Mother and son win battle with school
Two English language teachers – a mother and son – who resisted unfair contracts at their Japanese eikaiwa (English conversation school) have won huge...
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...
‘English is not a foreign language in Quebec,’ says Quebec’s new premier
The 'Fleurdelise', the flag of the majority Francophone Canadian province of Quebec, here seen flying in downtown Montreal. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Licence
‘English...
English speaking work permit policy for Bermuda
The government of the Caribbean island of Bermuda is currently implementing a policy that requires English language tests for foreign workers, following a public...
