Seven language schools go in North America
A flurry of language school closures in North America demonstrates the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the language travel industry.
Stafford House, owned by Chinese...
Virtual Language Institute enrols 300,000 in Syria
As Covid-19 moves English language teaching online, thousands of Syrian English language students displaced by war and separated by the 10-year-old conflict are catching...
Maltese teachers’ plight hits headlines again
Maltese EFL teachers are struggling to get by as financial assistance, promised by the government, has been slow in arriving, according to the Times...
Ten-year-old teaches English to thousands
A ten-year-old New Yorker has recently established an online English programme teaching tens of thousands of students in countries including China, Mexico, Germany, Singapore...
London’s North Koreans learn English online
North Korean defectors living in the UK, many of whom have lost their jobs and don’t qualify for government Covid-19 financial support, are intensifying...
Covid pushes BC to the brink
The British Council is facing financial disaster as the global pandemic has forced 203 of its language schools worldwide to close, as well as...
