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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 18, 2009 — Pearson VUE, the computer-based testing business of Pearson, announced today that Citrix Systems, Inc. has selected the company as its exclusive delivery provider of Citrix certification exams. With the transition, Pearson VUE and Citrix plan to work more closely together to focus on key areas such as exam security and marketing programs that enhance the integrity and value of Citrix certifications. This will also allow Citrix to increase the scalability and coverage of its certification programs, and improve operational efficiencies.

PEARSON VUE has been chosen by the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) to deliver its new IT infrastructure Library (ITIL®) Version 3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. The new test will be delivered in English within the Pearson VUE Authorised Test Centre network worldwide.

WAM Abu Dhabi, May 2009 (WAM) -- The Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with Pearson VUE to provide computer-based testing for the Health Professionals Licensure Examinations, in order to assist HAAD in meeting the demand for high-quality health services in the Emirate, which has been increasing rapidly.

The Road and Transport Authority of Dubai has announced a new partnership with computer-based testing leader Pearson VUE to deliver what it believes will be the world’s most high-tech Driver Testing System.

From May 2009, Pearson VUE will handle all the test delivery aspects including:

• Candidate registration and payment
• Publishing the on-screen theory test on Pearson VUE’s proven reliable software
• Ensuring test security at Dubai’s network of test centres
• Managing and safeguarding candidate data
• Multilingual customer support

DESPITE an economy in which IT training budgets are going down, industry insiders have confirmed that IT certification has remained strong in the UK, and that training companies can look to this as grounds for hope in a coming difficult year.

Leading test provider Pearson VUE has commented on recent research from the Institute of IT Training’s Learning Directors’ Network, confirming its latest findings.

COMPUTER-based assessment company Pearson VUE has launched its Spring 2009 series of free psychometric workshops, to be hosted at its offices at 80 Strand, London.

The sessions are intended to help those involved in, or getting started in the creation of assessments, to develop tests that are a better and more reliable reflection of the abilities they are intended to measure.

WAM Abu Dhabi, 22nd March 2009 (WAM) -- The Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with Pearson VUE to provide computer-based testing for the Health Professionals Licensure Examinations, in order to assist HAAD in meeting the demand for high-quality health services in the Emirate, which has been increasing rapidly.

H.E. Dr Ahmed Al Mazrouei, Chairman of HAAD stated that we are looking forward to launching this project both in the UAE and internationally.

PEARSON VUE has announced that it will be the first testing company to offer the new Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing for the British Computer Society (BCS).

From Thursday 12 February, Pearson VUE will be delivering this exam from its extensive network of test centres in 162 countries. The test has been made available via a computer-based platform for the first time, after the BCS received requests from candidates.

Pearson VUE has announced that it will be exhibiting for the first time at the IP Week 2009 event, which is being held at One Great George Street, London, from 16-19 February.

Pearson VUE is the world leader in computer-based testing, also known as e-assessment, and aims to showcase the many benefits of electronic test delivery in assessment programmes. Hosting the company’s stand will be Patrick McMurray, who handles business development in the Oil and Gas sector.

Pearson VUE has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at the e-Assessment Question Conference in London on 18-19 March 2009.

The event, hosted at the Shaw Theatre and Novotel St Pancras, will be the seventh since its inception in 2002, and is an important one in Pearson VUE’s UK calendar.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.co.uk) is sponsoring the IT Training Awards 2009 (IITT) Charity Auction in a bid to help raise over £20,000 for ChildLine.

PEARSON VUE has announced that it will be supporting the Learning Technologies 2009 event at Olympia from the 28-29 January, with both an exhibition stand and a free seminar.

The company is the world leader in computer-based testing, also known as e-assessment, and aims to showcase the many benefits of electronic test delivery over old-fashioned pen and paper tests in assessment programmes.

The Law National Admissions (LNAT) Consortium have renewed their exclusive contract with Pearson VUE to deliver the National Admissions Test for Law via their UK network of computer testing centres. Pearson VUE has won the contract to deliver the tests until 2011, with the option to renew until 2013.

The LNAT admissions test, launched in 2005 by a consortium of universities, helps law faculties make fairer choices among the many highly-qualified applicants who want to join their undergraduate law programmes.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies (TAG-Academy), in cooperation with Pearson VUE, announced today the launch of its first Pearson VUE Authorised Testing Centre, which will provide computer-based test delivery for ICT certification.

Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) learner Claire Harrison has been named National Apprentice of the Year in the annual Apprenticeship Awards, hosted by the Learning and Skills Council and sponsored by City & Guilds. Claire, 21, who works for Dales Pharmaceuticals in Skipton, North Yorkshire, completed the ILM Apprenticeship in Team Leading with the North Lancs Training Group.

The awards reward apprentices who have exceeded their employer's expectations and whose contribution to the workplace has brought demonstrable business benefits.

Workforce development software experts Skillstrak have joined forces with the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) to launch a new online package that tracks the competency and performance of employees.

The Skillstrak software generates precise, clear, statistical information that reveals where there are weaknesses in a company’s leadership capability and where members of a team are experiencing problems.

IT professionals across the globe can now accelerate their careers in over 160 countries thanks to a new partnership between the British Computer Society (BCS) and Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.co.uk), a specialist provider of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) solutions.

The Sage HR and Payroll software division has appointed Jayne Archbold as General Manager. This follows the acquisitions of former competitor organisations, Snowdrop Systems and KCS.

The new division was formed earlier this year to bring together Snowdrop and KCS as part of Sage, offering HR and Payroll solutions to larger organisations and those with more complex requirements.

Two of the UK’s leading software suppliers, Sage UK and Snowdrop Systems, have established a link between Snowdrop’s Evergreen HR software solution and the Sage 50, Sage Line 500 and Sage 1000 Payroll solutions.

The link follows Sage’s acquisition of the mid-market HR and Payroll solutions provider in May 2007.

A standard link between systems ensures that clients benefit from increased data integrity, whilst reducing the level of data entry.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for those involved in the management and development of people, has recently purchased integrated HR and Payroll software from solutions and services provider, Snowdrop, to enhance its management of employee data and streamline HR processes.

The CIPD will be implementing a seven user system across the range of Snowdrop modules: Spring (recruitment); Evergreen (personnel records management); Orchard (Payroll); Fountain (training administration) and U-Access (online access for line managers and employees).

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