Europe

The Association of British Language Schools discussed UK accreditation rules at its AGM this month...

Following pressure from universities, politicians and students, the French ministry of education has promised to relax measures introduced this year that make it harder for non-EU students to work and live in France

As part of a long-term strategy to improve its facilities, London-based English language school, Malvern House, has unveiled its..

To meet the increasing demand for business insight into China in the West, the Cheung Kong Graduate School of....

Language travel agencies who wish to join English UK’s Partner Agency Scheme will find it easier to do so now that a specialist online briefing course has gone live, the association has announced.

A new association to represent the many international education agencies operating across Europe was launched this summer in a bid to support industry development on the continent.

A close alliance when it comes to education looks like an inevitable outcome of recent government talks between Germany and Vietnam. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been in Vietnam and..

More than 2,000 English language students had a great evening at an event co-hosted by English UK and corporate member Lost in London earlier this year. Fiestaval, held in July, featured samba dancers, Brazilian drummers, aerial performers, jugglers, beat boxers and many other eye- catching performers from different cultures. It attracted students from all over […]

It was a record-breaking year for StudyWorld London, a trade workshop organised by association, English UK, with almost 900 delegates from all over the world attending its international student recruitment fair – attended by education agencies and institutions hoping to broker business relationships with them. Opening the event, Tony Millns, English UK’s Chief Executive, said […]

With many young international students congregating in Malta each summer with the intention to enjoy themselves – and learn some English at the same time – it is not the first time that unruly language students causing disarray have hit the headlines in Malta. But a series of violent incidences and scenes of disorder have […]

A solution has been found to the fiasco of having no appropriate body able to verify the quality and integrity of English language schools and various other private education providers in the UK. The government announced today that the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) will take charge […]

A long-awaited cohesive brand for Ireland’s international education sector was revealed on March 24 by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton. Ambitious plans to double the amount of foreign students in the university sector were also unveiled, from the current base of 26,000, and […]

Accreditation surprise and low-risk countries revealed in UKBA re-jig: The UK Border Authority (UKBA) has announced that it won’t be using the accreditation agencies that it mandated previously to verify the quality of privately operated schools, such as English language schools, for Student Visa issuance. This leaves a question mark over the role that schemes such […]

The new UK student visa system ushered in by UKBA on April 21 this year will enable tighter checks on applicants’ financial integrity, after concern that there was abuse in the previous system. Up until April, students had to prove funds (of £600 per month or £800 per month if studying in London) upon application […]

A much more rigorous student visa system was ushered in by the UK government in March, only days after the Home Affairs Committee published its report cautioning against damaging the thriving educational export sector. The main changes include the abolition of work rights for students at private sector institutions, while those at further education colleges […]