The representative associations of Spanish language providers in leading study destinations have partnered to improve teacher training, market research and quality assurance.

The demand for Spanish language tuition in Chinas has “increased 30 fold" over the past 15 years but it is not being met with sufficient teachers and educational support according to Lu Jingsheng, the Chinese government’s national coordinator for Spanish.

Spain-based language school Babylon Idiomas has closed all its centres and will file for insolvency next week. The company has not paid staff, host families or agent partners since January and students have been unable to recover course fees, The PIE News has learned.

Chief Executive at English UK, Eddie Byers, has stated that the UK's ELT sector needs to work harder to make the government understand it is a "key feed" into the HE sector. And English Australia's Sue Blundell wowed ALTO delegates with data illustrating Australia's growth and grasp of stats.

US students studying abroad in Spain contribute more than €200 million to the national economy through local transportation, mobile phones, travel and cultural activities, according to the Association of North American Programs in Spain.

Following a successful 15th annual conference in Salamanca, Spanish language school association FEDELE is investing heavily in its strategy over the coming months with plans to ultimately deliver a national strategy for Spanish in Spain in 2015. It is also currently in the process of formalising its partner agency scheme.

King Felipe of Spain spoke this week with current students and alumni of the Fulbright Program about the importance of academic exchange at the Institute of International Education. Speaking at the event the king said the programme "has had an enormous impact when it comes to building bridges between societies and cultures."

International students entering higher education institutions in Spain no longer need to pass the country’s competitive entrance exam. Instead universities will now be responsible for creating their own admissions exams in a move that should open up Spanish HE to more global students from 2015.