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120% hike threatens Irish language schools

Representing over 60 accredited language schools, English Education Ireland urges an immediate review and pause of a new immigration policy more than doubling financial proof for non-visa students. English Education...

Password reveals smarter way to test

Password Skills Plus is now available for universities to brand as their own. While Password English Language Testing handles test delivery and invigilation, results are sent directly and exclusively to the university, ensuring faster admissions decisions and preventing applicant data leaks.

Kaplan-owned summer schools named and shamed

Summer school operator Alpadia UK Ltd – now owned by Kaplan – was one of over 500 companies...

VAT fears vanish from most UK language schools

UK Language schools are heaving a sigh of relief after fears that their fees might be subject to...

Wall Street English launch Speak+

Wall Street English have launched Speak+, a new service providing immersive English speaking practice classes. Speak+ consists of English...

Wall Street Shuffle

In our favourite example of pass the financial parcel so far, Barings Private Equity and CITIC Capital have announced the sale of Wall Street...

Seven IH schools close in Eastern Spain

Teachers in facemasks held a demonstration in Terrassa, Catalonia’s third largest city, following the closure of the local International House (IH) school, one of...

How Inspired Education beat the curse of Covid-19 and won

At the end of June, picture- perfect British boarding school King’s College St Michaels in Tenbury Wells closed, making all the staff redundant. The...

Closures keep coming as UK ELT reopens

In mid-August, Thompkins Education Group announced that all five of its TEG English centres, including the recently opened Birmingham centre, had ceased trading. Another...

MPs call for help as third of UK Language schools face closure

An estimated thirty per cent of UK language schools are not expected to survive the summer, British parliamentarians heard during a debate on the...

UK government bails out British Council

The UK government has given the British Council a second cash injection of £60 million, according to the Guardian newspaper. The money, which comes...
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