English UK

Brexit and UK ELT

Lobbying on behalf of the English language teaching industry has always been a focus of English UK's work, and has become more important since the referendum to leave the European Union in 2016.

Keep up to date on all things Brexit and how we can continue to champion UK ELT.

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Where UK education meets the world

StudyWorld connects UK educators and service providers with international buyers and agents.

In 2019, we will celebrate 50 years of the event with a special golden anniversary birthday party.

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In-depth insight and intelligence for UK ELT

English UK analyses industry data on both an annual and a quarterly basis.

Along with our insight partners Bonard, we produce regular, in-depth reports to help members identify market trends and opportunities, and to best represent our industry.

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Promoting excellence in UK English language teaching

English UK is the national association of accredited ELT providers in the UK.

We promote the UK as the best English language learning destination; support our members' businesses and professional development; produce industry leading market intelligence; and represent our industry to government.

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Keeping students safe while they study in the UK

The UK has very strict rules to keep students safe during their studies. We deliver training to educators and agents on the UK's excellent safeguarding rules.

"Safety is an extremely important part of running language programmes and one of the things language schools do very well in the UK..." says trainer Kevin O'Donnell

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The national association of accredited English language centres

We promote and support the world's leading English language destination.

Our members range from small private English language schools to universities, offering the world's biggest choice of courses, at all levels.

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Helping members recruit around the world

We organise and join events around the world to enable our members to develop fruitful relationships with quality agents and buyers in source markets.

Join us this autumn in Berlin, Spain, Japan, Thailand and China.

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English UK

Upcoming events

Member roadshow: Cardiff
Wednesday 27 March

Member roadshow: Northern Ireland
April 25 April

English UK Annual Conference & AGM
Thursday 23 May
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StudyWorld 50
Monday 2 – Wednesday 4 September 2019

Brexit and ELT

Keep up to date on Brexit and championing ELT in the UK.

Each year, over 500,000 people of all ages come to the UK to improve their English generating around £1.2 billion in export earnings for the UK annually.

StudyWorld 50: where UK education meets the world

We host over 750 delegates at StudyWorld for one-to-one meetings, industry seminars and networking receptions over two and a half days in the heart of London.

Join us on 2 – 4 September 2019

Become an English UK member

Discover the benefits of English UK membership for English language teaching centres and departments in the UK.

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English UK News

Helping to shape the post-Brexit immigration system with English UK

18 March 2019
English UK welcomes ELT focus in Government’s new international education strategy

16 March 2019
The importance of ELT to the UK's international education sector has been recognised for the first time in a...
Help your students thrive with wellbeing and learning differences training

5 March 2019
Discover ways to improve wellbeing and understanding of learning differences with our upcoming training days

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Training and development

We run a wide selection of training days to cover all aspects of language centres' work. Find out more information on all our upcoming training days.