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News on the future of the extended student visitor visa, inside information from the government's international education export strategy, and projections for the global ELT market to 2020 were just some of the highlights English UK's annual conference.
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The changes at the UK Border Agency are unlikely to make any useful difference to the operation of the visa system for students and may even cause new problems, according to Tony Millns, Chief Executive of English UK.
English UK has welcomed the creation of a new Government unit to promote UK education to an international market, but expressed fears that the initiative may not go far enough.
A report suggesting that more than 150,000 international students may have overstayed in the UK is "seriously misleading" according to language centre association English UK.
The English UK fair in Macau started on a high note, hosting a welcome event for delegates at a revolving 60th floor restaurant in one of the world's tallest towers.