The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Education secretary Gillian Keegan will also squeeze funding for programmes to widen access to higher education Ministers will cut funding for performing and creative arts courses at English universities next year, which sector leaders say will further damage the country’s cultural industries. Continue reading.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When the February 2023 New Yorker article by Nathan Heller declared the end of the English major, I shared this news with my students. As these debates were occurring nationally, I was teaching Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down in an upper-level English class on illness narratives. You’ll be fine!”

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The peak body for the ELICOS sector in Australia has hit a milestone of 40 years in the international education industry this year. English Australia celebrated its 40th anniversary during the annual conference in Sydney from August 30 to September 1. Christine passed away in September 2022.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

BROWNS English Language School has opened a new location in Melbourne as it seeks to expand its footprint across Australia. This expansion reflects our commitment to providing world-class education, catering to the needs of diverse learners. The post BROWNS opens English school in Melbourne appeared first on The PIE News.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

English Australia celebrated excellence in the ELICOS sector earlier this month when it revealed the winners of the 2023 English Australia industry awards at its conference in Sydney. In the headline Lifetime Achievement category, English Australia chose to select two icons of the ELICOS sector.

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The PIE News

APRIL 27, 2023

However, many in the higher education sector have yet to update their policy on digital English testing, it was said on a panel at a recent stakeholder event in Leeds. Digital English exam acceptance also varies by study destination, with the majority of US universities and colleges accepting the Duolingo English Test.

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The PIE News

MAY 25, 2023

Data compiled by the England’s Office for Students has revealed that one in six students who are enrolled at an English university are taught overseas. Another 25% were taught by “distance flexible or distributed learning”, and 6% were at English universities’ overseas branch campuses.

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The PIE News

JUNE 27, 2023

Language provider English Path has acquired NCG Dublin in Ireland as it seeks to profit from what it sees as increased interest in the country. The acquisition of NCG Dublin, for an undisclosed fee, is the latest move for the provider which launched in Dubai in 2021 by higher education specialist GEDU Global Education.

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The PIE News

JUNE 15, 2023

billion people speak English as a first or additional language, but with the rise of AI and the increasing market share of other languages, what lies ahead for the world’s most spoken language? “The massive growth of the internet continues to show how important the English language is.

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The PIE News

JUNE 6, 2023

Ireland’s English language education sector is worth close to €1.2 A report from Marketing English in Ireland has found that the economic impact of the sector, based on direct fee income from students in addition to their total gross expenditures and associated impacts, is worth at least €1.183bn.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

If Blackwood’s course sounds like a divergence from the humdrum small-group discussions that college English courses bring to mind, well, you probably haven’t taken a college English class recently. “We’re not just marching through the archives,” said Blackwood, who chairs the English department at Pace.

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The PIE News

APRIL 27, 2023

Cambridge University Press & Assessment carries out in-depth studies all over the world to measure the educational impact of its exams and learning resources. The Impact Team I lead is made up of experts in education research, evaluation, teaching, learning and assessment. What goes into an impact study?

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Historian at English Heritage uncovered entry about Thurstan in a service book from Pontefract Priory, which was laid waste during the Reformation Thurstan was one of medieval England’s most influential figures – archbishop of York, founder of monasteries and defender against invading Scots.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Katherine Emms , a Senior Education & Policy Researcher at the Edge Foundation. Edge’s research New Higher Education Institutions in England: A real chance to innovate? In some cases, these institutions have been set up in regions where higher education options and access are limited.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2023

The head of the peak body for English language education in Australia has said that the current confusion surrounding different visa programs for international students leads to “misconceptions”, amid a comprehensive review of the country’s migration system. Such a move might also help safeguard educational quality,” it continued.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Students at the University of Alabama could soon be required to take fewer writing, humanities and history courses as faculty vote on a major change to general education requirements this week. Students also will no longer have to complete a foreign language requirement if they took similar courses in high school. Read more on AL.com.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” Speaking as someone with not one (B.A.), not two (M.A.), but three (M.F.A)

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The PIE News

MAY 31, 2023

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has expanded the range of accepted English language tests for the Student Direct Stream, causing the shares of previous monopolisers IDP to plummet. Following the news, it was reported that the Australian international education giant’s shares fell 16%, down $4.11

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Sajid Javid had wanted review process for international students who believed their visas had been wrongly cancelled ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests What is the Home Office English test scandal?

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2023

The Future of English: Global Perspectives , which was published by the British Council and is the first of a “major program of research and global engagement”. We are all probably going to be increasingly open to variations of English,” Walker said in an interview with The PIE News. “In he explained.

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The PIE News

MAY 18, 2023

The British Council’s The Future of English: Global Perspectives explores the role of English in the world today and how that may change in the future. English is spoken by billions of people. Learners are supported by a world-spanning industry of English teachers and trainers. However, will this always be the case?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Partly a history and in part a sociology of English as a profession, Professing Criticism is an extraordinary book, truly a landmark work of scholarship and interpretation, without a doubt the most important intellectual and sociocultural study of a humanities field that I have encountered.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Can digital English testing – adopted by a significant number of universities during the pandemic – continue to support the UK higher education sector? The post Digital English testing in student recruitment appeared first on The PIE News. The idea was to teach for free.”.

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The PIE News

JUNE 7, 2023

New data from IIE Open Doors has suggested that the US’s English language inbound program has finally begun to bounce back from a crippling pandemic. In its latest survey of Intensive English Programs, the data suggests that in-person study is very much back in fashion, with the “vast majority of students” coming in-person in 2022.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

International students wrongly accused of cheating are being denied justice by the Home Office, warns Nazek Ramadan of Migrant Voice Regarding your article ( ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests”, 11 February ) and other related pieces on the English language test scandal, Migrant Voice has been campaigning with (..)

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Many say they were wrongly accused In 2014, a BBC Panorama documentary revealed widespread, well-organised cheating in the English language tests that international students were required to take in the UK if they wanted to change their course or renew their visa.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ireland’s Higher Education minister has revealed new regulations for English language schools in the country during a trip to Korea. The new rules are designed to highlight which programs have met national quality standards that ensure learners are having the best experience possible through an International Education Mark.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 31, 2023

A new EnglishUSA report – the first of its kind – confirms Japan has cemented itself as the number one source country for English language programs in the US, among other findings. The report “complementing” IIE’s Open Doors reports on English language programs in the US has been released the country’s ELT association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

He is the English department’s only Black professor and the sole faculty member of the Black studies program. “He He shouldn’t be the only Black professor in the department to begin with,” sophomore English major Crow Carson said. “He Scott Heath, who teaches topics related to culture, music, literature, film, and the African diaspora.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A lack of English language proficiency is holding back skilled migrants from entering the UK workforce at a time of skills shortages, according to a new report. . The Lifelong Education Commission has called for the better provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages to enable the migrant population to fill labour gaps.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2023

Education bill to require two-thirds of content for standard bachelor’s degrees to be in Dutch As Britain voted to leave the EU, Dutch universities began offering more courses in English and foreigners streamed in.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A dossier of evidence revealed that 97% of all international students who took a Home Office-approved English language test between 2011 and 2014 were suspected of cheating. Continue reading.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

English universities are, by many measures, consistently among the very best in the world, outperforming most if not all other competitors. For example, take the pace at which the English population can acquire higher education and skills. As fees from students went up, Government funding to universities went down.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. Intensive English programs.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 26, 2023

The English HE regulator has sought feedback from the sector – and it’s far from glowing. Michael Salmon wonders whether better engagement will be enough to mend the relationship The post Can OfS fix its relationship with the higher education sector? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Technology is changing the way that we approach education. This has had a specific impact on language learning, especially English language learning, and is among the eight areas of interest unpacked by British Council in The Future of English: Global Perspectives. Can technology narrow the equity gap in language education?

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The PIE News

APRIL 5, 2024

How much would the majority of people think one year of a UK education costs? At The PIE Live Europe, international students revealed how much they were really spending on their education in the UK during a roundtable. The English language test for him became almost “useless”, he said. “It Around £10,000?

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