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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...

‘Highly regarded language school’ acquired by English Path

Ireland-based English language school, NCG Dublin, has been acquired by ELT network, English Path. In an announcement yesterday, English path have the said the...

English underground

From a bunker 105 metres under Kyiv, two entrepreneurial Ukrainians, Oleksii Zinchenko and Maryna Gordiienko, launched Grade University. As reported by tech.eu, Grade University is...

Stranded Spanish students finally get Galway school places

Shortly after our story about the sudden closure of IH Galway, we received an email from an irate Spanish agent asking us to reveal...

Scandal-hit Vietnamese centres set to re-open

Vietnamese English-school chain Apax Holdings, which operates Apax Leaders English centres throughout Vietnam, has become embroiled in yet more controversy after closing centres without...

England’s educational mainstream buys into EFL

Oxford School of English, one of the few remaining non-chain language schools in the famous university town, has been sold to a state sector...

Ireland to regulate EFL teachers’ pay

The Irish government is set to introduce a Joint Labor Council (JLC) for the English language sector which will regulate teachers' terms and conditions,...
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