Backlash to proposal to cut English in Chinese schools rumbles on
Days after the National People’s Congress asked for less time to be spent on learning English in school, China’s netizens are still in uproar,...
China’s Ministry of Education is pro English learning
China Daily has now published the Chinese government’s reaction to the proposal that the time spent studying English in state schools should remain at...
Jamaican teacher wants to bring it home
One of this year’s recipients of a Chevening Scholarship is Venice Irving, from Kingston, Jamaica. Chevening is the UK Government’s international scholarships and fellowships...
Sterling crisis favours UK unis, but not yet language schools
“This is good news for international students,” one commentator on the woes of the pound, told Singapore’s Straight Times, noting this was around the...
Learning English again debated in China
As reported in the Global Times, the importance – or not – of Chinese children learning English at school is once again in the...
US and Spain renew educational exchange
The USA and Spain have a memorandum of understanding to study each other’s languages and culture which was renewed this week, reports The Local.
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