Around 70 universities, colleges and private English language centres travelled to Brighton to give evidence on student visas to a special session of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Witnesses travelled from as far away as Wales and Leicester to appear before the Committee's only open session to be held outside Westminster during its scrutiny of the Government's proposed changes to student visas.

English UK was the first organisation called to give evidence at the Home Affairs Select Committee's investigation into the Government's proposed visa changes. Questions from the committee members ranged over the issues of bogus colleges, language levels, foundation courses and accreditation schemes.

English UK is inviting applications to speak at this year's English UK Business English Trainers' Conference on Saturday, 14 May 2011 at International House in London. The annual event is held in association with Business English UK and is supported by Cambridge ESOL. Sessions need to be interactive and reflect the latest ideas and issues in the world of professional English training. Click here for further details or go to the Training Section of our website.

English UK and Study UK this week joined other leading international education groups opposed to the Government's proposals on student visas in a national press conference.

Tony Millns, chief executive of English UK, took part in a press conference on 26 January regarding the government's plans to review Tier 4 of the Points Based System and raise English langauge requirements.