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Reaching out

Powerful partnerships have been
forged or developed within the
international pathway sector over
the past year to help boost busi-
ness, with increased online col-
laboration also helping schools and
their agency partners to weather
the storm of the pandemic and
remain optimistic.
Bogie comments, “ILAC has
always been a culture of positivity,
but over the past year we became
focused on promoting possibilities:
for our students, for our part-
ners, for our teachers, staff and
community.” She continues, “To
raise people’s spirits and keep the
momentum going, in 2020, we also
hosted over 80 free virtual agent
and student workshops, meeting
with thousands of students and
partners around the world.”
F+U Academy of Languages has
Physics/Chemistry as subjects to then online foundation programme with increased its participation in B2B
progress to Engineering.” partner university, iba, to cover online conferences, webinars and
Bogie also describes the last year the language and subject-specific Q&A sessions, as well as B2C online
as a time of innovation for the school preparation for dual work and Bachelor events organised by its partners,
and its core business. “While the world degree courses in Germany. notes Carolin. She adds, “We have
was sleeping, ILAC transitioned from ILSC has also been busy over the also been trying out different
being an in-person English language past year. The school has launched online platforms – aside from Zoom
school to becoming the ILAC Education new transnational partnership pro- – to make events more interactive
Group,” she says. “In a single year, grammes including the ILSC Seoul and interesting.”
ILAC developed a higher education campus - in partnership with edm Nadine says, “This past year,
division with three colleges, launched Education - and a new dedicated we’ve pivoted to using more online
two public-private partnerships, university pathway campus, as well technology to reach our agents,
opened a virtual school and became as an ILSC High School programme - in and have been not only attend-
an official IELTS testing centre.” partnership with TVO ILC - to deliver ing online events, but proactively
New pathway initiatives introduced high school credits and help students delivering online fairs, webinars,
by ILAC include ongoing and free transition into higher education. and ‘lives’ to stay in close collabo-
Canada Partnership Forums (CPFs) rative contact with our networks.
in every market for its college and Encouraging enrolments The ease of using these digital
university partners to provide updates communication tools has resulted
on pathways to top programmes, and With a range of new pathway pro- in both agent and higher education
the launch of the Canadian Edge global grammes on offer this year, schools partners being more willing and
agency to support direct entry (with around the world look ahead to a able to participate.”
IELTS/TOEFL) to ILAC’s partner post- period of recovery as borders reopen. Meanwhile, the GV advising team
secondary institutions. Bogie notes that during the pan- has been attending live virtual
In Germany, Carolin Kemen at demic, ILAC’s pathway programme was agent fairs, as well as coordinating
F+U Academy of Languages www. its most popular course due “virtual tours” and “class observa-
academy-languages.de in Heidelberg, to the “Start at home, finish in tions” for agents wanting a taste of
says the school developed a special Canada” ethos behind it, with GV’s hybrid classroom, adds Paula.

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