Glasgow School of English - Current NewsTo keep up to date with latest developments within Glasgow School of English please regularly check our news section.
You will also be able to look at archived news and copies of student newsletters, by clicking on the links down the left hand side.
Mar 12th 2007
Glasgow School of English becomes TOEIC Test Centre
 We are proud to announce we are now the only Authorised TOEIC Test Centre in the west of Scotland. TOEIC stands for Test of English for International Communication and is the world's most widely taken test of Business English.
The test is developed by ETS, the organisation responsible for TOEFL, GMAT and SAT tests. It is recognised throughout the world and is particularly popular in Japan, Korea, and France.
We will soon announce our first test dates and details of our TOEIC Preparation programme.
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Jan 22nd 2007
School Welcomes Local Student on Work Experience
 Glasgow School of English was happy to welcome Debbi Murphy, 15, from Milngavie, Glasgow High School on a one week Work Experience project. All High School students in the UK are encouraged to volunteer to work in a company to gain experience of the working environment and learn essential skills such as IT, communication, and time management.
Debbi was responsible for handling telephone and e-mail enquiries, office administration, data input, and maintaining records of teaching materials. She learned quickly, carried out all her tasks well, and was an efficient worker.
She speaks French and Italian and would like to pursue a career in languages teaching or translation. We wish her the best of luck for her future.
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Sep 4th 2006
Glasgow Voted in Top UK City for Tourists
 The readers of Conde Nast Traveller voted Glasgow the UK's No.1 city for tourists. The survey with Glasgow scoring highly for its people and friendly welcome (96%) and lively nightlife (95%). The survey took tourists' opinions on value-for-money, food, nightlife and entertainment, best range of accommodation, finest culture, safety, user-friendliness, cleanest streets, people and hospitality.
Glasgow has improved its reputation as a destination for international travellers and move from from eighth place in 2004, to second in 2005, and is now the No.1 Favourite UK City 2006. Scotland took both the top places in the survey, with the capital, Edinburgh, coming second.
Sarah Miller, Editor of Conde Nast Traveller, said: "Glasgow is the most fantastic world-class city. It has so much energy and style and its people are some of the friendliest you'll find anywhere. Glasgow deserves this accolade because it's worked really hard at transforming what people might once have perceived as a dour place into one of the most vibrant cultural scenes anywhere in Europe."
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Jul 2nd 2006
Chinese Students from the UK Express Course Graduate!
 On 30 June 2006 more than 30 students graduated from the UK Express Course. The course, which takes place at Beijing International Studies University was well attended. This year more than 60 students graduated from the course and 30 of them are currently studying at institutions in the UK.
The students are pictured to the right.
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Jun 29th 2006
First Secretary for Scottish Affairs attends Graduation Ceremony
 Students at the UK Express Course will be presented with their graduation certificate by Lucy Watkins the First Secretary for Scottish Affairs in China.
Ms Watkins will present more than 30 students with their end of course certificates.
This years course has been a huge success. More than 60 students graduated from the course and 30 of them will be attending the ceremony, which will take place on June 30 at Beijing International Studies University.
Andrew Lennox, Director of Glasgow School of English (who is pictured with Ms Watkins and Ms Sun - the UK Express Course Director, China) said:
"I am delighted that Ms Watkins is able to attend our ceremony. This year the UK Express course has been a huge success and we are hopeful that we will soon be able to open another course in the Shandong province of China".
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Jun 16th 2006
Glasgow's most famous museum due to reopen in July!
 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (pictured right) is arguably one of Glasgow's most famous museums, which is internationally reknowned for the quality of its collections.
The museum, which has undergone extensive refurbishment is due to open its doors on Tuesday 11 July 2006. The new look Kelvingrove will have increased space and new ways of showcasing its arts and artefacts.
Exhibits include a restored spitfire suspended from the roof of the museum as well as masterpieces by Van Gogh, Whistler and Monet. In addition there is a 'Glasgow Style Gallery' dedicated to the works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
For more information on the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum please visit http://www.glasgowmuseums.com
The museum is free to visit. A group of students from the school will be visiting the museum on Friday 14th July 2006.
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Jun 10th 2006
Russian Prize Winner
We recently ran a competition in conjunction with British Council Russia. The competition was on the British Council website and gave Russian students the chance to win a two week stay at our school free of charge.
We were inundated with responses and are delighted to announce that one lucky winner was chosen at random.
Elena Solovyeva from Nizhny Novgorod was the lucky winner and is due to start at our schoool at the end of August.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to complete the online competition.
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Apr 21st 2006
Glasgow School of English opens in Estonia
We have just recently opened an English language school in Tallinn, Estonia, which is the second overseas school that we have opened in the last three years.
It was whilst on a recent trade mission to Estonia that Andrew Lennox, President of Glasgow School of English, spotted a gap in the market. Although it was clearly evident that Enterprise Estonia, an Estonian based investment agency, was keen to promote Estonia as a tourism destination, there was a lack of professional in-country English language provision available to the tourism sector.
Upon his return from Estonia, Andrew set the wheels in motion to develop in-country language provision, offering English language training to hotel employees. Working in partnership with an Estonian representative, Andrew managed to secure funding from Enterprise Estonia and within nine months of returning from the trade mission the school was open for business.
At present Glasgow School of English Estonia is teaching English language skills and customer care training to forty employees from two of Estonia?s leading hotels; The Radisson and The Meriton. Andrew Lennox, President of Glasgow School English (pictured to the left) with Sam Holmberg, General Manager, Radisson SAS Hotel. Four other hotels are due to join in the training by the end of June.
The opening of the Estonian school reinforces Glasgow School of English?s position as a leading independent international language school. As well as the school in Glasgow and Estonia there is also a language school in Beijing, China. In addition, plans are at an advanced stage to expand to other cities and countries within the Baltic region.
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Apr 18th 2006
New Director of Studies
We are delighted to announce that we have recently appointed a new Director of Studies.
Tony Watt, replaces Joanna Muldoon, the former School Principal. Joanna left our school at the end of February to take up the post of International Officer for one of Glasgow's leading universities.
Tony, who has more than seven years' experience teaching English to adults is well qualified for this challenging role. Tony has spent more than six years teaching English to a range of organisations in Tokyo , including leading manufacturers and financial institutions.
As well as holding formal teaching qualifications including The Cambridge DELTA, Tony also has a Masters in English Language Training.
Tony has settled into his new role well and said " I am delighted to be appointed the Director of Studies at Glasgow School of English. As well as maintaining our schools friendly atmosphere and high quality language tuition, I will also be developing new courses and looking at ways to improve our delivery of service".
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Jan 20th 2006
New Course Launched
We recently launched a new English language course, providing English language training to teachers.
The aim of the course is to provide teachers, whose first language is not English, with specialist teacher training. The course aims to improve the knowledge, understanding and use of professional vocabulary and improve English language speaking and listening skills.
We welcomed the first group of teachers to our school this month. The group comprised of four teachers from Roskilde Handelsskole. The four Danes (three men and one woman) studied at our school for one week. As well as receiving one to one tuition, presentation skills and intensive English courses the teachers also attended pre-arranged site visits and social excursions to Glasgow University, Edinburgh Castle and a ceilidh at the Riverside Club.
The new course is available to small groups of teachers from a range of backgrounds. If you would like to receive more information please contact us for a quotation and details on availability.
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Jan 13th 2006
Glasgow - one of the world's must see places
According to a recent news article published in The Herald, Glasgow is one of the "next must see places for 2006".
According to Frommer's a publisher of guidebooks, the city is one of "10 places that are coming into their own". It joins prime locations in Brazil, Venezuela and New Mexico in the top "10 list of interesting but affordable holiday destinations which are not swamped with tourists and where travellers can still find bargains to get there".
According to the guidebook "(Glasgow) encompasses a large artists' community with museums, fine art and contemporary galleries, as well as music venues littered throughout the city".
If you would like to receive a full copy of the article please complete the contact us form and we will email you a copy.
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