A very good place to go to see what's happening to the world of teaching and learning English is the excellent EL Gazette:
EL Gazette | Magazine News | English Language Schools Students UK
It's latest story in on how the big boys of the English teaching world are not doing so well.
Click on the link below for the full story:
Is Covid breaking the chains?
The fact that Eurocentres has gone into a voluntary arrangement, not exactly a liquidation but a way of protecting creditors’ money while a company continues to trade should, perhaps, not come as a surprise.
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It is clear that Covid has caused particular havoc among middle-sized language school chains concentrated in one country...
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Accreditation UK, to use the official title of the scheme jointly owned by the British Council and English UK, has never included the financial situation of a school in the areas it inspects. Although the accreditation schemes in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all do. Many, including Ireland, also have schemes which protect clients’ money.
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Unless the UK stiffens up the financial controls on its language schools, students and agents who face losing their money may opt for countries where their deposits will be safer.
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