Travel and Teach Scholarships

Ethical TEFL is the specialist TEFL division of English Language Centre Yorkshire CIC - a registered Community Interest Company. What that means is that we are a social enterprise with a legal duty to reinvest all profits into providing training and employment opportunities for those who would not otherwise be able to access them.

Over the last 25 years there have been many changes in TEFL training, including a concerning increase in the number of sub-standard TEFL courses being sold, and a disappointing focus on quick profit rather than the quality of the student experience. 

Training good TEFL teachers by distance-learning can be challenging, and requires knowledgeable, experienced tutors if it is to be done properly. All of our tutors are fully qualified professional teachers with a minimum of 15 years TEFL and distance-learning experience.

 

Accordingly we have developed a graduate TESOL Programme. TESOL (also known as TEFL) is the acronym for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and there is a tremendous global demand for trained TESOL teachers.

As a Social Enterprise whose profits are re-invested back into providing employment and training opportunities, we are able to offer a number of Full Scholarships onto the Programme. Although primarily aimed at unemployed Graduates, Undergraduates are also eligible to apply for a scholarship and Final Year students in particular are encouraged to apply. 

Our Programme consists of two key strands:

A 120-150 hour distance-learning Diploma TESOL Course; giving participants the skills, confidence, and qualifications necessary for TEFL work abroad.

 

A Job Advisory Service providing expert support to help participants find work and choose the most appropriate position for them personally. We work with quality Schools and Agencies throughout the world to make sure our students get the opportunity to apply for the pick of some of the best English Language teaching jobs around.

 

The specific duties and remuneration you can expect when teaching abroad obviously varies depending on a range of factors, for example: location, size of school, type of school (private or state), age of students etc. Remuneration will always be considerably higher than the UK Minimum wage. One of the key roles of our Job Advisory Service is to help you decide what position would suit you best.