By Claudia Civinini. Teaching quality and testimonials from peers are top of mind for prospective international students, while rankings seem to be losing importance in their decision making, an industry report carried out by website educations.com shows. More...
Estonian schools adopt Cambridge C1 Advanced
By Claudia Civinini. The Estonian ministry of education will offer school leavers the chance to take the C1 Advanced qualification from Cambridge Assessment English instead of their school-leaving English test, which is set at a B2 on the CEFR. More...
Flywire & UnionPay relaunch p’ship
By Claudia Civinini. Flywire and UnionPay have re-launched a promotional program providing Chinese students and patients discounted foreign exchange rates for tuition and healthcare payment after a successful run in 2018. More...
International students contributed €2bn to the Spanish economy – report
By Claudia Civinini. International students contributed an estimate of over €2bn to the Spanish economy in 2018, with language schools welcoming by far the largest cohort of students out of all sectors, a research report has found. More...
Student housing investment hit $17.1bn in 2018
By Claudia Civinini. Despite dipping slightly from 2017 to 2018, global investment in student accommodation totalled $17.1bn last year, entering its third year over $16bn, market research by Savills shows. More...
Bayswater to launch refugee summer program
By Claudia Civinini. A summer program for refugees with a focus on English and employability skills will be organised this year at the University of Nottingham by Bayswater Foundation, the charity arm of Baywater Education, as part of its one-for-one model. More...
Documentary on TOEIC case launched in Westminster
By Claudia Civinini. A powerful documentary exposing the devastating impact of the Home Office decision to revoke thousands of international students’ visas after the TOEIC cheating scandal in 2014 has been launched and screened in central London. More...
UK ELT passes the half a million student mark, but growth has slowed
By Claudia Civinini. The UK ELT industry passed the half a million student mark in 2018, new English UK statistics compiled in collaboration with Bonard revealed, but growth has slowed down especially for private sector members. More...
Tracking Canada’s “tremendous” growth curve
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...
NAO verdict: Innocent students may have been wrongly removed
By Claudia Civinini. “Some people may have been wrongly accused and in some cases, unfairly removed from the UK”: this is the verdict of the UK’s National Audit Office which has assessed the case of international students who were accused of cheating in TOIEC exams needed to gain the right to study in the country. More...