Italy announces its “biggest language training and international mobility programme ever” The Italian government is about to operationalise the largest language learning and mobility scholarship programme in the country’s...

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Irish ELT sector continues to exceed pre-pandemic levels of business The Irish English-language sector continues to expand, with business in 2023 once again surpassing performance before the pandemic,...

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Japan: Greater availability of in-country English programmes is exerting some downward pressure on outbound mobility Nearly 170,000 Japanese students studied abroad using one of 41 service providers in Japan in 2025, with the...

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Enrolment surges in Spain’s language teaching sector Enrolment in Spanish language schools in Spain has now surged past pre-pandemic levels. The post-COVID recovery really took...

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UK ELT reports “new normal” with softer student numbers for key third quarter The UK’s English-language teaching sector (ELT) may have reached peak business volume in 2019, five years ago. This...

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Germany: Outbound language travel grew again in 2024 The 2024 annual report from the German Association of Language Travel Organizers (FDSV) reports continuing growth for the...

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Survey finds “growing pressure” on youth group travel to UK this year Findings from a February-March 2026 pulse survey conducted by the British Educational Travel Association (BETA) highlight “growing pressure”...

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Industry groups call for change as youth bookings for UK remain far below pre-COVID levels A survey of more than 80 agents who book junior student groups for summer camps and other ELT...

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Specialised camps are raising the bar for junior programmes The junior segment is big business for leading ELT (English-language training) destinations and an increasingly important growth segment...

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Junior language travel market continues to develop Junior students have become an important growth segment in recent years, especially in Europe, where students under age...

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Kids and camps: research continues to make the case for summer learning For many parents, summer is not a time to think about their children’s schooling: in fact, a 2010...

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