Immersive language education will need reforming and ring-fencing according to providers and agents, in order to ensure the longterm viability of the sector.

Two new reports researched six months apart contrast the positive picture of UK ELT in 2019 with the shocking impact of Covid-19 just months later.

IALC and technology provider Edvisor have announced the launch of a series of Virtual Roadshows taking place over the next 12 months.

I think we are very much at a pivotal point for our industry. We need to figure out how are we going to change and adapt moving forward

The numbers of students coming to English language schools in Ireland could drop by 120,000 this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, MEI has warned.

St Giles International has announced that St Giles New York City will close on July 31, citing the Covid-19 lockdown and travel restrictions as factors.

MEI has warned that there is "real danger" of the country's ELT industry with an estimated value of around €880m for the economy being wiped out.

The pandemic's effect on UK ELT was debated in parliament this week, as MPs asked the government to extend the support it is providing.