Teachers are being encouraged to do action research: but why not their managers as well? There are many good reasons for managers in English language schools to have easier access to existing research as well as the encouragement to do some of it themselves, the English UK management conference will hear on Saturday.

You're in a classroom and a 17-year-old student's bag spills out on to the floor, revealing a fake ID card. How do you react? This is just one of the issues delegates at next week's English UK Management Conference will be considering during a session on safeguarding under-18s.

Industry-specific advice on networking, tips on using Twitter as a lead generator, and suggestions on how to raise service standards to beat your competition were among the highlights of English UK's annual marketing conference.

Almost 150 language centres and industry insiders braved the Tube strike in London to attend the launch of a new market report on Colombia.

Networking is a crucial marketing tool in the English language teaching sector: so what's your strategy? In Andy Lopata's session at the English UK Marketing Conference on Friday 7 February, he will be giving his advice on the best ways of using networking in the sector.