UK Language Courses

UKLC Brand Development

Emily — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:40:59 +0000

The company igoo have been working with MJA & Stars Language to develop their new identity to be launched 1st December 2011. Read this post on their blog to find out a bit more about the process and the logo itself.

BETA report released

Emily — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:22:26 +0000

Today the British Educational Travel Association (BETA) published the findings of their study into the volume and value of the inbound UK youth, student and educational travel market – showing it is worth a staggering worth £20 billion per annum to the UK economy. We think even the summary will make interesting reading for us and we will be interested in comparing their findings with our own.

In the press release Beta stated that:

“This study draws together the relevant material to better understand and present the travellers’ behaviour and attributes to a wider audience. “Investment in the international education of the young, whether for formal education or experiential travel, is felt over a lifetime – through inward investment, global trade, employment, tourism and in the overall competitiveness of Britain in the world.” said Chairman Dick Porter
Mr Porter went on to say “It’s time that we together identified the significance and characteristics of this dynamic market and planned accordingly”.
Youth travel is still the fastest growing and one of the most dynamic travel sectors. Youth travellers are knowledgeable, fun, eager, educated, focussed, ambitious and demanding. We must continue to engage these travellers, to encourage the growth of their knowledge of the world and Britain’s unique strengths.”

Laura heads to China

Emily — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:38:55 +0000

On Saturday 8^th October Laura heads off to the People’s Republic of China to spread the word about MJA and Stars Language, soon to be relaunched as UKLC. Laura’s first stop is Dalian, a major coastal city in Northeast China, where she is making presentations to several schools, before flying south to Beijing, the capital city of China with a population of almost 20m people. In Beijing Laura is participating in the ICEF Workshop and meeting language agents from South East Asia and surrounding countries. We hope we could soon be welcoming our first students from that part of the world.

！yi lu shun feng (Bon Voyage) Laura

Abersoch 2011

Emily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:22:24 +0000

The senior management team enjoyed a couple of days away from the stress of phones and emails in order to take stock and look hard at our operations.
Some great ideas were had, a little wine was drunk and there was an excellent chilli from Mr Pearson!

Study World

Emily — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:17:32 +0000

William and Celine had a really productive few days in London last week. It was great to see some old faces and catch up but also a great chance to meet new agents from all over the world looking for high quality language courses for juniors. The best bit was being able to start to tell people that the launch is coming and that soon we will be UKLC (UK Language courses)…watch this space…..

Italian Integration

Emily — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:15:23 +0000

Here is a picture of our Italian girls proudly showing off their Howells School uniforms. The girls have spent all week with us on an integration programme at Howells School consisting also of some English Language lessons and project work. The boys from their group went off to nearby Ruthin School for integration too. The week has been a great success with lots of friendships made and English spoken and they are sad to be leaving tomorrow. This picture was taken just before the girls attended the School assembly in the local church to celebrate 152 years of Howells School.

All about Elche

Emily — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:26:35 +0000

Keep up with the Leonardo group in Elche with their very own Blog. Get an insight into their daily life out there, what they are up to, all about teaching and the experience, oh and apparently what they are eating…

Leonardo candidates enjoying Elche

Emily — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:26:26 +0000

Our lucky fifteen Leonardo candidates have settled in well to their first week in Spain. After three weekends of training at our Howells centre (involving a Young Learner extension course, a TEFL refresher, a First Aid certificate and a Sports Leaders Award) they jetted off to Alicante. The first week was spent having Spanish lessons, settling in to their apartments and meeting their schools. Now they have all had their first lessons and received their timetables for the coming weeks. Our Course Director, Michael, flew out with them to help settle them in, give them even more lesson ideas and, it seems, help them find their way around Elche! Now he is back in the UK and will fly out again at the end of their stay to observe their lessons and have a final glass of cerveza to celebrate this successful project!

Aeroball is here!

Emily — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:41:54 +0000

Having spent all last night setting it up, Keith and Gareth seem very proud of our new Aeroball!
A few lucky guests got to try it out this morning but we can’t wait to use it properly in our MJA & Stars activities sessions this year. It will live at our Howells Centre, and to make the most of the sunshine, it is also going to be moved outside this weekend. If you haven’t heard of it before it is a cross between trampolining and basketball, where competitors aim to score baskets against the other team, great for co-ordination, fitness, communication and team play.

Over 100 applications for 15 places

Emily — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:21:30 +0000

MJA have received an overwhelming response for their teaching training project in Spain this April. With only 15 paces available, they have received over 100 applications which are being carefully worked through to identify the key people who will be involved in this fantastic scheme.