Saturday, June 7, 2025

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Green for go

Good news for overseas students hoping to study in England this autumn – and for the schools here offering ESL – is the country’s latest...

Online learning boom

The worldwide online English-language learning market will be worth around €8.4 billion this year, according to Polish online language-learning platform startup Novakid. And, within...

Expanding offerings

Showing how to think outside the box, EC is now expanding into the world of tech training by joining forces with DEVBLOC. DEVBLOC is...

The students are coming

In a much-needed boost to educational institutions, international students are keen to get going with their courses abroad. Statistics from International Student Crossroads Research show...

China outlaws profit-making private tuition

China has made it illegal for companies to make a profit from after-school tuition services for school-age children. Although mainly aimed at the academic...

Plane talking

On 22 July, 100 English language students, all of whom had tested positive for Covid, boarded the first medical evacuation flight from Malta to...

Kaplan International frees up nearly US$1billion in capital reserves as pandemic hits profits hard

In June this year some £635 million was transferred from the capital reserves of the three UK- based holding companies which form part of...

About face

Malta is to close all language schools from Wednesday 14 July and ban unvaccinated tourists as Covid cases soar, the Deputy Prime Minister Christopher...

Language schools seek support

Reporting on the All Party Parliamentary Group round table: Securing the Future of English Language Teaching in the UK after Covid To set the scene,...

Student numbers tumble

Survey after survey shows the damage Covid has wreaked on the EFL industry We first reported the (unsurprising) massive drop in English language students coming...