Jon Aizlewood

The Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny, attended the MEI agent workshop last month and met education agents and members of Ireland's....

Taiwan is to join the UK’s Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme, paving the way for 1,000 young Taiwanese to come to Britain to work, travel or study. The agreement, which was finalised this month, will allow participants to stay in the UK for a two-year period on a multiple-entry visa...

The Irish government has announced the launch of a Student Ambassador programme to increase recruitment from the US, its biggest market, to mark International Education Week.

An international survey of education agencies, the i-graduate ICEF Agent Barometer, has found that Canada has become an increasingly popular study destination. The UK and the USA remain ahead of the pack, and the USA is being singled out as most likely to see more business in the next 12 months.

Are the rules of teaching English language too restrictive for a dynamic, living language? Big-thinking presenters answered such questions at English UK's recent teaching summit.

The education division of German tour operator TUI is to group three of its UK language schools under the ELC brand, raising the visibility of its ELT provision in the UK, while running all junior programmes under its EAC brand name.

The number of international students at colleges and universities in the USA reached 723,277 in 2010-11, up by five per cent to its highest point ever, according to this year’s Open Doors report. One of the most startling observations this year is that Chinese numbers were up 23.3% overall; with growth in the undergraduate sector up by an astonishing 43%.

"Maybe some other countries should learn from this approach and stop creating barriers and hurdles – it is not only a matter of our industry but also how they imagine their future"

US colleges and universities must adapt and collaborate with their peers abroad if they are to remain competitive, urges a new report by the American Council on Education, pointing out that the USA's market share is slipping..

Members of ALTO were told to "think mobile" at the latest Professional Development seminar hosted by the organisation; more and more of their customers will browse..