and traditional

TOEFL® Internet-based Testing Overview

The Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL®) measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to use and understand English as it is spoken, written, and heard in college and university settings. The TOEFL test is offered in different formats depending on a test taker's location.

The TOEFL Internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) tests all four language skills that are important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The test helps students demonstrate that they have the English skills needed for success.

TOEFL iBT emphasizes integrated skills and provides better information to institutions about students' ability to communicate in an academic setting and their readiness for academic coursework. With Internet-based testing, ETS can capture speech and score responses in a standardized manner. Online registration and online score reporting make it easier for students to register for TOEFL iBT and receive their test scores.

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French institutes dominate according to FT rankings

According to the FT, a European masters in management degree is becoming the degree of choice for Europe’s top employers. It also said French schools dominate the recruitment drive as well as the rankings.

Eleven of the 35 master in management programmes ranked by the FT were offered by French schools. These 11 also occupied six of the top seven positions. The 2006 dominance mirrored the inaugural ranking in 2005, which was also topped by French schools and this dominance surged even further this year.

See ranking and read more: Eurogates.Forum

Britain closes door to cut influx of foreign workers

Britain reportedly plans to scrap its open-door policy to East European workers by restricting the inflow of Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants when their nations join the European Union. Britain was one of three EU members, along with Sweden and Ireland, that gave unfettered access to workers from eight other East European countries that joined the bloc in 2004.

The British Government said in August that more than 400,000 workers from the eight countries had come to Britain, far more than official forecasts that between 5000 and 13,000 new immigrants would arrive each year.