Arrangements for 2015

Please check the general arrangements page for information that doesn’t change from year to year. The information below is just for 2015.

Teacher day (October 2014)
Round 1 (February 2-6 2015)
Round 2 (March 20-22 2015)
International Linguistics Olympiad (July 20-24 2015)
Training course for competitors (September 1-4 2015)
Archive of messages from UKLO to the list for teachers

Round 1

Test material and certificate blanks: all the material you need for the test (apart from coloured pens – highly recommended!), including certificate templates, is available for download here. (This page is no longer password protected.)

Date: Feb 2-6 2015. You can arrange your competition at any time during this week, but you must make sure you have time:

to scan the Advanced scripts in time to send them to us before we release the answers and mark sheet for the Foundation and Intermediate levels on the evening of Friday Feb 6.
to print the test papers (at all levels) which will be available from the evening of Thursday Jan 29.
Sending us your results for the Foundation and Intermediate tests that you marked: by 16 March.

Advanced entries: If you’re expecting to enter candidates for the Advanced competition, please notify us of your numbers (not names) here, so that we can assign you a marker. This form will remain open till 23 January, but no longer. Late entries will not be accepted.

Further details. For further information about the arrangements for Round 1, see the email #6 archived here.

Results of the Advanced competition: These will be announced on February 23rd.

National statistics for Round 1:

a statistical report by Martin Edwardes
national thresholds for Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates in non-Advanced competitions (e.g. any score of 17.42 or higher at Breakthrough earns a Gold):