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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...

‘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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