Teaching English in the UK Many people travel to the UK to improve their English language skills. They do this for a variety of reasons....

Colchester is Britain's oldest recorded town and was once the capital city of England. It's a pleasant town that wears its history on its...

Why Choose Costa Rica? Costa Rica is one of the most attractive destinations for those looking for opportunities to teach English in...

We all have two sides - a logical brain telling us that we need to set money aside for a rainy day, that we need to save for a mortgage...

When I was 21, I didn't really know what I was doing with my life. I'd finished a degree in law and I knew I wanted to go on an adventure...

The EFL world is littered with acronyms (there’s one in this sentence already). These can sometimes get confusing. This blog hopes to...

There has never been a better time to get CELTA qualified in the UK. Demand for teachers of English as a foreign language have been at...

Do I need a degree to do a CELTA? The short answer is ‘No’ – you don’t need a bachelor’s degree to be accepted onto a CELTA course and in...

There is no right or wrong time to qualify with a CELTA certificate. The qualification is life-long – it doesn’t expire and you won’t...

So, you’ve researched CELTA and you think you might like to teach your way around the world. You know you’ll have to brush up on your...

I’ve interviewed many, many CELTA candidates over the last few years and a common question I get asked is ‘What was your experience after...

The short answer to this is ‘yes’ – it is possible to fail a CELTA course. Thankfully, this is extremely rare. The overwhelming...

People often get quite nervous about a CELTA interview. I remember being nervous about my own one, which I did over the phone in 2003....

So, you have your CELTA, and you know a lot more about how to plan a lesson, about how to manage students and how to analyse grammar,...

When we started doing CELTA courses that were fully online at the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of teacher trainers were sceptical....

Home of chocolate, Peaky Blinders and the chicken balti! Birmingham has long been a vibrant and attractive city for young people,...