Meet The iPass Team
iPass is a new and innovative teaching project that is the brainchild of teachers Jenny Bedwell and Nigel Haines.
Jenny Bedwell & Nigel Haines
As teachers, between us we have over 30 years teaching experience and have taught English as a foreign language in several countries including the UK, China, Japan, Hungary, Dubai, Spain, Greece and Portugal.
We both continue to teach a wide range of English language courses, but with the increasing interest in IELTS we are focusing our attention on developing material to help candidates who are preparing for the Academic IELTS exam.
We have realised how important this exam is to so many people worldwide in achieving academic success and advancing professional careers in an increasingly global and competitive job market.
We also believe that more IELTS exam preparation material should be freely available online, particularly for the speaking and writing tests. With our combined experience in oral examining and materials writing, we decided that this was something we could help with.
As a result, we have researched and developed this website which is designed to provide candidates with high quality IELTS practice material for the writing and speaking components of the exam.
We hope you find our website helpful, and if you have any question related to the content of the site which you would like to direct to us, please use the email provided or alternatively post a message on our IELTS student forum!
Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison is a freelance author, materials writer and consultant, specialising in tests and grammar. He has written numerous practice test and skills books for the FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, BEC and BULATS exams, mainly for Oxford University Press and Macmillan/Heinemann, and also for Thomson/Cengage and Marshall Cavendish.
He has many years of experience as a writer, Chair and consultant for Cambridge ESOL, working on FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, BEC and BULATS. His grammar books include Grammar Spectrum and Oxford Practice Grammar Basic, both for OUP. He has also written extensively for CD-ROMs and online resources, including test materials for FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC and IELTS. He lives in London.
Russell Whitehead
Russell Whitehead is a freelance author, based in Cambridge UK. He has written or co-written ten books, including a teacher's book and test books for all levels of BEC (OUP, Summertown/Economic Science Press), BULATS (Marshall Cavendish) and IELTS (Thomson/Cengage).
He also writes material for CD-ROMs and EFL websites. He has done consultancy work for UK universities, British Council and Cambridge ESOL. He is closely involved in test production for Cambridge ESOL and writes a regular column in the IATEFL Newsletter 'Independence'.