The PIE News team

IALC has announced the launch of IALC Online, a new specialised online course area for international study travel agencies to meet the needs of language learners across the world.

Sinorbis is giving free access to its software to international education providers that are struggling to stay connected to Chinese students.

An open letter to education agency partners from a consortium of well known ELT operators: Dear Friends, I hope you are keeping safe and well, and are coping with the very difficult trading conditions due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We wanted to write this joint letter from many of your leading partner schools, to try […]

ETS has introduced the TOEFL iBT® Special Home Edition test, a safe option for test takers affected by test center closures stemming from COVID-19.

Calls are mounting for further international student support in Australia, with IEAA calling for a national hardship fund, Melbourne city council talking about hardship support and a No Worker Left Behind campaign taking off.

Heads of ELT associations have told The PIE that urgent appeals for government support – and supporting members' shift to online provision and community building – are the new modus operandi during the COVID-19 crisis.

The EAIE has delivered an open letter to the European Commission, applauding it on the steps taken so far and issuing an appeal for continued attention on several fronts.

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit has been confirmed available for international students in Canada if they meet certain requirements. 

COVID-19 is decimating Australia's ELICOS sector and without immediate government support, many colleges will be forced to close, the CEO of English Australia has warned.

A London-based seed fund building a technology portfolio to tackle the growing hole in contemporary work-centred skills is attracting a "dream team" of investors.