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2023 was UK ELT's best year since the pandemic, our student statistics show.
Student numbers rose to 76% of 2019 levels and student weeks to 71%. Recovery was more evenly distributed than in 2022, with twice as many of our members exceeding their 2019 student weeks – 26% compared with 13%.
Our quarterly statistics scheme (QUIC) results suggest that 2023 business reached 83% of 2019 levels, a better recovery than in any of the intervening years.
AccessTEFL is a new qualification which provides a new access route to English language teaching careers in the UK.
English UK's public affairs team has been campaigning for several months on the risk posed to the sector if Labour's policy to impose VAT on private school fees affected language centres.
A unique snapshot of the industry's recovery in major ELT destinations has been published by English UK and our insight partners, BONARD.
The global ELT overview shows the industry's first overall upturn since the pre-Covid year of 2019 and that recovery is so far stronger in some destinations than others.
