Latest press releases and research reports

January 2025

24 January 2025
IELTS Now Accepts UK eVisas as Proof of Identity for IELTS for UKVI tests

December 2024

05 December 2024
IELTS Contract Extended for Delivering English Tests Essential for UK Immigration

December 2022

13 December 2022
IELTS One Skill Retake is coming

August 2022

04 August 2022
IELTS Online is now available in select countries and territories around the world

October 2021

05 October 2021
IELTS announces at-home testing option

July 2021

12 July 2021
New milestone for world-leading English test: IELTS trusted by more than 11,000 organisations across the globe
01 July 2021
New chapter for world’s leading English test: British Council to sell IELTS business in India to IDP

January 2021

18 January 2021
IELTS: more choice, more opportunities, endless possibilities
17 January 2021
Investigating the Relationship between Pearson PTE Scores and IELTS Bands

November 2020

20 November 2020
New IELTS campaign aims to get the world talking

October 2020

18 October 2020
Passing Now to Fail Later

April 2020

15 April 2020
IELTS Partners launch new online test to support students impacted by Covid-19 restrictions

December 2019

16 December 2019
IELTS reappointed as a language test trusted by the UK government for visas

March 2019

17 March 2019
IELTS grows to 3.5 million a year

November 2018

21 November 2018
Nursing and midwifery regulator proposes to change English language test

September 2018

28 September 2018
Meet the latest inspirational winners of the Global Study Awards

August 2018

01 August 2018
British Council launches IELTS on computer