In a first for StudyWorld, representatives from five Kurdish universities joined delegates at the London event this year. The delegation, a direct result of the agreement signed last year between English UK and the Kurdistan Regional Government, met educators both at StudyWorld itself and at schools and universities in London and Coventry.

The Home Office has today published changes to the visa rules which will allow people coming to the UK on tourist or business visas to study for up to 6 weeks on their six-month UK visa.

We are pleased to announce the 2014 autumn/winter English UK Fairs will be in Kyoto, Japan and Antalya, Turkey. Organised by English UK in partnership with the British Council, UK Trade & Investment and VisitBritain, the English UK Fairs are the only agents' workshops to focus exclusively on the UK's English language teaching sector, with each fair targeting a different key world region for student recruitment.

Bookings are now open for our 2013–2014 training days, with the first session being held on Friday 13 September. We run a wide selection of training days to cover all aspects of language centres' work including management, marketing, welfare and teaching.