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Published: (28th Aug. 2008)
	Cactus blossoms with global business translations service Cactus, the world's leading language training specialist, today announced a strategic partnership with TranslateMedia to provide all of Cactus' clients with access to a global network of translators covering more than 55 languages. Cactus will now be able to deliver round-the-clock translation services to its clients across a range of industry sectors via a specially developed portal.

Published: (27th Aug. 2008)
	Who or What does UNOSEL represent? Founded thirty years ago, today UNOSEL has a membership of sixty-nine professional organisations. The aim of the Association is to promote and inform the public of the professionalism of its members, to develop consumer confidence by giving consumers genuine guarantees of service, and to keep its members abreast of new developments in the profession. The commitment of the members of UNOSEL is embodied in the European Standard on Language tours, and the UNOSEL quality charter.

Published: (26th Aug. 2008)
	The language travel industry shaken by a horrible murder Mohammed Al-Majed from Qatar, a student at the well-known language school EF in Hastings, was recently brutally beaten to death by a group of racists. Last night the police started the hunt for the gangsters who fled from a kebab take-away where they in turns kicked the gentle Mohammed in the head. He tragically died after a two-day fight for his life at the hospital.

Published: (25th Aug. 2008)
	Chinese students flock to Great Britain The number of Chinese students enrolling in A-level, language and foundation courses in Great Britain is increasing at an unprecedented rate, according to leading international education provider, Study Group, which has seen Chinese student numbers grow by almost 300 per cent in four years.

Published: (22nd Aug. 2008)
	New industry group sets mandatory standards Languages Canada, a new national organization of public and private sector language training programs, would like to ensure that language training in Canada is of the highest quality. To join the organization, schools must meet stringent quality standards. Those standards guarantee that international students who come to Canada to learn English or French can expect to receive a uniform level of excellent instruction in a well-run facility.

Published: (21st Aug. 2008)
	Costa Rican and U.S. teachers face similar challenges In July, TESOL’s Costa Rican affiliate, the Asociación Costarricense de Profesores de Inglés (ACPI-TESOL), held its annual convention at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia in the Sabanilla district of San José.

Published: (20th Aug. 2008)
	The ICEF China Workshop – your direct route to the fastest growing education market Last year’s workshop grew by 85% over 2006, with 536 participants attending from 54 countries and 6 continents. This unprecedented growth reflects the rapid expansion of China’s inbound and outbound student enrolments.

Published: (18th Aug. 2008)
	Language school associations – New in resources We are constantly striving to improve our language travel platform. This time we would like to present our section called “Resources”. In it, you will find a main menu with several options such as this article in which you can find a list of a handful of language school associations.

Published: (15th Aug. 2008)
	FELTOM organises non-alcohol student parties This summer FELTOM (The Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations Malta) has successfully organisied several parties where alcohol is not allowed. These open-air parties were held at various locations outside the popular party area called Paceville in St Julian's, Malta. The parties boosted an average attendance of not less than 1700 students.

Published: (14th Aug. 2008)
	StudyWorld London 2008 – Registration is still open StudyWorld is the event for study abroad professionals – the original international student recruitment forum where the best providers meet the best agents. Participate in StudyWorld London 2008 and meet over 900 quality study abroad professionals from 60+ countries worldwide during two full days of one-to-one business appointments

Published: (13th Aug. 2008)
	Collegium Palatinum – 50 years of success Founded in 1958, our German Language Institute, the Collegium Palatinum offers German courses all year round, at all levels, for participants who want to learn German intensively and effectively in international groups or in private classes.

Published: (12th Aug. 2008)
	Interested in the UK market and how your competitors are doing? The Plimsoll Analysis – Language schools gives you an in-depth report of the UK language school market including not less than 50 pages of market information and 184 company profiles.

Published: (11th Aug. 2008)
	President studying French in Rhône Valley, France Estonia’s president Toomas Hendrik Ilves has just started his one week course at Millefeuille Provence Chateau language school in Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas, a village in the Rhône Valley, at the crossroads between Provence and Languedoc.

Published: (8th Aug. 2008)
	Complementary educational tools for your school The tip of the month is a list of educational tools. The tools can be useful for you who run a language school in order to improve your lessons or for the students to use at your multimedia stations. All products and solutions are Winners of the Worlddidac Award 2008.

Published: (7th Aug. 2008)
	Escuela de Idiomas Nerja - New school building Escuela de Idiomas Nerja in Spain has opened a new language school building. As of June 2008, students at the Spanish language school in Andalusia have been enjoying the new classrooms, terraces and garden.

Published: (6th Aug. 2008)
	Increase of foreign language students in NZ According to the English Language Providers (ELP) survey, there were 39,668 international students enrolled in English language schools in New Zealand in the year ended March 2008 – an increase of 1,940 (5.1 percent) from the previous year.

Published: (5th Aug. 2008)
	Thai Govt. has relaunched scholarship scheme The programme will give over 900 students from low-income families the chance to finish their bachelor degrees. Universities in Non-English speaking countries are the target so the students get the opportunity to learn another language. They would study at language schools before enrolment into Universities.

Published: (3rd Aug. 2008)
	S&A Website Quality Mark of the month! Once a month Schools & Agents hands out a free S&A premium membership to one of the quality marked websites of the previous month. The Website Quality Mark of July was given to College Platon in Montreal, Canada. Congratulation!

Published: (1st Aug. 2008)
	OISE Bristol has moved In 1986, OISE bought its second adult school in Lower Park Row, Bristol. There the school remained for over two decades, welcoming thousands of students from all over the world through its doors and obtaining a reputation for outstanding academic standards. Now in 2008, the school has moved to Protheroes House in Denmark Street, just a few minutes walk from the old premises

Published: (30th Jul. 2008)
	City in focus - Beijing Beijing is of course our city in focus, with just one week to go before this summer’s major event; the 2008 Olympic Games. Whilst the torch has been fired up in the Olympic co-city Qinhuangdao many international students are arriving in China for two reasons; learn or develop the Chinese language as well as take the opportunity to feel the fantastic Olympic atmosphere.

Published: (29th Jul. 2008)
	Safety first in Torbay, UK Every year around 20 000 international students visit Torbay on the English Riviera to learn or improve their language skills. Now, businesses, police and other organisations such as language schools and tourism offices are backing a student support scheme.

Published: (29th Jul. 2008)
	NEAS Revised Standards and Criteria On 1st July 2008 NEAS posted its revised Standards and Criteria for ELT Centres on its website. The revised standards contain some changes in compliance requirements, such as the maximum number of students per class and minimum qualifications for an Academic Manager. In the main, the standards have been reworked to up-date the language used and to take into account the requirements of the National Code 2007. The NEAS Standards and Criteria for ELT Centres are to be used in conjunction with the National Code 2007 standards.

Published: (28th Jul. 2008)
	IALC survey points to growth in residential accommodation The latest language school accommodation survey conducted by the IALC Student Services Committee confirms a trend towards residential accommodation away from homestay and host families.

Published: (25th Jul. 2008)
	New Embassy school in Downtown Boston We're delighted to announce that this summer Embassy CES will extend their options of learning English in Boston. On the 25:th August 2008 they will open a second, brand new school in the city's downtown.

Published: (24th Jul. 2008)
	Change in LAL brand identities for 2009 From September 2008 there will be some significant changes to the branding of the LAL group of schools and young learner centres.

Published: (23rd Jul. 2008)
	ELS Language Centers - New centre in New Haven, Connecticut Beginning with the September 15, 2008 session, ELS Language Centers will open a new center in New Haven, Connecticut on the campus of the University of New Haven (UNH). UNH offers both an outstanding location (just 10 minutes from the beach) and many attractive degree programs. ELS Language Centers New Haven will offer our Intensive English, Semi-Intensive English and American Explorer Programs.

Published: (22nd Jul. 2008)
	Universitat de Girona renews ties with Cambridge ESOL A new agreement between Cambridge ESOL and one of Catalonia's leading universities is the latest stage in a partnership that has seen over 12,000 candidates taking Cambridge ESOL examinations through the university.

Published: (21st Jul. 2008)
	EAQUALS contributes to Council of Europe seminar EAQUALS contributes to Council of Europe Seminar on the Linguistic Integration of Adult Migrants.

Published: (18th Jul. 2008)
	Updated FCE and CAE set to go live in December The final sessions of the ‘old’ version of First Certificate in English and Certificate in Advanced English examinations have now taken place and preparations are under way for the first use of the updated versions of those exams in December 2008.

Published: (17th Jul. 2008)
	IALC President Walter Denz featured in SWISS inflight magazine Walter Denz, IALC President has been featured in the July 2008 issue of the SWISS Inflight Magazine

Published: (16th Jul. 2008)
	Atlantic Language Burma appeal Atlantic Students made the most of the Burma appeal cake sale. Staff and students bought and brought a variety of cakes, buns, muffins, tarts and scones. The Cake Sale was a success and in a short time €500 was raised. The money will go to Burma through the charity organisation GOAL.

Published: (15th Jul. 2008)
	Il Centro offers Italian evening courses The Italian language school Il Centro in Milan, Italy, has decided to offer Italian language courses in the evening for professionals and university students.

Published: (14th Jul. 2008)
	Conference at Soros International House Vilnius Soros International House (SIH) organized an international conference “Non-traditional Language Teaching Methods & Learner Attitudes Towards Them”.

Published: (11th Jul. 2008)
	Birthday and festival in Granada, Spain Castila, Spanish language school in Granada, Spain invites all of you for an unforgettable experience.

Published: (10th Jul. 2008)
	Academic credits for Spanish in Mexico Frida Spanish School in Mexico partners with Brookhaven College to offer academic credits.

Published: (9th Jul. 2008)
	ELS Language Centers - New Cincinnati, Ohio location! Beginning with the September 15, 2008 session, ELS Language Centers will open a new center in Cincinnati, Ohio on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (UC). UC ranks among the nation’s top 25 public research universities in the United States and offers a beautiful campus with distinctive architecture, art, and landscape in the midst of a busy urban area. ELS Language Centers Cincinnati will offer our Intensive English, Semi-Intensive English and American Explorer Programs.

Published: (8th Jul. 2008)
	Language training now available onsite in the Workplace Workplace Languages, LLC now offers Onsite Workplace ESL & Spanish Training at Companies.

Published: (3rd Jul. 2008)
	Let's meet at StudyWorld London 2008 StudyWorld is one of the major events for language travel professionals - the original international student recruitment forum where the best course providers meet the best agents. A meeting of over 900 quality language travel professionals from 60+ worldwide countries during two full days of business appointments, interesting seminars as well as good food and dancing. Schools & Agents will participate in order to make a full coverage of the event.

Published: (3rd Jul. 2008)
	IH Geneva - New destination for French International House Geneva has just been launched as a Study Abroad destination for French. The school is a large and modern IH school with around 130 staff and 90+ classrooms. All activity takes places within a few minutes' walk from the lake.

Published: (2nd Jul. 2008)
	EADS integrates BULATS into its global language training strategy EADS defence and security, which comprises such important companies as Airbus, Eurocopter, MBDA and others, has integrated the Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) into its language program as part of its global strategy for language training.

Published: (1st Jul. 2008)
	New residence in central Sydney Unilodge, Sydney consists of private, secure, self catered and furnished apartments. The complex also boasts a swimming pool, a private en-suite bathroom in each room, a rooftop with BBQ facilities and other great features.

Published: (30th Jun. 2008)
	Language school receives seal of approval from British Council Rands English Language Tuition, an international language school in the North of England, UK, is celebrating gaining British Council Accreditation. Rands provides English language tuition to international students from across the globe, and to international companies.

Published: (27th Jun. 2008)
	Yes, there are many education agency associations? We are constantly striving to improve our language travel platform. This time we would like to present our section called “Resources”. In it, you will find a main menu with several categories such as this article in which you can find a list of a education agency associations.

Published: (26th Jun. 2008)
	Dominion English School moves to new Auckland location Dominion English School in Auckland, New Zealand, is moving to a new location at 155 Queen Street, where the English language school will occupy approximately 1500 sq metres over two floors (8 and 9).

Published: (25th Jun. 2008)
	Work & Study – Site for language students launched in Aus & NZ Access English Centre in Sydney has launched a new ‘Work & Study‘ program for English language and other students wishing to work while studying in Australia and New Zealand.

Published: (24th Jun. 2008)
	Leading international schools in Shanghai and Singapore to utilize interactive multimedia Over 500 international students in Shanghai and Singapore will now learn Mandarin Chinese using interactive multimedia tools pioneered by ActiveChinese, Inc., the San Francisco and Shanghai based developer of innovative Mandarin language programs. The four schools are the Shanghai American School (SAS), Dulwich College Shanghai, Concordia International School Shanghai, and the United World College of Southeast Asia (Singapore).

Published: (22nd Jun. 2008)
	Language students to Malta up nearly a third The up-pointing trend of people coming to Malta to study English seems to never come to an end. Last year Maltese language schools provided courses to almost 90.000 students which are nearly one third more compared to 2006.

Published: (20th Jun. 2008)
	NASFA awards Jerry Wilcox NAFSA member and past NAFSA president, Jerry Wilcox, was awarded Lifetime Membership to recognize his contributions to NAFSA and international education.

Published: (18th Jun. 2008)
	Bumper Year for BEET and Local Language Schools The falling strength of the pound is giving a much-needed boost to UK south coast language school industry.