Silvana Richardson, who will be holding the closing plenary at the English UK Teachers' Conference next month, is a woman on a mission: she wants to help EL teachers get CPD which really makes a difference to their skills.

Jim Scrivener, who is providing the opening plenary for the English UK Teachers' Conference 2014, has observed a lot of English language lessons over the past few years - and what he's seen has led him to promote a rather different way of doing things.

Clare Salomon shares her secrets on how to impress students with your social programme

It's a busy few weeks for the English UK team as it concentrates on marketing to the Asia Pacific region in a series of events.

Inspiring ideas to create a buzz around your language centre plus the latest information on visas, social programmes and safeguarding added up to a productive day for staff from English UK member centres.