It will be some time before the market feels the fallout of the near termination of Collective Passports for UK study trips, according to stakeholders.

EU residents looking to study English in the UK could face difficulties getting into the country after new rules were enforced in October.

English UK began working with RefuAid in 2017 when it became the pathfinder charity for the Eddie Byers Fund, and is now renewing and expanding that partnership.

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.

The UK English language sector has called on government for additional support as Covid-19 borders restrictions, coupled with challenges associated with Brexit, continue to limit its recovery.

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.