Secondary English (KS 3 & KS 4)

Union wants foreign language teachers to know their rights

She broke her foot, and still had to go to work. While her students were busy taking a test, she had the audacity to sit down, just to take pressure off her broken foot for a moment. Her boss was watching over CCTV, and…

Children’s Day gifts now cost parents twice as much

South Korean parents expect to spend an average of 95,000 won ($64) on Children’s Day gifts this year, nearly double the amount from a decade ago, a survey showed Thursday. According to English education company Yoon’s…

Do multi-school organisations work?

Pupil outcomes in Tasmania are the worst of any Australian state bar the Northern Territory. To counter this, Tasmania has launched a trial of multi-school organisations (MSOs) across three primary schools in Hobart.…

Ireland under scrutiny as students allege unpaid tuition refunds after visa refusals

Dozens of international students have accused English-language schools in Ireland of withholding tuition fees for months after visa rejections, despite regulations requiring timely refunds.

English at age 7: tutoring cost fix or pressure on children?

A pledge to introduce English classes from first grade has revived a decades-old debate in South Korea over whether earlier public instruction can ease private tutoring costs or fuel even more competition among young…

The future of agentic AI for university students

Universities stand at a turning point. For years, headlines have framed artificial intelligence (AI) as a threat to academic integrity. That narrative, while important, misses the bigger opportunity. Used deliberately…

ENGLISH DIGEST 實用美語(空中美語)

Know your English

Can the multi-school, top down approach work?

Pupil outcomes in Tasmania are the worst of any Australian state bar the Northern Territory. To counter this, Tasmania has launched a trial of multi-school organisations (MSOs ) across three primary schools in Hobart.…

As Korea cracks down on English kindergartens, Seoul districts open their own for free

Last week, Byun Jae-i, a 5-year-old at Donghwa Kindergarten in southern Seoul's Seocho District, learned that kangaroos come from Australia and pandas from China. The twist is she learned it all in English, a language…

Religious education for minorities

ON March 30, the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessment Authority (Pectaa) through a notification approved books for religious education in schools for students of six minority faiths — Christianity,…

ESF reserves reach HK$3.75 billion, even as government subsidies shrink

The reserves of Hong Kong’s largest international school group have more than tripled to HK$3.75 billion (US$480.8 million) in over a decade, even as it taps different income sources to offset shrinking government…

BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林： Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語？

Ramen, nightlife and love: A Japanese entrepreneur’s 55 years in Hong Kong

Ippei-an Ramen & Bar, a Japanese restaurant that has been in operation for 42 years, is located in what people may say is one of Hong Kong’s worst locations. Energy Plaza, a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui East, is…

ANALYTICAL ENGLISH 解析英語(常春藤)

New Delhi criticises ‘poor taste’ Trump post calling India a ‘hellhole’

India on Thursday criticised as inappropriate a post by US President Donald Trump that called the South Asian country a “hellhole.” The comments come ahead of a planned visit next month to India by US Secretary of State…

Man City, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Juventus to face off in pre-season ‘Hong Kong Football Festival’

English and Italian football giants Manchester City, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus will square up for pre-season friendlies in Hong Kong in August, the clubs announced on Tuesday. A test football match held at Kai…

Cambodian king has ‘successful’ surgery in Beijing after cancer diagnosis

Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni underwent “successful” surgery in Beijing on Monday, former Cambodian leader Hun Sen said, after the royal announced he had prostate cancer. Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni. Photo:…

Ex-international kindergarten administrator jailed for 25 months over school admissions bribes

A former administrator at an international kindergarten has been jailed for two years and one month after pleading guilty to accepting over HK$640,000 in bribes to help secure admissions for children applying to the…

An Undergraduate Paper Wins Best Full Research Paper Award at a Leading International Conference in Information Science

In February 2026, at WSDM 2026 (the ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining) held in the United States, a paper authored by Rikiya Takehi, a fourth-year undergraduate student in the School of…