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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.

Mongolia opens English Language Teaching Center of Excellence

With support from the US Embassy and a range of international partners, Mongolia's new Center of Excellence will...

ENACT app brings world cultures to classrooms

Free "Around the World Club" package from Newcastle University distributed to schools worldwide. Helping to integrate children from all...

British Council launches second year of Action Research programme

The British Council has launched the second year of its Action Research programme, awarding grants to thirteen new researchers. 

Ukraine partners with Cambridge on English language education 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MoES) are joining forces to...

English to be taught in Jerusalem pre-schools

A pilot programme to teach English in 50 of Jerusalem’s kindergartens will begin next spring, according to The Jerusalem Post. If successful, the programme...

Indiana wants you

The teacher shortage is being felt all over the world, but the state of Indiana, in the US, has launched a new initiative in...

Tokyo has a new attraction for those who enjoy ‘bad’ translations

UltraSuperNew is a creative agency in Tokyo and it’s recently opened a new exhibit sponsored by the language learning app Duolingo at its UltraSuperNew...

Too many international students are going Dutch, say politicians

The Dutch parliament has called upon the country’s universities to stop marketing their degree courses to international students in order to cut the number...

Is Lebanon too little to rank?

The arrival of the latest English Proficiency Index (EPI) from Education First (EF) has led to the normal splash headlines in the English language...

Vietnam allows British Council to administer IELTS exam again

As previously reported here (‘Exams on hold in Vietnam’, 11 November 2022), Vietnam suspended the British Council, and other foreign administers of IELTS, from...
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