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EC London teachers in strike ballot

The first-ever strike ballot in the UK’s private TEFL sector is underway. Teachers at EC English London, members of the TEFL Workers’ Union (IWW), are balloting to strike, marking an...

BPL receives national grant for English language learning

BPL has received a $500,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of the foundation’s Libraries as Pillars of Education and Democracy initiative.

17% drop in international students a threat to university sustainability

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has responded to latest NSO data which reveals a 17%...

Chinese students at top Uni’s to get specialist careers support

Chinese students coming to study at two highly ranked, leading UK universities will now benefit from specialist support...

What does English UK’s 2025 student statistics report tell us?  

UK ELT held steady in a year of global uncertainty and turbulence, according to the latest annual figures...

More centres

As well as Pearson’s existing two PTE test centres in Istanbul, it has now opened two more PTE centres in Turkey. They are in...

A winner

It seems that immersive VR is going mainstream, as yet another platform steps up to take a prize. This time it’s Immerse, an edtech startup...

Cook up a language lesson

We all know that learning a new skill, whether it’s cooking or a foreign language, is easier if it’s put in context, so the...

Robot learning

You want little Junior to speak English? Why not buy him a robot friend to teach him? Talkbo is the invention from PopSand Robotics...

Polish language learning gets partner

Since 1948, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne SA (WSiP) has been running the ProfiLingua chain of foreign language schools and is the leading educational publisher...

Fortnite fosters English

A Japanese dad has come up with a way of harnessing the allure of online games like Fortnite with teaching English.  During Japan’s Covid-linked closures,...
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