Thursday, May 1, 2025

2025 Issues

TOEFL: Assessing the test

How does the new TOEFL Writing assess test-takers’ use of grammar? Joanna Buckle examines the test and gives her take The TOEFL has gone from being a test with an...

Global Scale of English 10 years on

As the Global Scale of English celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Mike Mayor, Senior Director for the GSE, reflects on its impact and considers how it can continue to support our teaching efforts in the future.

British Council: five trends to watch out for this year

The British Council have released their annual ‘Five Trends in International Education’ report, focused on the relationship between...

What on earth is going on in the US?

The Trump administration continues to show hostility to international students and multilingual learners of English, as they freeze...

Student accommodation struggling to ‘keep pace’ with demand

Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) continues to lag behind global demand, according to a new report from BONARD. In general,...

Egypt: new English language curriculum for students

UNICEF Egypt, alongside the British Council, will work with Egypt’s Ministry of Education on a new English language curriculum for secondary school students. The curriculum...

US: what now for students?

It’s been just over a week since Trump’s second inauguration. In that time, TikTok went dark then came back again, Google have said they...

EU: TOEFL iBT cost increase for test takers

English testing organisation, ETS, is now charging sales tax on its TOEFL iBT Test in the EU, according to The PIE News. ETS are citing...

UK: British Council’s debt could put its art collection at risk

The British Council may have to part with its art collection, worth £200 million, due to outstanding debt. This is according to reports from...

UK: 2025 sees uptick in international student enrolment

Universities look set for a better 2025, according to a report from the Times Higher Education. So far, January has seen an increase in the...
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