Monday, December 23, 2024

General News

Taiwan news

The Taiwanese government has announced that it hopes to increase the number of ‘English only’ state schools by 25%, bringing to 257 the number of English medium schools expected...

Fighting with English

The West has been providing Ukraine with military aid in various forms, from Leopard tanks coming from Germany...

UK union dispute settled after protests

A dispute between British Studies Centres (BSC) and the TEFL Workers Union in the UK on behalf of...

AP takes French leave of its senses

The AP style book, seen as the bible for US journalists looking to improve their writing, made a...

Teacher shortage hits Korea

The number of native speakers heading to Korea to teach English has plummeted to one-third of its pre-pandemic...

US cuts English in shelters

The Trump administration is cancelling English language classes, recreational activities and legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children staying in federally-contracted shelters. Children found illegally entering...

News in brief

ESTONIA: Estonia’s Minister of Education, Mailis Reps, announced in May that state secondary school students with high-level English will be able to take Cambridge...

British government under scrutiny over treatment of students in Toeic test scandal

The UK Parliament’s watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has criticised the UK government for its handling of the cases of thousands of international...

Australia mourns Aiia

Aiia Maasarwe was studying English at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, when she was raped and murdered. A 20-year-old man has been charged. In...

…as ICE rounds up TOEFL test cheats

Agents of US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) have arrested five US nationals of Chinese origin in connection with an impersonation scam. The suspects are...

Hundreds held in fake Uni sting…

The ‘University of Farmington’ in Michigan was closed at the end of January when a federal indictment was unsealed, revealing that the institution, operating...
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