Autumn- Winter ESB News Version 1

ESB’s Chief Executive Tina Renshaw and Chief Examiner Elaine Rudduck teamed up to play an important part in Europalso’s prestigious annual conference.

Elaine talked about how ESB has been strengthening its examination process, in collaboration with Europalso. Says Tina, “It’s always a pleasure to visit Greece and to meet members of the Europalso team. They always make us so welcome and they work tirelessly to promote our ESOL International assessments in Greece. The enthusiasm of the school owners is inspiring, and there is also the opportunity to gain feedback, which is extremely valuable to us at ESB”.

Europalso is our exclusive centre in Greece, operating our ESOL International qualifications.

More than 1,000 guests, attended the annual event held in Athens. Delegates came from all over Greece including Europalso members, who are mainly foreign language centre owners, as well as leading political figures, educationalists, educational publishers and other business owners. The conference’s main objectives are to educate delegates about new teaching methods, to exchange views and to present innovative business ideas and actions to empower and support business owners. The event, hosted by Europalso President George Zikopolous, introduced a panel of keynote speakers including Tina Renshaw and Elaine Rudduck. Tina gave feedback to delegates on the overall performance throughout the year for Greek learners, along with some top tips for improvement, including news about ESB’s plans to deliver video resources for school owners. She said that more leaflets were also being produced to assist learners and parents.

Tina Renshaw (centre) and Elaine Rudduck (right) representing ESB at the Europalso Conference

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