EC English has announced its Australia and New Zealand operations are closing with immediate effect, along with 3 school sites in the UK and US. CEO Andrew Mangion cited unsustainable business pressure and lack of government support for travel-reliant businesses in Aus and NZ contributing to the decision.
ELICOS commencement figures in Australia dropped to a 14 year low in 2020, recording a year-on-year fall of 43.3%, according to English Australia.
Australia’s English language providers “face extinction” in 2021 unless they are given additional government support and international students start returning to the country "at scale", a peak body has cautioned.
The Australian government has pledged $231.6 million to "ramp up" domestic marketing activities to encourage Australians to travel again.
ELT providers can harness the positives from Covid-19 and use them to reinvent what and how they deliver, according to speakers at the English Australia 2020 virtual conference.
The number of students commencing courses with Australian ELICOS providers dropped to 2013-14 levels in June 2020, an English Australia analysis has shown.
Immersive language education will need reforming and ring-fencing according to providers and agents, in order to ensure the longterm viability of the sector.
Education providers need to develop a "proper solution" for delivering English language programs urgently, the founder of E2Language has warned.
