Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds

In a squad with 17 nationalities from five continents, communication is key – and the Danish club have just enjoyed a bumper transfer window

When her parents waved her off to study in England they hoped it would be a fresh start the 16-year-old needed after struggling with her mental health in Hong Kong. Instead, 10 months later, she was d...

Backlash grows among European staff against radical cuts to pay off Covid-era debt, with some accusing council of ‘colonial attitude’

More failures of rote memorization

The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt

The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics ex...

The U.K.’s vehicle for cultural and education programming abroad faces massive cuts.

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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Pearson has been fined £2 million by Ofqual for what is being described as “serious breaches in 3 separate cases between 2019 and 2023 which...

Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent

Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

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One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers

International students feel marketisation has brought easier admissions but lower teaching standards at prestigious British universities, finds new study

Help us make history in the TEFL sector Teachers at EC London are c… Joe Hill needs your support for Support EC London teachers' fight for pay restoration

English teachers at EC London are voting on strike action in an unprecedented move for the TEFL industry. This the first time private sector English language teachers in the UK have balloted to s

New research shows students outperform ChatGPT in writing essays that persuade, engage and connect with readers

Aaron Walawalkar (Liberty Investigates, shortlisted with Harriet Clugston and in partnership with Sky News, Metro and The Guardian) investigated British universities’ harsh treatment of pro-Palestinia...

Some classroom studies (e.g., Chan, 2012; Magharabi, 2019) and researchers (e.g., Ellis, 2015; Ellis et al., 2020) have warned that the construct of t…

Currently, US education is under one of the most intense eras of criticism—although there has never been a moment over the past century and a half absent cries of education “crisis.” No…

Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost) Staff at University of Bristol have been told that devastating job cuts are planned at the Centre for Academic Language and Development (CALD). We do not believe that these redundancies are justified, a

The Clever Hans Conundrum: Performance Without Understanding

The issues raised in this open letter highlight serious and systemic problems within the British Council (BC) and its employment practices, which are negatively impacting the mental health and well-be...

With regular teaching hours unavailable, agency tutors must compete for lessons

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Teaching Second Language Academic Writing

Survey of 1,000 students shows ‘explosive increase’ in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 months

During Trump’s first term, the number of international enrolments in the US declined every year

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Start Noticing, Start Growing. AI-facilitated reflective practices.

More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...

Nigel Richards has also been champion in English and – after memorising dictionary in nine weeks – French

Researchers say Chinese students feel they are treated as revenue sources rather community members

Introduction I can think of no more persuasive way to argue for the urgent overrhaul of ELT than to report on Hugh Dellar’s presentations to teachers in 2024. In a recent post on Linkedin, I …

Help Nicholas Bilbrough raise money to support The Hands Up Project

The UK Home Office is planning an overhaul of the English language testing model, moving to a dedicated test developed by one supplier.

Expression chosen after public vote describes impact of endless scrolling of mind-numbing content

The Inaugural issue! Table of Contents Cover & Frontsmatter Editorial Team . . . . . 4 Foreword . . . . . 5 The Call for Classroom Action Research . . . . . 7Robert J. Dickey Teacher’s Interest in Cam...