Over 400 offer holders to Niagara College, Canada, from India have been told to re-sit their IELTS or risk losing admission after the institutions raised concerns about the English language proficiency of a current cohort of students who had been tested in the same test centre.

Online provider, E2Language, has been recognised for reaching 100,000 subscribers on two of its channels as it pushes to become the number one ranked test preparation service and develop its live streaming capabilities.

British Study Centres will be opening new franchise school in Kiev on November 11 which will focus on ELT.

The Language Gallery has announced the launch of two new schools, improving its global reach in Canada and Germany.

IDP Education has entered into an agreement to purchase a 20% holding in HCP, a Chinese company specialising in delivering English language test preparation materials.

International student placement company, IDP Education, has released its first year results for the 12 months to June 30 that reveal 32% growth in net-profit to A$40m.

Researchers looked at 16-19 year old test takers in 35 countries sitting the IELTS exam for academic or immigration motives and found that in some countries, girls do outperform boys in English language proficiency by a small margin.

IDP Education Limited, a global international student recruiter and co-owner of the IELTS exam is aiming to raise A$331.6m in its initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).