English UK is questioning why the government is allowing a successful export industry to be unsupported by a national business relief scheme that is meant to apply to all tourism industries. It is among many tourism co-signatories on a letter to Rishi Sunak demanding urgent action to save jobs and companies.
The UK's ELT sector needs urgent government clarification that members' business should be eligible for business rates relief - and faster access to loans, says English UK.
UK-based ELT schools are bracing themselves for serious financial problems because of coronavirus, but the British Council recommends schools sustain healthy agent relationships for long term benefit.
More than 50 Asia Pacific region agents joined English UK workshops in Taipei and Tokyo in December to meet member centres and find out more about ELT.
English language teaching trade association English UK has released a manifesto of steps it wants the incoming British government to take.
Homestay immersion business, IH InTuition Languages, which has over 25 years of experience in ELT, has been acquired by HK-based Providentia Education.
English UK held a series of workshops around the UK this week to help prepare ELT providers to navigate the industry in post-Brexit Britain.
It shouldn't have made a difference whether a student attends university or an English language course: it is perfectly reasonable for them to want to work.
