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Coventry University’s joint institution in Hainan sees first students graduate

Coventry University is celebrating the graduation of the first students from its joint institute in China - and is planning to teach more students overseas in their home countries.

Cambridge researcher scoops top dissertation prize

Cambridge University Press & Assessment’s Dr Nick Glasson has won the Jacqueline Ross TOEFL Dissertation Award for his...

Language professionals challenge “native” requirement in hiring

Open letter to Council of Europe demands clarity. After months of collaboration, educators Vincent Richard, Ana Jovic, Meri Maroutian...

British author’s interactive novel to benefit English language learners

Best-selling author Saviour Pirotta will co-create his latest novel, The Case of the Blue Mask, with thousands of...

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.

China’s Ministry of Education is pro English learning

China Daily has now published the Chinese government’s reaction to the proposal that the time spent studying English in state schools should remain at...

Jamaican teacher wants to bring it home

One of this year’s recipients of a Chevening Scholarship is Venice Irving, from Kingston, Jamaica. Chevening is the UK Government’s international scholarships and fellowships...

Sterling crisis favours UK unis, but not yet language schools

“This is good news for international students,” one commentator on the woes of the pound, told Singapore’s Straight Times, noting this was around the...

Learning English again debated in China

As reported in the Global Times, the importance – or not – of Chinese children learning English at school is once again in the...

US and Spain renew educational exchange

The USA and Spain have a memorandum of understanding to study each other’s languages and culture which was renewed this week, reports The Local. The...

USA’s English bill

According to the dailymail.com, America’s bill for teaching Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in all years from Kindergarten through 12th grade, the final year...
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