English UK is the world's leading language teaching association with over 400 accredited members. We are the voice of the UK English language teaching sector and work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders worldwide to represent the interests of the English language profession. Over 85% of the centres accredited through the Accreditation UK scheme have chosen to become members.
Members benefit from...
- High-level representation to national and international government bodies and other opinion formers
- English UK's partnership with the British Council in operating the Accreditation UK scheme
- Information and support on educational, management, welfare and marketing matters
- Access to regular news updates through the monthly electronic newsflash and the members' e-forum
- Substantial discounts to attend the wide range of English UK training events
- Priority attendance at events including English UK General Meetings, the Teachers' Conference and ELT Management Conference
- Marketing and promotional activities, market research and country visit reports and access to the programme of outward and inward missions
- Information and support on educational, management, welfare and marketing matters
- Profile on the English UK website - our course search tool holds details of more English language courses at accredited centres than any other database in the world
- Inclusion in the English in the UK guide - the primary ELT hardcopy resource used in British Council overseas offices
- Considerable discounts on attendance at StudyWorld, English UK's annual international student recruitment workshop (typical member saving at least £400).
By taking advantage of discounted prices for English UK events and paying the Accreditation UK scheme and other fees through us, members can save over £1000 a year.
The annual membership fee starts from as little as £750. All centres pay a basic subscription and there is an additional graduated supplementary subscription based on the size of institution measured by student weeks taught. For further information, please see the Application Procedure and Subscription Rates document.
For more details of what we offer, please download the Benefits of joining sheet.
