Teachers at Escape English, on Oxford Street in London, have secured a pay scale for the first time. This saw the pay of some increase by more than a third. A teacher from Escape English said: “No one expects to get rich teaching English, but we do expect to be treated with respect and paid … Read more

I arrived in Colombia bright eyed and bushy tailed. I was so excited to learn salsa, improve my Spanish and live in Medellin, the much talked about city on the travelling circuit. I had heard so many great things about the city. It is known as ‘la ciudad de la eterna primavera’, the city of … Read more

In Summer 2019, the teachers at a central London school were facing some difficulties at work. Difficulties that we as TEFL teachers are all familiar with. There had been no pay rise in line with inflation, they were on zero-hours contracts and had only one sick day per year.  Their first port of call was … Read more