Member News
  • UKTI Business Opportunity in UAE for organisations in English language training, innovation and e-learning
    30 November 2015

    UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)  are promoting a partnership opportunity in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for organisations that can offer training  in English Language around power and energy. 

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  • Top tips for learning English: Listen to the radio
    30 November 2015

    What could you do to learn English quicker and better? English UK members share their tips...

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  • English UK's small fairs are a great place to meet quality agents
    27 November 2015

    English UK's latest small fair has attracted fantastic feedback from members delighted at the quality of agents and the opportunity to spend plenty of time with them.

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  • Action research: helping students learn, revitalising teaching (and it's time to apply for our 2016 scheme)
    24 November 2015

    Seasoned teacher Fiona Wattam wondered what her students did with the writing she so carefully marked when the same mistakes kept on appearing. So she decided to find out more, by carrying out an action research project in her classroom.

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  • Sad news from English UK
    18 November 2015

    English UK is very sad to announce that its Chief Executive Eddie Byers passed away suddenly on Tuesday morning. The thoughts of all our staff and board members are with his family and friends: he leaves his wife, Samantha, and children Richard and Iona.

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  • Kazakhstan opportunity: train teachers to pass Teaching Knowledge Test
    18 November 2015

    UKTI is seeking providers to train 500 school teachers in Kazakhstan that may be of interest to English UK members.

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  • English UK welcomes Tier 4 guidance improvements
    17 November 2015

    Privately funded independent and public further education colleges that lose their Tier 4 status will in future be allowed to teach students until the end of their courses under certain circumstances.

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  • Top tips for learning English: immerse yourself
    17 November 2015

    Students often ask for tips to help them learn English quicker and better. Here's a tip from English UK member International House Belfast...

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  • Tender invitation: summer study in the UK programme for Japanese high school students
    16 November 2015

    The British Council Japan is delighted to announce that they are launching the 'Summer English Language Study in the UK Programme' targeting high school students in Japan. UK institutions accredited by Accreditation UK are invited to tender to participate in this programme that will place approximately 70 students in UK centres.

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  • Avoid Groundhog Day in the ELT classroom with English UK's Teaching Conference
    11 November 2015

    What do the classic second language acquisition case studies have to help teachers in the classroom? How can teachers get out of their rut and invigorate lessons with something new? How can teachers help students settle, and does early emphasis on tenses hinder those learning English?

    All these questions, and many more, were discussed during English UK's annual Teachers'  Conference.

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  • New Chair for English UK
    6 November 2015

    Steve Phillips has taken over as chair of the board of English UK. He replaces Sarah Cooper, who stepped down as chair after 18 months in the post.

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  • English UK Fair attracts lots of new agents to do business
    3 November 2015

    More than three-quarters of the agents at English UK's latest Asia-Pacific fair were first-timers at the event, leading to high hopes of many new business partnerships emerging.

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  • Top tips for learning English: sing!
    3 November 2015

    Students often ask for tips to help them learn English so we asked some English UK member centres what they recommended...

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  • Safeguarding teenagers: what do teachers need to know?
    2 November 2015

    So you're a English language teacher and you find a group of your 16-year-old students drinking in your local pub: what do you do?

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