Hayder Alqarawee is 25 and comes from Kerbalah in Iraq. He is studying IELTS and general English at English UK member centre Northumbria School of English in Whitley. Find out more about his experience of living and studying in the UK.

English UK members have instructed lawyers to demand a full retraction and apology for wrongly including them on a list of colleges "banned" from bringing international students into the UK.

Language schools wrongly identified in the media as being "banned" from teaching international students are being encouraged to take legal action for defamation.

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Almost 3,500 English language students had a fantastic Halloween night at an event co-hosted by English UK and corporate member Lost in London.