Do teachers need degrees?
Research shows it matters, says Melanie Butler
Across the developed world, a first degree is a prerequisite for teachers working in mainstream education, but not...
London teachers get payout after direct action
A group of EFL teachers at a Central London language school who were made redundant on 20 December have won an “enhanced redundancy package,”...
Top for under-16s
Melanie Butler explains the ranking of language centres for young learners
Click here to see PDF of top YL centres
Language centres for young learners are...
Linking up the data
Melanie Butler looks at chain schools
How good are the chains? First, we need to define what we mean by a chain. In the UK,...
How learning Chinese improved Ernie’s English
A Chinese Artificial intelligence (AI) platform has improved AI understanding of both Chinese and English, reports Yu Sun and colleagues from Baidu Inc., Beijing.
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Who does best in the Young Learner rankings?
Melanie Butler examines the results sector by sector
Two things set the UK junior market apart from competitor countries. First, most of the courses are...
