About us

Who are we?

English UK is the national association of accredited English language centres in the United Kingdom. We work to raise standards and to ensure students have a great experience learning English in the UK. read more +

We bring together accredited UK English language centres and serious study abroad agents at events around the world, and work together with third-party workshops to promote English UK members worldwide. read more +

Join us

If you are a language centre, service provider or a study abroad agent, find out how you can join English UK and the benefits you can gain from membership.

English UK's training days

As part of English UK's work to raise professional standards in our industry, we run a wide selection of training days to cover all aspects of language centres' work. read more +

English UK language centre directory

Our member centres are all fully-accredited language-teaching centres in the state and private sector.

View our language centre directory for the most up-to-date list of English UK member centres.

Accreditation UK & how we can help

Accreditation UK is the quality assurance scheme for the English language teaching industry in the UK and is managed by the British Council with English UK. The scheme's requirements are among the most rigorous in the world... read more +

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English UK News

The English UK Academic Conference: inspiration and ideas for teaching a language “full of quirks, eccentricities and mistakes”

22 January 2019
Discover how our Academic Conference guests were inspired with ideas for teaching and management.
Get GDPR and data protection advice as an English UK member

15 January 2019
Our English UK members benefit from access to a free helpline for advice on GDPR and data protection
Continuous enrolment and assessment: can they work together?

14 January 2019
Experience a paradigm shift and find out how to make assessment work in your centre at the Academic...

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Our subgroups

English UK has a variety of sub-groups representing either teaching specialisms or regions.

Sub-groups are intended to help our members work together for marketing, business and training, and to make it easier for agents to find suitable courses for their students... read more +

StudyWorld 2019: the best of UK education

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

Press centre

Information and news releases on all aspects of our work for members of the press.