English UK's public affairs team has been campaigning for several months on the risk posed to the sector if Labour's policy to impose VAT on private school fees affected language centres.  

2024 is an election year and one that might see a change of government, so we are speaking to Labour MPs about our key policy asks.

We want their support on visas and immigration changes that will benefit UK ELT and reassurance around Labour's plans to impose VAT on private education.

In January we met three MPs who are also shadow ministers: Stephen Kinnock, Barbara Keeley and Daniel Zeichner.

The successful refocusing of English UK's StudyWorld events has continued with a new date for its in-person UK event.

StudyWorld London, held at the Hilton London Bankside hotel, welcomed 105 educators and service providers and 123 agents from 36 countries. Around 2,000 pre-scheduled meetings took 

The third and most ambitious Partnered Remote Language Improvement Project (PRELIM) has been running for almost a year and the materials and resources created are being trialled in 25 countries.

In December, English UK's insight partner BONARD released a new research report on trends shaping the future of global English language teaching. The report examines patterns emerging in 2023 across the eight major ELT host destinations.