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Industry speaks

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Educator Q&A ufficiostampa@asils.it

this month, Francesca Romana What has ASILS been up to? than 29,000 students (an average
Memoli, president at ASILS, the last 12 months have been very of 665 per school), an increase of
answers our questions about the intense for ASILS. the association 3.76 per cent compared to 2016.
association’s activities and how it has been active on several fronts: over 2017, 441,800 teaching hours
is engaging with agents. fi rst of all, a new and more thor- were provided (on average 10,000
ough compliance programme for hours per school), involving 530
Full name: Associazione Scuole di Italiano
Lingua Seconda our member schools was set up, teachers and 49 school direc-
Number of members: 44
Types of members: language schools involving the inspection of all our tors. Students spent on average
Association’s main role: to guarantee the
quality of instruction and professional level centres, to ensure compliance with 4.8 weeks learning Italian, for a
of services offered to students the association’s quality standards. total of over 140,000 weeks (on
Code of practice: Yes
average 3,200 per school), which
Q. ASILS members welcomed generated a total turnover of e57.4
28,200 international students in million (compared to e53.1 mil-
2016, a three per cent increase lion in 2016). the average weekly
compared to the previous year. expenditure (course + accommo-
How did 2017 compare and dation) by students was e413. It is
what are the association’s pre- diffi cult to make predictions about
dictions for 2018? 2018 as ASILS includes schools
2017 was also a year of growth in of different size and type, some of
the study of Italian: the 44 ASILS which have seasonal opening and
member schools welcomed more different target markets.
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On The Move

Chris Erandhi Elisangela Julie
Nolan Murphy (Eli) Da Silva Nicoli
has joined ILSC has been appointed has joined New After five years look-
Education Group www. Head of Sales and Horizons Australia ing after the European
ilsceducation.com as Vice Marketing for International Institute of Technology www. market at Langports www.
President, Sales & Marketing. Chris House Dublin and Cork www.ihdub- nhaustralia.com.au in Australia langports.com in Australia, Julie
will join the Executive Team at ILSC lin.com. With over six years’ experi- as Head of International Student has been appointed Sales & Market-
and will be responsible for develop- ence in the EFL industry, she has Recruitment. Eli’s role is to develop ing Manager. She remains the main
ing and implementing ILSC’s sales in-depth industry knowledge and an the institute’s agent management contact for European enquiries, but
and marketing strategy. extensive network of agents. and student support teams. will now lead the marketing team.
For the latest On the Move announcements, go to: bit.ly/StudyTravelOTM
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