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BONARD Blog: QUIC Scheme – UK ELT industry returns to pre-pandemic trends
New data from the English UK Quarterly Intelligence Cohort, collected and analysed by BONARD, reveals a positive picture of the...
The PIE News: ELT: UK data showing “steady recovery” in Q3
Data on the English language teaching sector’s source markets has shown that a steady recovery is already underway, as figures...
StudyTravel Magazine: Market trends, recovery and opportunities in focus at EnglishUSA event
The Quarterly Intelligence Cohort (QUIC) report for 2022 Q3, covering the July-to-September period, showed that student weeks increased by 237.1...
ICEF Monitor: UK ELT reporting continued recovery through summer 2022
In Q3 2022, UK ELT providers are reporting strong recovery for both the adult and junior segments of the market,...
StudyTravel Magazine: Market trends, recovery and opportunities in focus at EnglishUSA event
Global ELT market trends, sign of recovery in the USA in visa and accreditation body data, recruitment opportunities, advocacy and...
The PIE News: UK visitor visas scrapped for Colombians in ELT boost
The British government has announced that Colombians visiting the UK will no longer need a visa from November 9, in...
BONARD Blog: A busy summer of business matchmaking
Now that in-person events are back in full swing, it is even more rewarding to witness valuable partnerships being forged...
Times Higher Education: Overseas students struggle to get documents to return to China
Beijing has given green light for international students’ return but some institutions say learners will have to wait until 2023...
StudyTravel Magazine: Recovery in view for Australia’s ELICOS sector after damaging 2021
The latest quarterly data from English UK for 2022 Q2 shows a continuing recovery for the UK’s ELT sector with...
The PIE News: China opens student visa applications, direct flights resumed
After two years of being almost completely closed off at its borders to international students, direct flights and healthier student...
The PIE News: US issues fewer China visas as interest declines
The United States issued 50% less visas to new Chinese students in the first six months of 2022 than before...
BONARD Blog: Education-Led Engagement Between Australia and Vietnam
New report provides roadmap for collaboration between Vietnam and Australia. Australian and Vietnamese education providers are committed to strengthening...
Times Higher Education: Taiwan tensions ‘could rattle international students’
Military drills may put off overseas learners at a time when student flows from mainland China are already staunched by...
ICEF Monitor: Australia: ELICOS witnesses sharp downward trend
Australia’s ELICOS sector has witnessed a sharp downward year-on-year trend, according to the detailed National ELICOS Market Report 2021, released...
ICEF Monitor: Australian ELICOS reached 20-year low in 2021 but recovery is now underway
Australia’s ELICOS sector (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) has lost nearly AUS$2 billion due to long-term border closures...
BONARD Blog: Australian ELICOS suffered further losses in 2021, but off-shore delivery is still strong
Two years of pandemic crisis have shrunk the Australian ELICOS student population by 77% and have slashed the sector’s economic...
StudyTravel Magazine: Recovery in view for Australia’s ELICOS sector after damaging 2021
English language providers in Australia are experiencing growth in commencements again this year while student visa applications are booming, following...
The PIE News: $3,000 airfares prevent Pakistan students from returning to China
Over 100 students from Pakistan were offered the chance to return to China to resume in-person learning but were unable...
Times Higher Education: Will China ever recover its international student flows?
Higher education analysts mull China’s continued attractiveness as a student destination amid its zero-Covid policy and scant foreign student returnees....
StudyTravel Magazine: Chinese agency market profiled, growing optimism for year ahead
Chinese agents are becoming more optimistic for the year ahead and are relatively relaxed about the impact of Covid, as...
StudyTravel Magazine: English UK schools took further hit in 2021, data shows
Member schools of English UK suffered a further decrease in students in 2021, as new data released by the ELT...
The PIE News: UK ELT student numbers down 88% from pre-covid levels
The UK’s English language teaching sector continued to suffer in 2021 as factors including lockdowns and travel restrictions led to...
ICEF Monitor: UK ELT sector endured another tough year in 2021 but vows “fightback” to recovery
Despite the difficult year, English UK says, “we continue our fightback – – with new weapons in our armoury.”...
The PIE News: Chinese agents “optimistic” after Covid impact
“Most” study travel agencies in China describe the impact of Covid as “under control” despite a drop in enrolments as...
Times Higher Education: How long can China stay largely closed to international students?
Scholars optimistic despite 490,000 learners still waiting to enter country, with recent survey showing 53 per cent struggle with ‘serious mental health issues’ ...