The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, announced changes to the rules for International Students wishing to study in the UK yesterday.

If you are setting up, or thinking of setting up an online learning facility for your school Moodle may well be your answer. Kingsway English Centre in Worcester is hosting a 2-day training course on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th February entitled "Moodle Course Creator" run by an official Moodle partner.

The roadshow will consist of presentations from the Central Government departments responsible for the Vetting & Barring Scheme as well as the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

Should students applying for British Tier 4 visas have to take an English language test as part of the process? And if so, what form should it take? These controversial questions were recently discussed by an expert panel and a large audience of education providers at a conference organised by Cambridge ESOL called Language at the Border: Assessing Language Ability for Study in the UK.

Season's Greetings from English UK! We wish you all the best for 2010.

N.B. The English UK office will be closed for the holidays from Wednesday 23 December 2009 until Monday 4 January 2010.