In UK acquisition news, ELC Brighton/Eastbourne has reached an agreement to acquire English in Chester (EiC) following years of frequent collaboration.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has once again expressed concerns about meeting English language proficiency goals.

More than half of Britons are missing out love abroad after a poll revealed that 54% would avoid starting a holiday romance due to language barriers, but romantics will find hope in uptake of Spanish in schools.

San Diego State University laid off all its full-time ESL instructors in May in response to a "rapid change" in the nature of access to its courses, but former employees worry that the institution's language provision will no longer meet expectations.

Experts are worried that Vietnam’s plans to make all university graduates reach at least CEFR B1 in English by 2020 are set to fail.

Ukraine, China and Iraq are the three countries where employers are most likely to offer a better starting package to employees with good English skills, according to a new survey.

China will roll out the National English Proficiency Test by 2020 as the country makes a breakthrough in developing the first comprehensive scaling system for teaching, learning and testing of the language, the Ministry of Education has said.

Rethinking business models with a focus on smaller margins but bigger scale is essential for businesses keen to work in India and help cater to the burgeoning demand for English and skills training, experts and stakeholders recommended at a British Council-organised English Partnerships Forum last week on English Skills for Employability.