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The UK is still the most popular destination for the Swiss, but the USA is catching up quickly, new research has shown from SALTA. Among all language destinations, the UK catered to the majority of Swiss students last year with 21.6% (around the same as in 2010), while the US catered to 19.3% – up 4%.

The UK’s ELT sector was encouraged to step out of the shadows and get proactive about its brands at the English UK Marketing conference last week. Delegates heard about market opportunities in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan and were given insights into branding by experts in the field.

Groupement FLE (GFLE) has cemented its status as a go-getting professional organisation after holding a recent weekend summit...

English UK has been successful in forcing a backtrack over the story of banned colleges which was distributed by the media last year after a briefing by the UK Border Authority. UKBA has laid the blame at the media, insisting two lists of colleges were distributed to press.

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has named the members of its commission on international recruitment practices that will decide the fate of US-oriented education agents in 2013. They announced their goal was to be "as open and inclusive as possible".

Canada has a golden opportunity to boost its profile as a study destination, said industry figures last week at the CBIE conference. One commentator said, “People have been keeping an eye for years on what Australia is doing, but now it's Canada." Efforts to act cohesively and use visa policy as an incentive are planned to capitalise on international student growth.

One of Turkey’s education agency associations, UED, organised a national TV appearance for one of its directors to boost the reputation of education agencies in the sector. Gülcin Taskin, a UED director, appeared on education news show Tercih Başar on the TGRT Haber channel.

TESOL International Association, the largest association for English language educators in the USA, and the US Department of State are to work together to increase America's role in meeting the growing demand for..

The English UK Fair, Singapore 2011 took place at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort last week. The fair brought together 29 English UK member centres and 42 study abroad agents from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. A programme of social events, seminars, and one-to-one appointments in a luxurious beachfront resort overlooking the […]

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.

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..

Last week in Moscow, officials from Languages Canada, representing the interests of French and English language schools across the country, signed

One of international education’s most important educator-agent networking events, the ICEF Berlin Workshop, was bigger and bolder than ever this year, with close to 2,000 delegates descending on the German capital for a three-day event aimed at forging new business relationships and ideas within international education. Many seasoned delegates seemed amazed at the stature of […]

President of the Canada Bureau for International Education (CBIE), Karen McBride, met the Libyan interim..