Technology & Policy
How AI Scores English Language Tests, and What Human Examiners Still Do
Every year, millions of people take an English test to get into a university, obtain a visa or register for a profession. For most of the…
By Imogen Thackray
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Imogen Thackray
6 publications with Asian EFL Journal
Role: Senior Editor, Education & Mobility
Bio: Imogen Thackray is a London-based editor who writes about higher education policy, international student mobility and the economics of universities. Her work follows how immigration rules, funding reforms and demand from Asia shape the UK's universities, and what those changes mean for students, institutions and local economies. She leads Asian EFL Journal's Insights briefings, turning sector data and policy documents into clear, evidence-led analysis.
Publications by Imogen Thackray
Technology & Policy
Are AI detectors biased against non-native English writers? What the evidence shows
In 2023, one finding travelled further than almost any other piece of research on generative AI in education. Several detectors used to…
By Imogen Thackray
Education & Mobility
UK Student visa English language requirements explained, from SELT to university assessment
Two separate bodies check the English of an international student coming to Britain, and they apply different rules. The Home Office sets…
By Imogen Thackray
Technology & Policy
How Britain and Asia gamble compared across law, tradition and players
Britain and Asia approach gambling from opposite ends. Great Britain has built one of the world's largest and most open regulated markets,…
By Imogen Thackray
Technology & Policy
Three ways to regulate AI in the UK, China and South Korea
Governments everywhere agree that artificial intelligence needs rules. They disagree sharply on what kind. The UK, China and South Korea…
By Imogen Thackray
Education & Mobility
Asian students and the economics of UK higher education
For more than a decade, students from Asia have quietly underwritten the finances of British universities. That arrangement is now under…
By Imogen Thackray