By Sara Custer. The publisher of the QS University World Rankings, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, has taken on a Japanese investor to support its expansion into Asia. More...
English3 launches online classroom readiness course
By Sara Custer. US-based corporate ESL provider English 3 has moved into the education sector with the launch of a video-based entrance exam and a student classroom-readiness course. More...
Four million students now enrolled at English medium schools
By Natalie Marsh. The number of students studying at English-medium international schools globally reached a record-level four million students last month, according to the International School Consultancy. More...
Loyalist school teachers strike over pay
By Natalie Marsh. Teachers from the Vancouver campus of Loyalist Group owned school, PGIC, have been on strike since last Wednesday after negotiations over wages hit an impasse. More...
UK school rolls out ESL for foreign doctors
By Natalie Marsh. A new language training course is being launched to prepare overseas doctors to communicate effectively in English in a hospital environment. More...
What works offline doesn’t work online: edtech stakeholders
By Beckie Smith. Online learning requires new pedagogy and social strategies in order to attract and engage students, according to edtech leaders. Big data and increasing investments in the sector will drive innovation in digital learning, they asserted. More...
Canada: language students stable after 2013 drop
By Beckie Smith. Student numbers in Canada’s language teaching sector have begun to stabalise after falling almost 10% in 2013, representative body Languages Canada’s 2014 annual report has revealed. More...
Australia aims to tackle accommodation shortage
By Beckie Smith. Insufficient and costly purpose-built student accommodation may be putting Australia at a competitive disadvantage when recruiting internationally, research commissioned by the International Education Association of Australia has suggested. More...
ALTO proposes industry standard for language travel bookings
By Beckie Smith. The Association of Language Travel Organisations, a globally representative body of language schools and agents, has proposed introducing an industry-wide standard for how language courses are presented to cut down the time and human resources it takes agents to interpret schools’ offerings and make bookings. More...
India, Aus trade agreement to include upskilling
By Natalie Marsh. The planned Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between Australia and India will enable Australia to contribute to the mass upskilling of India’s youth population, said Belinda Robinson, chief executive of Universities Australia, this week. More...