Six language schools in Australia, Malta, France and Germany have become new members of the International Association of Language Centres this month, bringing the total membership to 158 schools.
The Quality Assurance in Language Education Network, a worldwide network of English language accreditation bodies, has officially launched its website and branding this month, following a symposium in Malta. The developments put the organisation on track to create a forum for sharing best practice and comparing accreditation systems used in different countries.
The Global Alliance of Education and Language Associations, a group of 19 language school associations and related organisations worldwide, has officially endorsed the London Statement.
The British Accreditation Council is working with the Higher Education Council in Bahrain to deliver the country’s first national institutional accreditation scheme for higher education.
Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority has established an awarding body to regulate technical and vocational education as the government aims to fill growing skills gaps.
Europe’s leading quality monitoring organisation in language education, Eaquals, has seen growing interest from universities keen to accredit courses in foreign languages as they aim to internationalise campuses.
The British Accreditation Council has gained a European accreditation endorsement this month, which new CEO Paul Fear says will help the organisation expand its international projects.
An alternative provider in the UK has lost its licence to recruit international students after an investigation has been launched by BIS and QAA. The news follows concerns raised over access to student loan funding at APs.
Earlier this month, IEP provdiers gathered at the second annual English USA stakeholders conference where dialogue centred around sector-wide growth that is being driven by quality control and major expansion into pathway programmes.
In the wake of the huge UK exam fallout from last week that resulted in the suspension of licences at 57 private colleges and three universities, Director of Quality Assurance at the Quality Assurance Agency, Stephen Jackson, has said the UK’s current regulatory landscape is not robust enough to prevent against the level of fraud detected.
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