It was announced today that Vicki Hollett, who has won first prize in the English Speaking Union competition for two of her publications, will be delivering the opening plenary at the English UK Business English Trainers' Conference on 14 May 2011. 

If you would like to see Vicky's session, book now by downloading a booking form from the conference section of the English UK website.

St George International (SGI) has announced the launch of a series of Teacher Development Workshops for 2011 which will be accessible to teachers from all English UK member centres. There will be 8 workshops this year, with 4 planned for the Spring-Summer, and 4 in the Autumn-Winter.

English UK is proud to be hosting the UK conference for business English training professionals in association with Business English UK, the special interest group for the sector in the UK, on Saturday 14 May at International House in London. Please click here to download a booking form.

English UK warns that the changes to the UK student visa system announced by the Home Secretary Theresa May this afternoon could open a new loophole. 

An official report into proposed changes to the UK student visa regime has praised the English UK Partner Agency Scheme, and recommended that it should be widely publicised among language centres which sponsor visa students.