English UK news
  • UK Government Minister welcomes ELT students back to the UK
    29 July 2020

    Exports Minister Graham Stuart has written an open letter to international ELT students, welcoming them back to UK classrooms and recognising English UK and its members work on focussing on student safety and latest government guidance. 

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  • English UK's 2020 Student Statistics Report: continuing rise in student numbers in 2019
    29 July 2020

    The UK welcomed 1% more students last year than in 2018, continuing from the market rebound of 2017.

    The proportion of juniors rose to 54% of the total, and a quarter of all weeks were spent in London. Central England saw a 21% spike in student weeks, while Northern England was the best performer, with student weeks rising to 25,877, a rise of 9%.

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  • Spend five minutes helping English UK campaign for ELT recovery
    28 July 2020

    The English UK public affairs team are focused on campaigning, but the most effective way to get the message to Government is via local MPs, whose first duty is to their constituents. The Government and its officials have noticed the large number of letters coming in from and about ELT, so we need to keep this going.

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  • Covid-19 slashes UK ELT revenue by £510m
    24 July 2020

    The extent of the financial hit to UK ELT has been calculated for the first time in research done by English UK among its member centres.

    The research, carried out by Bonard in June, shows a £257m loss among the 145 participating centres. Extrapolating that figure to the entire membership equates to a loss of more than half a billion pounds for the first three quarters of 2020.

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  • Lords ask for immigration concessions for ELT during Bill debate
    23 July 2020

    The needs of UK ELT were raised in the House of Lords during the Second Reading of the Immigration Bill this week.

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  • Covid Secure online workshops for ELT providers - 30 July + 6 August
    23 July 2020

    These sessions will cover how to open as safely as possible with examples, exercises and an extended Q&A to get expert and peer input for your particular concerns.


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  • Campaigning update: fighting for our industry's survival
    22 July 2020

    We are bringing all our lobbying efforts together with the publication of Teaching English to the world: how the government can help kickstart UK ELT after Covid-19, our policy position paper outlining 14 steps which would help the industry to survive, compete and thrive.

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  • New study flexibility for UK visitors
    22 July 2020

    In December, the short-term study visa (STSV) route will close and anyone who wants to study here for six months or less can enter on a standard visitor visa.

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  • English UK and members meet former Trade Minister Conor Burns
    21 July 2020

    As part of our campaigning around business rates relief and the immigration bill, English UK arranged a meeting on 23 June with Conor Burns MP and two language centre members in his Bournemouth constituency.

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  • What are your reopening plans? Second edition survey
    15 July 2020

    Calling all members: please share your plans and views with us in this the second round of our member reopening survey. Deadline: Friday 24 July

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  • Erasmus+ funding for blended course delivery
    15 July 2020

    The Erasmus+ UK National Agency have confirmed to us that from autumn/winter 2020, beneficiary organisations will be encouraged to offer blended programmes with a period of online learning preceding the face-to-face phase. Find out how the funding will work...

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  • Marketing segmentation, targeting and differentiation - online training - 13 August
    14 July 2020

    Time to dust off the marketing handbook and take a look at how some classic marketing principles apply and work in a digital context, in a crisis.

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  • Covid-19: MPs debate how to support UK ELT through crisis
    2 July 2020

    Covid-19's effect on UK ELT was discussed in a short but moving debate in Parliament this week, as MPs warmly praised the industry and asked the Government to extend the support it is providing.

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