Prof. Nick Saville has 45 years’ experience in language education having started as an English teacher at the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 1980. He holds an MA TEFL (University of Reading), MA (Cantab) and a PhD in language assessment, specializing in Test Impact, and supervised by Prof C. J. Weir at CRELLA, the University of Bedfordshire. Since 1989, he has held senior management roles at UCLES/CUPA (University of Cambridge), including Director of Research and Validation and Director of Thought Leadership for Cambridge English.  He is the elected Secretary-General of ALTE—the Association of Language Testers in Europe—and his current interests include plurilingualism and assessment, LOA, and educational uses of AI. He has also advised the Council of Europe on the CEFR and its Companion Volume and co-edited the Studies in Language Testing series (CUP) until 2025. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) and has recently become a Visiting Professorial Fellow at CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire.

Write to Dr. Saville to learn more about collaborating with TIRF: [email protected].