Why Choose Elac?

By delivering quality programmes year after year and maintaining open, clear communication with our partners, we have been able to build positive long-term relationships with key people in our partner organisations; if problems arise, we work closely and quickly to resolve them.

As a British Council-accredited organisation, we are continually focused on raising standards and developing good practice across all areas, with particular attention to student and staff welfare, programme content, and the student experience. Our experienced permanent staff team are often involved in wider professional roles within the EFL language sector.

We believe our integrity is demonstrated through our reliability and accountability. We have built trust not just with partners, but also with our centres, suppliers, homestay providers, and of course, our students. This feeds through to our centre staff, who are key to our success, with many returning year after year, enabling us to further share our ethos with newcomers.

We are committed to reflecting on and innovating in all areas of our organisation and delivery. We have a particular strength in curriculum innovation, developing relevant academic materials and programmes based on our partners’ and students’ needs. We are also constantly evaluating and fine-tuning our programmes to provide the best student experience we can.

We still retain the values and ethos that characterised Elac from the beginning: our commitment to being a welcoming and inclusive organisation which nurtures positive values in staff and students alike. Our not-for-profit Elac Education Trust, with its aim of promoting English language opportunities abroad for less privileged students, further demonstrates our ambitions in this area.

We are driven to build on our environmental credentials and to make positive changes to improve our organisation and the wider world e.g., we offset our students’ carbon emissions by planting trees in Uganda via the UNA Eastbourne Mvule project.