Following the recent and forthcoming changes to Covid-19 restrictions, English UK is supporting its member centres to remain open, aligned with government policy. We have published extensive guidance and provided training to members on how to operate Covid-19 secure English language teaching centres.

The Government has announced that planned changes to the short term study route will come into effect on 1 December 2020.

In order to be sure that we are able to reach as wide an audience as possible, StudyWorld will move online with two events in 2021: StudyWorld in January and StudyWorld summer in March.

English UK's campaign to keep ID card travel for EU juniors was put to the vote in the House of Lords this week where it was rejected by a frustratingly small 14 votes. While it is disappointing not to have won the vote, the result was not wholly unexpected, and we have many other positives from the campaign, not least the high profile support of cross-bench peers, which was picked up by the national press. 

Over 600 delegates from 45 ELT markets attended the three-day English UK Summit this week.

The first day – which was free to attend for English UK members and international partners – had a full programme of 22 sessions including an address by government exports minister Graham Stuart.

Over days two and three, English UK members, corporate members and agents had around 2,000 online 1-2-1 business meetings.