Friday 15th November marked a historic moment for the town of Shrewsbury (Shropshire, UK) as an official Shrewsbury Monopoly board game was released – with Concord College featuring on it! The town was selected ahead of 24 other cities and towns, as one of just a few special boards made in the UK in…
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Anyone looking for adventure, exhilaration, beautifully diverse landscapes and fascinating history need look no further than New Zealand. New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, was first settled by humans between 1250 and 1300; some 700 years before I first visited this incredible country.…
Read ArticleWESLI & Leading Change Africa adds 3 Scholarship Students in Second Year
The Wisconsin ESL Institute (WESLI) is partnering with Leading Change Africa for the second year to provide English language prior to the students’ university pathways. The Carlos Osorio Scholarship for Change was given to three students this year from Burkina Faso. The selected students from public…
Read ArticleWimbledon School of English has several updates on new courses and some of the great charity work they pride themselves on: The Thunder Foundation: Bake Sale for Rufus WSE has been supporting the Thunder Foundation since 2017. The school is sponsoring Rufus, a young boy from Kawangware in Nairobi,…
Read ArticleLanguages United is taking action to help the environment, and encouraging their students to think about the issues and take action. The school has been…. Cutting down fewer trees - using recycled paper and providing online resources for lessons and administration. Planting trees - they have planted…
Read ArticleCountry Cousins is making the most of rainy days: a renewable education in green schools
Country Cousins in Ilfracombe, Devon, is pioneering green energy in the education sector. Their teaching department is paper free. They have installed a rainwater harvesting tank and solar panels. Now, they are also trying to reduce single use plastics within the school! Social issues such as energy…
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