Jun 28th, 2010
Carlyle Group sells Wall Street Institute Schools in China to Pearson
US-based private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, has sold the Wall Street Institute (WSI) chain’s China operation to Pearson in a deal worth US$145 million. Under the deal, the UK education and publishing company takes control of 39 schools operating under the Wall Street English brand name, which last year enrolled more than 35,000 students. [...]
May 25th, 2010
First Lady Encourages Young People to Go Global
Michelle Obama recently spoke at the commencement ceremony for George Washington University’s class of 2010. She applauded those who “have volunteered and applied to organizations like Teach for America and the Peace Corps in record numbers.” The First Lady highlighted the benefits of international education and volunteer abroad programs, urging all young people to take [...]
Apr 26th, 2010
Chinese language courses gain popularity
The National Chinese Language Conference will meet in Washington DC thursday, bringing together more than 800 educators, policymakers and language advocates for a three-day meeting to discuss key issues in language instruction and research in a field that is currently experiencing dynamic growth. “There has been tremendous growth and interest in learning Chinese among schools [...]
Apr 16th, 2010
Foreign Language Learning and Study Abroad are Stronger Together
An article published by the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the recent trend of increases in U.S. students studying Arabic and other languages deemed by the federal government to be “critical foreign languages.” The Chronicle reports that resources provided by the federal government to colleges and universities in the past decade have strengthened programs in [...]
Feb 2nd, 2010
International student numbers up year on year
Latest figures from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for the year ending November 2009 have shown a year-on-year 17.7 per cent increase in full fee-paying international students. As of November last year there was a total of 629,618 enrolments and 362,926 commencements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector drawing the [...]
Nov 9th, 2009
Federation EIL well represented at WYSTC
WYSTC 2009 was held in Manchester, England from September 22 – 25. This was the 18th annual World Youth Student and Travel Conference but the first time it has been hosted in the United Kingdom. With over 100,000 university students and one of the largest populations of international students in Europe, Manchester was a very [...]
Sep 15th, 2009
Apple Languages launches web site with language course comp
Apple Languages, the new face of Language Courses Abroad has 14 year 111C s experience in language travel. Starting with Spanish in Spain, Apple Languages have developed a substantial base of language courses and a mass knowledge of the industry to help students who are dedicated to learning a language. Students from all over the [...]
Aug 3rd, 2009
Innovative language school in UK inspires town and students
The International School for Creative Learning (ISCL) is a unique language school with a creative and extremely effective approach to learning English. They incorporate a variety of improvisation techniques including theatre, music and art to activate their students’ learning. Local theatre companies including “Lights Up” and performing arts students from Folkestone University (UCF) directed by [...]
Jul 9th, 2009
Japan students rush for English-language education
TOKYO – At 28,000 dollars a year, a popular English language cram school course in Japan doesn’t come cheap, but its students hope the rewards will more than make up for the hefty tuition fee. The class is called “Route H” — short for “Route to Harvard”. Hundreds of schools like it have opened across [...]
Jul 9th, 2009
Language schools pessimistic
Two-thirds of English language schools are expecting student arrivals in the key season to be “worse” than last summer, answers to Feltom’s quarterly questionnaire to Malta’s schools have shown.
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