The Education and Skills scoping mission to Panama took place in October 2011. This report looks at the current status of education and skills training in Panama with respect to English Language Training and Vocational Training provision.

There is still time to register for The English UK Fair, Panama. This Fair will provide the perfect opportunity for you to network with top quality agents from the regions of Central and South America.

We are delighted to announce that our new Deputy Chief Executive for Professional Services, Huan Japes, will be joining us in February, leading English UK's work on quality assurance and professional development.

Taking place on the 2 and 3 March at St Anne's College, Oxford, the English UK ELT Management Conference is a prestigious and important event on the ELT calendar and is the UK's leading event for practising ELT managers.

A news story issued to most national and local media in November 2011 which wrongly claimed that fully-accredited English language centres had been "banned" from bringing international students into the country has been corrected. The Press Association has agreed to clarify the story by sending out a corrected statement to all its media customers.

The Kurdistan Regional Government UK Representation will be running a one day conference on Monday 30 January. This conference will give British universities and educational & training institutions the opportunity to hear about developments in this dynamic emerging nation's higher education sector.