Wall Street English has recovered from the lows of the Covid-19 and annual growth in excess of 10% has allowed it to return to pre-2019 levels.

The head of the organisation representing language schools in Canada has called the decision to include some of their students in the international student cap “unconscionable”.

Though staffing numbers are down, language student figures in Canada are increasing after falling by nearly 100,000 last year, from a 2018 high of nearly 160,000 students.

The English Network kicked off the new year with the announcement that two more independent language schools are joining their group.

A successful 2017 for UK ELT made for widespread optimism at the English UK Academic Conference, with the industry now looking positively to the future after the 2015-2016 slump. "It’s been a much better year for UK ELT, there are lots of reasons to be optimistic," said Sarah Cooper of English UK.

The UK maintained a leading position in the global ELT market in 2014, but is losing market share as it faces increasing competition from other destinations, according to English UK’s annual statistics report.