By Claudia Civinini. At the same conference, a delighted trade commissioner announced that Canada had reached its goal to host more than 450,000 students as of December 2017 – a target that was set for 2022. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Intensive English Language providers in the US saw another year of declining enrolments in 2018, but there is a silver lining: the downward trend has started to “level” at 10% compared with 20% the previous year, new IIE figures have revealed. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Canadian exam board Paragon Testing Enterprises will offer its Canadian Academic English Language Test in China thanks to an agreement with the National Education Examinations Authority of the Chinese Ministry of Education. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Languages Canada members welcomed 6% more students in 2018 than in 2017, with a 2% rise in student weeks and seven out of the top-10 source countries reporting increases on the previous year. But growth was concentrated mostly in the public sector, and members reported concerns around visa refusals. More...

By Claudia Civinini. One of the longest-established language schools in the UK, Torquay International School, has become the latest addition to the International House network. More...

By Claudia Civinini. “The Home Office thinks it is acceptable to have so little regard for the impact its actions might have on innocent people”: this is how the Public Accounts Committee described the Home Office’s handling of the TOEIC case and international students allegedly cheating in their TOEIC exam. More...

By Claudia Civinini. Over 25,000 students have enrolled in an Italian as a second language course in Italy in 2018, data by the Association of Schools of Italian as a Second Language (ASILS) revealed. More...

By Claudia Civinini. The London School of English has received top marks in its recent British Council inspection report, an achievement it shares with another four BC-accredited English language schools in the country. More...