The true cost of teachers
In the UK, minimum wage is calculated for every hour a worker is required to be on site, awake and on duty. Plus, any...
Foreign students flood into the Netherlands
The “Anglicisation” of higher education in the Netherlands has caused a “code red crisis.” So begins a petition to the Dutch Parliament, sent in...
Demand grows for year-round young learner provision
Stick with the specialist schools says Melanie Butler
The demand for year-round courses for groups of young learners is growing across Europe, most strongly in...
Irish eye a Brexit bounce for ELT
Figures recently released by language schools’ association Marketing English in Ireland (MEI), show that the sector’s total student enrolments for 2018 was just over...
Academic excellence comes at a cost
Melanie Butler finds great CLIL summer courses, but choose with care
The demand from the CLIL countries is clear: they want summer courses with Content...
EU agrees emergency funds for Erasmus in the UK
On 25 March, just four days before the UK was originally scheduled to leave the EU, the European Parliament rushed through a regulation protecting...
