English UK has said the extension of the UK's furlough scheme by itself will not provide enough support for the country’s ELT sector. 

The UK ELT sector can expect a gradual recovery rather than a sudden return to mobility, delegates heard at StudyWorld 2021.

English UK has published a road map to recovery saying it aims to return the UK’s ELT industry to 2019 student volumes by the end of summer 2022. 

With recent developments in the UK concerning the spread of Covid-19 and the tightening of restrictions, it has not been the start of 2021 for which we were all hoping

The Department of International Trade will support the UK’s struggling ELT sector, according to the department’s minister for exports, Graham Stuart. 

Thousands of international students who have postponed courses at ELT schools in the UK will have to reapply for visas before they can enter the country.

At least 15 ELT centres in the UK have gone into administration as a direct result of Covid-19, while stakeholders elsewhere have raised concern over the future of the sector.

Two new reports researched six months apart contrast the positive picture of UK ELT in 2019 with the shocking impact of Covid-19 just months later.