ENGLISH UK TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE Prospero House, London 2007

English UK is now accepting proposals for workshops and presentations for the annual Teachers’ Conference which takes place in London on Saturday, 17th November 2007. 

Application Deadline: Monday, 16th July 2007

Please include a 150-200 word outline about your interactive workshop, your contact details and biographical information (max. 100 words) in the body of an email entitled: Teachers Conference and send it to training@englishuk.com

Proposals will be evaluated by the organizers of the conference and presenters will be informed if they have been successful by Monday, 30th July 2007. Please note that presenters will benefit from free attendance at the conference and any travel expenses will be covered.

For further information about English UK’s training programme, qualifications and conferences please go to www.englishuk.com/training or alternatively call Mark Rendell on 020 7802 9200 for any specific queries about the Teachers’ Conference.

With effect from 2 May 2007, the British Embassy in Damascus will operate a restricted visa service, until further notice. This will allow reorganisation of the delivery of public services within the embassy.

To view the article in full, visit the News sections of the UKvisas website -
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk

On Wednesday 29th March, Home Office Minister Liam Byrne outlined tougher immigration measures that will see visitors to the UK being screened ‘as far away from our shores as possible’. (more…)

Changes to immigration rules for students coming to the UK were announced on Wednesday 28th March. Their main impact will be to create a new student visitor route for those coming to study for a period of up to 6 months. However, these short-term students will not have the right to work or bring in dependents – entry clearance as a student will still have to be sought before travel to the UK for those wishing to benefit from these additional rights.

A new scheme which will enable international HEI students to stay on in the UK for a year to work after they have completed their studies was also announced by the Government. This scheme, to be introduced on the 1st May 2007, is intended to help cement the UK’s status as a top study destination for international students.

For further information about these changes, please see the attached documents -

studentrules2803a.pdf; studentrulechanges2803.pdf; new-international-graduates-scheme.pdf

For important news of forthcoming Information Sessions and other updates, please see the document below.
vetting-barring-scheme-update.doc