Nearly two thirds of English language students in Ireland intend to remain in the country to work or study despite Covid-19, a survey by PCN has found.

The Irish Council for International Students has criticised a government plan to exclude non-European students from a nationwide tuition fee rebate scheme.

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Contract cheating may have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis, but some new national initiatives aim to broaden awareness while ICAI stakeholders are coming together for an International Day of Action and registrations have soared.

English language schools in Ireland have been told by the government that they must deliver full-time in-person classes by October 12 in order to meet the needs of students already in the country.

English language school associations have responded to a letter from the Irish government recommending that they stop recruiting international students until 2021 because of “substantial concerns” around safety.

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.

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.