Comparing data from Eurostat and the American Councils of International Education, Pew found that on average 92% of children in Europe study a foreign language in their education, compared to only 20% across the US.

Education agents in Turkey are expecting students to opt for affordable study destinations after a huge drop in the value of the Turkish lira, but there is hope that schools will drop prices, and Turkish education will be more attractive.

Stakeholders urged government to extend visa progression to ELT students to remove the need for those students to leave the country when applying for a visa.

EC English Language Centres’ Los Angeles school and Navitas Sydney School have been awarded joint first place in Ryugaku Journal's Best School Award 2018.

Trade union Unite has said a Bill that will enhance QQI's powers in the area of English language education "leaves English Language Teachers behind".

A 70-year old language teaching brand, Eurocentres, has sold its English language teaching interests - including owned schools and franchise rights - to a German venture capital firm with edtech interests, with the former Swiss owner citing the constraints of the charitable framework it was run within. 

Australia's ELICOS sector has continued its modest growth, increasing enrolments, student weeks and value in 2017, but a widening gap between the eastern states is developing.

CES Dublin has become a CELTA provider in a move that its director hopes will increase international recruitment on teacher training courses.