EF Education First - 50 Years in Education
20
Welcome!
Transcript of EF Education First - 50 Years in Education
Welcome!
world leaders inspire
Icef Berlin 2015
Then and now!Cambridge 1970 New York 2010
Sweden 1965United Kingdom 1965Norway 1967Finland 1967France 1967Denmark 1968Germany 1969Switzerland 1969
Netherlands 1970Austria 1970Japan 1972Spain 1974Italy 1974Belgium 1976United States of America 1979Mexico 1979Argentina 1979
Canada 1985Colombia 1985Indonesia 1986Australia 1987Brazil 1987South Korea 1988Taiwan 1989
Turkey 1991Portugal 1991Ecuador 1991Chile 1992China 1993Malta 1994Russia 1995Thailand 1996Poland 1997Luxemburg 1998Azerbaijan 1999
Venezuela 2000Saudi Arabia* 2001Vietnam 2001 Ireland 2001New Zealand 2002India 2002South Africa 2004Kazakhstan 2004Costa Rica 2005Czech Republic 2006Singapore 2008United Arab Emirates 2008Panama 2008Peru 2008
Libya 2010Uruguay 2011Algeria 2012Tunisia 2014
EF “live the language” 1965-2015
Icef Berlin 2015
EF today
Icef Berlin 2015
Facts at a glance
Company Name: EF Education FirstFounded: 1965 in Lund, Sweden
Owner: Privately held by EF’s founder BertilHult and family
Headquarters: Lucerne, SwitzerlandSchools and Offices: 500 in 52 countriesGlobal presence 107 countries
Employees: 40,500 (18,000 full-time office staff, 5,500 full-time faculty, 17,000 part-time teachers)
EF products
Icef Berlin 2015
EF Cultural Exchange
EF Local Language Learning
AffiliatedHult International Business School
EF Educational TravelEF Language
- EF International Language Centers- EF Language Travel- EF Academic Year abroad- EF University Preparation Colleges- EF University Transition programs- EF Academy—International Boarding Schools- EF Corporate Language Centers
- EF Learning Labs- EF Englishtown- EF Local English Language Centers- EF Local English Language Centers for Kids- EF Corporate Learning Solutions
- EF Explore America- EF Educational Tours- EF College Study Tours- EF Go Ahead Tours
- EF High School Exchange Year- Cultural Care Au Pair
- Hult International Business School, Grad School- Hult International Business School, Undergrad School- Hult International Business School, Executive Education
The jubilee year 2015
Icef Berlin 2015
Eastbourne
Cambridge
Brighton
London Russell sqr
The jubilee year 2015
Icef Berlin 2015
Thornwood. 100 acre of landscaped grounds, running trails and playing fields, as well as unparalleled educational facilities.
San Diego Cabrillo10 story building, 20 000 sqmon 6.5 acres of land in central San Diego
The jubilee year 2015
Icef Berlin 2015
Lyndon University Public liberal arts college in Vermont
Franklin Pierce UniversityPrivate University in NH
University Transition program; a jointly taught program for intl students leading to 2nd yearadmission at one of our partner universities.
New US headquarters, 2 years in 40 sec
Icef Berlin 2015
The jubilee year 2015
Icef Berlin 2015
EF Learning Labs
Icef Berlin 2015
EF Learning LabsEF’s research and development unit, is based in Switzerland and China.In Shanghai EF has several hundred linguists, developers, designers, and teachers who build EF’s advanced language learning system
The EF Research Network
- EF and the University of Cambridge’s Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics have established a joint research unit to investigate accelerated language learning.
- EF and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education are investigating second-language acquisition in secondary students.
- EF and Peking University’s School of Foreign Languages have a research program to examine how to advance the studies of English.
EF and the Olympics
Icef Berlin 2015
Social Outreach
- Official Language School of the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics.
- Official Language Training Services Supplier of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Official Supplier of Language Programs of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
- Official Language Training Supplier of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
EF and corporate responsibility
Icef Berlin 2015
EF offices around the world work with their local communities to give back.
- The EF Global Classroom Foundation is an umbrella for EF’s charitable activities, which have included disaster relief in the U.S., China, Haiti, Indonesia, and Japan, as well as providing funding for better educational opportunities to the underprivileged.
- Every year, the Hult family donates 1 million USD, the award for the Hult Prize—the world’s largest graduate student competition helping to solve the globe’s toughest social challenges.
- The Hult family is one of the founding members of the Mentor Foundation, supporting research and initiatives in drug prevention.
- The EF-UNAOC Young Leader Summit is an annual conference in New York. Outstanding young talents who qualify get a full scholarship to attend this amazing event during a week in August. Delegates from 80 countries participated 2014.
Thank you!
Let’s make 2015 an equally exciting start for the next 50 years!
