Brian Hawthorne, founder and former principal of long standing English UK member centre the Devon School of English, sadly passed away on 18 October 2020 at Torbay Hospital after a short illness.

Jodie Gray has been appointed chief executive of English UK after taking over as interim leader in February 2020.

Bookings are now open for our online StudyWorld events in 2021: StudyWorld in January and StudyWorld summer in March. English UK is committed to promoting the UK ELT sector through affordable, quality events. 

Following the recent and forthcoming changes to Covid-19 restrictions, English UK is supporting its member centres to remain open, aligned with government policy. We have published extensive guidance and provided training to members on how to operate Covid-19 secure English language teaching centres.

The Government has announced that planned changes to the short term study route will come into effect on 1 December 2020.