Autumn-Winter ESB News

It’s that time of year again when representatives from ESB fly out to Athens to attend Europalso’s annual conference. Europalso are one of our key partners, who operate our ESOL International qualifications in Greece. Over 1,000 guests, mainly Europalso members who are foreign Language Centre owners and their staff, travel from all parts of the country to participate in the event. Political and educational representatives are also invited to attend. Educational publishers and businesses have the opportunity to display new publications and teaching resources in the exhibition hall. Europalso President George Zikopolous hosted the conference, and introduced a panel of keynote speakers, on which our Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw was asked to present. This year Tina fed back to attendees on the overall learner performance over the year, along with some tips for improvement. Says Tina, ‘It’s always a pleasure to catch up with George and his team who work so tirelessly to promote our ESOL International assessments in Greece.

The enthusiasm of the school owners is inspiring to witness, and there is also the opportunity to gain feedback, which is extremely valuable to us at ESB.’ Customer Experience Officer, Kirsty Grainger and Communications/HR Officer, Debbie Bassett joined Tina to represent ESB at the conference.

Tina Renshaw (left) and Kirsty Grainger (right) representing ESB at the Europalso Conference

Says Kirsty, ‘It was an incredible opportunity to see how Europalso operates, and to see how respected our qualifications are to passionate school owners from all over Greece’.

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