Friday, June 6, 2025

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Chain school update from Down Under

A couple of new language school chains seem to be emerging from Down Under as Australia’s Elicos gradually recovers from Covid. Browns English Language...

New international British school to open in Malaysia

Concord College International Limited, together with award-winning property developer Sunsuria Berhad, have teamed up to create a new British academic centre in Sunsuria City,...

Testing boosts coffers

Pearson, the UK’s largest education company, has reported first-half-year profits of £131 million, up from £18 million. Interestingly, this is not primarily from its...

Chinese scammers target EF parents

A social media post claiming all EF schools in China were about to close and asking parents to provide their bank account details went...

See you next year?

Nearly 20 UK language centres will not re-open until next year, according to information on the British Council website, including 12 summer school operations....

EU fund supports English language chain in Central Asia

When Mongolian language schools owner Purevdash Jalbuu needed funding to expand his small chain of schools into neighbouring Kazakhstan, he reached out to the...

Visa aid

A pioneering partnership between Pearson and Talent Beyond Boundaries is helping skilled refugees settle in new countries, as Sasha Hampson explains Russia’s recent invasion of...

Australia feeling the teacher-shortage pinch

Australia is facing a severe shortage of English Language teachers, according to two professors at Deakin University . Writing in the Conversation Roderick Neilsen...

Poland’s anti-war game in English

Unlike standard war-based video games, This War of Mine isn’t from a soldier’s perspective, but from the civilians’. Players have to make difficult choices...

Ireland turning students away

Ireland’s potential English language students are being turned away due to the accommodation shortage, according to The Irish Times.  The situation has been exacerbated by...