The PIE News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

English language testing providers are using Artificial Intelligence to enhance the experience of students, but maintaining a human touch within exams is still important as technology develops. The post AI ‘not yet ready’ for language testing without humans appeared first on The PIE News.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As it seeks to deepen educational ties with Africa and make the Russian language a more widely spoken international language, Russia is set to open its first ever Russian language open learning centre in Africa this September. The post Russia to open language centres across Africa appeared first on The PIE News.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

With the threat of global languages being lost at the rate of at least one per month, linguists, institutions, researchers, and affected communities are collaborating to maintain, revitalize, and celebrate Indigenous languages. nonprofit working to protect and revitalize languages across the globe. Photo Courtesy of John J.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Almost the entire department of world languages is set to be cut at West Virginia University – in what stakeholders are calling a “bloodbath” – leading to a vote of no confidence in the university’s president. “Language inspires empathy,” said Patel. Last month, it was announced that under president E.

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The PIE News

APRIL 1, 2024

An initiative designed to offer a standardised measure of sustainability education at institutions and monitor the sustainability knowledge of students has just celebrated its first anniversary. ” The post Sustainability tool seeks “common language” appeared first on The PIE News.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Karin Fischer Illustration by The Chronicle All but three of the 15 most commonly studied foreign languages experienced enrollment declines.

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The PIE News

MARCH 14, 2023

Canada’s language sector is confident that the country will revise its study and work policy to benefit language students both financially and pedagogically. While amendments would be expected to take nine months to implement, Languages Canada is in conversation with officials within IRCC to proceed.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Stakeholders in the UK’s language travel and English language teaching sectors have said inflation is having a knock-on effect on how they price their products. Yeliz Hussein, global sales director at Bayswater Education , said that some ELT providers are inflating prices by 15% or even 20% to try and cover their overheads. “It’s

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The PIE News

MARCH 4, 2023

Though staffing numbers are down, language student figures in Canada are increasing after falling by nearly 100,000 last year, from a 2018 high of nearly 160,000 students. The 16 th annual Languages Canada conference was held last week in Halifax, Nova Scotia and attended by nearly 200 delegates from the languages sector.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2023

Exclusive: Report reveals postcode lottery as barely half FE institutions offer some form of language teaching Business groups and language experts are calling on ministers to make linguistic skills a core part of vocational training, after research found young people are unable to study languages at large numbers of further education colleges.

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The PIE News

JUNE 6, 2023

Ireland’s English language education sector is worth close to €1.2 In 2020, the Indecon International Education Strategy Review estimated the total ELE value to be €1.02bn. In 2019, MEI English language student numbers reached almost 122,000. The post Ireland: English language sector worth €1.2

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. In its fall newsletter, the Modern Language Association noted combined undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English declined 15.4

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SRHE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

by Jana Berg, Michael Grüttner, Stefanie Schröder With the exception of a few master’s degree programs, the German higher education system is dominated by monolingual organizations. Therefore, language certificates are a key element of access to German higher education for international students.

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The PIE News

JULY 12, 2023

Language providers across Canada are concerned that visa issues, along with accommodation shortages, meant they did not recover as they would have liked from declines in business during Covid-19. The details are featured in a Languages Canada annual report the organisation released in conjunction with Bonard.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

This includes exploring both text-based and multimodal-based tools and their specific applications in language education. As GenAI tools continue to advance, there is a need to address concerns related to data privacy, security, and the responsible use of these technologies in educational settings.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

By Sylvia Goodman As the need to pass on Indigenous languages grows more dire each year, tribes are teaming up with colleges to revitalize “sleeping” tongues.

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The PIE News

APRIL 6, 2023

As the second largest province in Canada, Québec is the rising star of Canada’s education destinations and without a doubt should be on the list for the adventurous and language curious youth seeking an unforgettable experience. In 2022, Canada welcomed over 807,000 international students at all levels, with 45,000 in the K-12 level.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

To help address this gap, we are pleased to announce that we are rapidly expanding our AI-powered translation efforts, helping more learners around the world access education in the languages they are most comfortable with. Dutch (NEW!) French German Greek (NEW!) Indonesian Italian (NEW!) Kazakh (NEW!)

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The PIE News

MARCH 9, 2023

Language testing provider PSI has entered into a new partnership with International House World Organisation to offer English tests at the network’s 150 language schools. We’re looking forward to working together with the PSI team to support high-quality teaching and assessment of language skills in international education.”

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The summer school company Trinity International Education has launched a new location – the much-sought-after Malibu. This is a remarkable setting for a summer school, I have to say, not just because it’s Malibu,” Mark Cook, managing director at Trinity International Education, told The PIE.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Almost every Asian person has encountered racial mockery by someone aping an Asian language. Chancellor Keon’s performance is emblematic of a wider problem in American higher education: that Asian students are often regarded as a monolithic group of cash cows , plagiarizers and cheaters , objects of ridicule, or all of the above.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

‘I made a comment that was offensive and insensitive,’ Thomas Keon says after backlash The chancellor of Purdue University Northwest has apologized amid intense backlash, after he mocked Asian languages during a commencement speech last week. Thomas L Keon spoke at the school’s winter commencement ceremony in Hammond, Indiana, last Saturday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Ron DeSantis Last week, Florida's new Board of Education- approved African American history standards came under fire for including language about how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit." In response, Florida officials, including Gov.

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The PIE News

APRIL 26, 2023

Dave Fougere is chief operating officer at The Kaplan Languages Group – a brand comprising Kaplan International Languages, ESL and Alpadia following a merger in 2019. Yes, Kaplan is a significant part of the portfolio, but we also offer competitor language schools and will continue to do so.”

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 18, 2023

By Emma Pettit Illustration by The Chronicle The provost's office recommended dissolving the world-languages department. Critics of the decision say the flagship is abandoning its responsibility to the state.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back. By Rebecca L. Walkowitz Illustration by The Chronicle Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Image: Faculty members at Lakeland Community College in Ohio are voicing opposition to a motion passed by the Board of Trustees to create a special committee of trustees to “review equity, diversity, and inclusion language in Lakeland Community College’s plans and policies.”

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

School leaders at West Virginia University recently proposed cutting almost 10 percent of the university’s study programs and over 100 educators because of a $45 million budget deficit. The languages include Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish. In addition, professors leading programs in linguistics and TESOL could be cut.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

They say language in the state budget that is currently sitting on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s desk would change how a college tuition waiver program for families of totally or near-totally disabled veterans is run. “I I got to figure out how I’m going to get your education at the higher education level.”

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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 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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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

MAY 17, 2024

Indeed, at the recent AMBA & BGA Global Deans and Directors Conference, the application of AI in executive business education was a key topic of discussion. So, how can business education providers implement AI safely? For students, this means creating richer study environments and more responsive feedback mechanisms.

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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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The PIE News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Students can now take Oxford International Education Group’s English language test at three VFS Global centres in South Asia. . The post VFS hosting OIEG’s language test in South Asia appeared first on The PIE News. The ELLT Global is the invigilated version of OIEG’s at-home ELLT test.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

AI writing tools will not fix academia’s language discrimination problem. Affordable AI-powered writing software offers some hope to scholars unfairly criticised for their imperfect English, but more radical change is required, says Natalia Kucirkova. Last week I received a reviewer comment on my (rejected) paper.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity. How do we do this? Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000.

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