English Australia celebrated excellence in the ELICOS sector earlier this month when it revealed the winners of the 2023 English Australia industry awards.

BROWNS English Language School has opened a new location in Melbourne as it seeks to expand its footprint across Australia.

The peak body for the ELICOS sector in Australia has hit a milestone of 40 years in the international education industry this year.

Australia has announced it is ending a visa that sector stakeholders say students have been utilising to end their studies early and access full time work in the country.

Australia's ELICOS sector ended 2022 at 56% of pre-pandemic student numbers 2019, according to the country's peak body for the English language sector.

IH Sydney has opened its seventh campus in Australia with a new centre in Adelaide, offering English language, teaching and business qualifications.

Australia's educational institutions welcomed almost 620,000 international students in 2022, an 8% rise on the previous year, but still considerably down on pre-pandemic figures. Yet, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows promising news on student arrivals.

The ELICOS sector had the highest volume increase in commencements of any sector in Australia in 2022, according to the 2022 ELICOS Market Analysis by English Australia.