Setting fire to things is normally not encouraged during agent workshops. But the English UK Fairs are a little bit different -- so delegates at last month's event in Thailand got the chance to not only send tiny candlelit flower boats down a river, but also to light and fly lanterns into the moonlit sky as part of a local festival.

English language teachers who want to carry out action research but would like some practical support, are encouraged to apply for a pioneering new scheme created by English UK and Cambridge English Language Assessment.

Passionate arguments for both points of view were made in the opening and closing sessions of the English UK Teachers' Conference, delighting the delegates at the London event. With 265 attending, plus speakers and exhibitors, it was the biggest Teachers' Conference ever.

We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for the next English UK Fair focusing on the regions of the Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia & North Africa - The English UK Fair, Antalya 2014.

Agents on English UK's latest inward mission have gone home with a unique selling point for their clients - inside knowledge of language centres in one of the world's top travel destinations.