Members of the UK’s ELT sector held a protest in Parliament this week to raise awareness of the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. 

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been urged by a group of MPs from his party to offer the ELT sector £17 million in business rates relief.

EdTech startup Immerse has won in the “Language Learning Innovation” category at this year's EdTech Breakthrough Awards. 

Online English learning company, with one-on-one tutoring, Ringle closed a Series A funding round of $18 million in June.

Polish educational publisher and operator of ProfiLingua language schools WSiP has agreed a five-year partnership with online solution Sensations English.

English UK member schools enrolled 83.6% fewer students in 2020 than the previous year as they hosted a total of 83,446 full-time students.

English UK London has repeated calls for the UK government to extend business rate relief to all language schools up and down the country.

Pearson English has launched an initiative with BBC Studios aiming to raise awareness and inspire interaction in key sustainability issues.