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language
Language in London closes down

uK-BaSED PRovIDER Language in London Language in Group was formed in 2010 She continued, “Like all small businesses,
https://languageingroup.com/london closed when the three independently owned schools to survive and prosper we need to continue
suddenly in late September, forcing English (then Language in London, Totnes School to innovate and reinvent ourselves and so I
UK to enact its student protection scheme. of English and Annalivia School of English) had already started to re-brand the Totnes
The two other schools in the Language in pooled sales and marketing efforts. school and concentrate on the aspects where
Group cooperative in Totnes, UK, and Dublin, Margie explained, “This was primarily we clearly have an advantage: as a smaller
Ireland, have rebranded and remain open for driven by the hope that by combining their boutique school in a unique destination, we
business as usual. efforts smaller schools may be able to compete can give students a far richer experience in a
Margie Barker, Principal of English in better with the big players in what is a very peaceful but vibrant environment.
Totnes, told StudyTravel Magazine the sudden competitive industry. We had recently decided “The Dublin school, which is actually
Language in London announcement came as a to discontinue with this and return to working in the seaside town of Dun Laoghaire, near
surprise to the industry and the partners in the completely independently because the costs Sandycove, also fitted that profile as well and so
group. “This type of sudden closure is awful outweighed the benefits and our experimental I started to work with Kevin Kelly, the Owner,
for the whole industry and at the end of the cooperative simply didn’t work.” on re-branding and also the possibility of taking
day it is the students and agents that we need Reassuring partners, she confirmed, an interest in that school, given the similarities
to consider,” she said. “We are in the process of launching these in the potential student experience.”
Huan Japes, Deputy Chief Executive schools as English in Totnes and the The auditors appointed to deal with
(Professional Services) at English UK www. Sandycove School of English with the Language in London declined an invitation
englishuk.com, advised that including imminent websites www.englishintotnes.com and www. by ST Magazine to comment on the reasons
arrivals, there were 63 students to place. sandycoveschool.com soon to go live.” behind the school’s closure.
language secondary
atlas launches high school placement service

IRELaND-BaSED aTLaS Language School consultancy company, to offer a high school and school liaison. Atlas has approximately
http://atlaslanguageschool.com has partnered placement programme. 25 secondary schools in its portfolio, with a
with Godsil Education, an educational Alan Brennan, Director of Atlas selection of state, boarding and day schools,
Language School, told ST Magazine, he explained.
“We’ve been working on developing Through the service, Atlas will provide
the infrastructure of the High student needs analysis, individual orientation
School Placement programme for and support, develop individual education
the past year to 18 months, building plans, and provide regular coaching sessions
relationships with the management and pastoral services.
teams of some of the best secondary Alan explained that the initial focus of the
schools in Ireland.” high school product will be in Ireland. “We
He said the partners, Godsil feel that there is still real growth in this area in
Education www.godsil.ie, had Ireland due to the high standard of the school
more than 40 years of experience system and the natural advantages that Ireland
in the education sector in Ireland has as a small, friendly country with excellent
and specialised in guardianships homestay accommodation options.”
News in brief

indian agents call for australia onshore programmes; and the vanWest college www.vanwest. overview of offers and discounts around the globe in
commission ban  com campuses in vancouver and Kelowna, offering list and map views.
the association of australian education elt programmes along with diploma and certificate
representatives in india (aaeri) www.aaeri.in courses in business, marketing and professional Pearson PtE accepted for nZ immigration 
has launched a petition calling on the australian customer services. the Pearson test of english (Pte) academic
government to ban commission payments to onshore http://pearsonpte.com is now approved for all visa
agents in order to prevent ‘course hopping’ – the study group recognised for growth  categories with an english language requirement
practice of arriving with a visa for a specific provider, international education provider Study group www. in new zealand, immigration new zealand (inz)
then transferring to a cheaper course after arrival. in a studygroup.com has been ranked as number 47 in has announced. the test was already approved for
statement, rahul a gandhi, President of aaeri, said the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 – an student visa applications.
australian providers were losing income and offshore annual listing of the uK’s private, mid-market growth
agents were losing commissions and reputations. He companies with the biggest sales, published every caps-i announces 2015/16 increases 
said that the new simplified student visa framework October. the position represents a leap of 47 places Members of the canadian association of Public
(SSvF) provided a more equal playing field for from Study group’s position 12 months ago, which the Schools - international (caps-i) www.caps-i.ca
education providers, but said unless the new eSOS company said was testament to the growing global welcomed an increased number of international
act prohibited the payment of commissions to onshore demand for international education. students in the 2015/16 academic year, according to
agents, the loophole would continue to be exploited. data revealed to ST Magazine. Short-term students
isic launches new mobile app  studying for less than one semester increased from
ialc welcomes new north american members  the international Student identity card (iSic) www. 5,323 in 2014/15 to 7,501 last year. there was also
the international association of language centres isic.org association has announced the launch of a very slight growth in long-term students – defined
www.ialc.org (ialc) has welcomed new schools in new iSic app. the company said that in 2015, 85 per as one semester or longer – to 26,122. bonnie
north america, bringing total membership to 98 cent of people aged between 18 and 29 years owned a McKie, executive director, explained members are
organisations with 139 centres worldwide: iclS smartphone, and explained that the iSic Mobile id app not required to provide nationality breakdowns of
www.icls.edu (international center for languages would eventually replace the plastic cards currently their international students, but said anecdotally
Studies) in Washington dc, which offers a range of distributed to students. they said the app would keep there were increases from vietnam, italy, Spain and
english language courses, internships and trainee students’ data secure, and would deliver a searchable continued growth from china.

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