Nine language schools selected from more than 400 language schools won prizes at the third ESL Language Travel Awards, held in Spain this November.

The EducationUSA Forum convened more than 500 university representatives to discuss HE recruitment avenues, such as those already at US boarding schools.

Brooklyn School of Languages has been named ESL’s English school of the year, while Institut Européen de Français Montpellier has also been rewarded in the inaugural ESL Language Travel Awards.

Canada-based KGIC (formerly Loyalist Group) has said a statement issued last year declaring the sale of Korean education agency Uhak.com “may have been premature”, as the sale of the asset had not been consummated.

Some ESL providers in Canada have chosen not to comply with new KASP requirements and have been taken off the list of eligible recipients. Meanwhile, others which have, say student numbers continue to fall.

Educational institutions in Vietnam have been directed to implement English as a second language on campuses, as the country aims to compete in the global marketplace.

An organisation backed by the Chinese government is aiming to attract native English speakers from the UK to teach English in China through a new internship programme.

Cambridge Education Group's English language school division, Stafford House International, has acquired two Canadian centres owned by Omnicom School of Languages.