ABOUT US
Driving Software Testing Forward in the UK and Ireland Region
UK and Ireland Testing Board (UKITB) is a not for profit legal entity formed in 2007 whose roles include:
Support for ISTQB® certification schemes in the UK
Provision of accreditation for ISTQB® trainers and training materials in the UK via our exam partners (BCS and iSQI)
Working with testers, employers, education and other standard bodies to advance the professionalism of the software testing profession in the UK
The power behind UK language ISTQB® exams for BCS, iSQI and other international ISTQB® Exam Boards
Leading the industrialisation of Software Testing within the UK market through process consistency and standards adoption


WHO ARE WE?
The UK and Ireland Testing Board (UKITB) is made up of volunteers from within the UK. The Directors work on a voluntary basis on the board. All are specialists, practitioners, consultants and trainers that have experience in software testing and quality assurance related positions.
The board represents a cross section of testing companies from the UK (large companies, smaller companies and training providers) where no more than 49% of the board can be selected from any one company.
Each board member has a set of defined responsibilities as shown in the image.
LATEST NEWS
NEWS
Recent Posts
- UKITB Partner at Agile, DevOps & Testing: The Business Case 7th April 2021
- UKITB Partner at Agile, DevOps & Testing Expo 15th January 2021
- UKITB Professional Partner 25th November 2020
- UKITB TMMi Survey 13th October 2020
- TESTEXPO AND AGILE & DEVOPS EXPO 2020 6th October 2020
Great to see the UKITB supporting the National Ice Hockey League return to play.
Lets go Telford Tigers
Join us at Test & Quality Summit in Dublin on 29 Apr for the next chapter in software testing and software quality. Talks include topics such as AI, Test Automation, SaFe, Valuing your Role and more! http://bit.ly/TQS2020
#softwaretesting #testingevent #softwarequality
pleased, excited, honoured, delighted, to be the 2019 Programme Chair - also apprehensive and humbled, and joyfully aware of how much I will learn from you all in this coming year! #EuroSTARConf 2019 https://twitter.com/esconfs/status/1063045557122412544
Our #EuroSTARConf 2019 Programme Chair is ..... Isabel Evans @IsabelE_Test 2
Day 4 #EuroSTARConf... and at the end of the conference, I am proud and honoured to be announced as the Programme Chair for EuroSTAR 2019, in Prague, Theme for 2019 is "working well" - call for papers is open...
ISTQB IN A NUTSHELL
ISTQB® Vision – ” To continually improve and advance the software testing profession by: Defining and maintaining a Body of Knowledge which allows testers to be certified based on best practices, connecting the international software testing community, and encouraging research.”
WHY NOT STAY IN TOUCH
and events where you can come and talk to UK and Ireland Testing Board representatives.