Students across the world interested in studying English in the UK, can now search for courses on their mobile phones using the English in Britain app. The platform also allows them to contact course providers and even shortlist their favourites.
The app is part of a suite of electronic media recently developed by English in Britain, a company that has electronically published UK English language course data for the past 25 years. Developers say the app is a “slimmed down” version of the English in Britain website.
The platform allows students to contact course providers and even shortlist their favourites
Director of English in Britain, David Blackie, told The PIE News he’s expecting in excess of 25,000 downloads in the app’s first year.
“The number of international students and agents researching courses on English in Britain specifically using mobile devices rose by almost 200% in 2013, and we expect both the new website and the app to add impetus to this trend” Blackie said.
The app is free to download on Android and iOS via The Apple App Store and at Google Play and offers high speed multiple criteria searches and a “My EiB” feature, which allows students to manage a shortlist of their favourite schools and courses.
Blackie said students can keep the app for six weeks or six months. “It’s a no lose situation, there are no obligations, we don’t pass on any student data or ask any questions, it works well, it works fast.”
English in Britain first came onto the scene in 1990 when it published an installable offline database of UK English language courses who payed a small fee to be listed.
A new responsive design of the website that was originally launched in 1997 has been debuted along side the app as well as a downloadable guide.
Blackie ruled out the idea of expanding the app to include information on other providers. “The important thing is to get everything right for ELT in Britain, which is the sector to which I am wholly committed”.
