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A date for your diary >> 2025 ELT Conference Our ELT Conference is our largest annual gathering for #ELT academic staff. A two-day event, you can book for both days or select the day that best suits your interests and needs. Find out more and register >> bit.ly/3tOCjgp > Update your knowledge and skills > Access practical tips and tools > Learn effective classroom management and teaching skills > Connect with friends and colleagues from across the sector When and where? 📆 Friday 28 February & Saturday 1 March 🏨 Hilton London Canary Wharf, London E14 9SH   #ELTconference #ELTmanagement #UKELT #ELTteacher #DoS #CPD

Did you know we are taking our UK-based #StudyWorld event to Manchester in 2025? Six weeks today, we'll welcome delegates from 40+ countries to the Hilton Manchester Deansgate for our first-ever StudyWorld event in northern England. Meeting scheduling will begin this week on Thursday 19 December, so book now if you have not yet secured your place. You won't be disappointed. Find out more and register >> bit.ly/4bpVt30 StudyWorld events are friendly and focused, so you can build your business with the right partners and make meaningful connections. Thank you to our premium event sponsors: Centre of English Studies (CES), International House Manchester and St Andrew's College Language Schools. And, thank you to our Tuesday evening party host, our official subgroup of member centres in the north of England, English UK North, who are taking us all to the National Football Museum. ⚽ 🥅 🤩 #UKELT #networking #B2B #Manchester

Another successful year for our StudyWorld event in China > > Chinese agencies are already signing contracts and sending students to the UK, just days after meetings with educators in three major cities. Our 2024 #StudyWorld China Roadshow brought together 33 UK educators and service providers and 172 study abroad agencies in Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai in November.  Thank you to our event sponsors English Path and St Andrew's College Language Schools, and thank you to our event partners, BONARD Education | Department for Business and Trade | British Council China. Read the event write-up and view more photos > > bit.ly/49sln5x Our next StudyWorld event is in Manchester in January - join us! #UKELT #StudyAbroad

Our QUIC 2024 Q3 #UKELT student statistics are out! This summer, English UK member centres participating in QUIC - our quarterly statistics scheme - recorded 75% of the student weeks seen in the last pre-pandemic summer of 2019. Recovery has slowed since the first six months of the year, when 81% was achieved. In a maturing industry, with student numbers static or falling, it is quite possible that these figures represent 'a new normal' where destinations compete for a stable or shrinking pool of students who want to study English abroad. 'Overall, we expect 2024 to be on a par with 2023 but not exceed it,' said Jodie Gray, our chief executive. 'We are considering 2023/2024 as the new normal with figures unlikely to return to pre-pandemic highs or trends.' Read more and download the 2024 Q3 executive summary >> bit.ly/4idwRxL Our QUIC members benefit from exclusive market data every quarter, with in-depth analysis from our market insights partner BONARD. #ELT #Insights

We are hosting a networking lunch and #UKELT information seminar in Tokyo, Japan >> Join Market Development & Insights Manager Roz McGill and English UK Chair Shoko Doherty and network with English UK members and Japanese agent partners >> 📢 English UK Networking lunch and seminar 📅 Wednesday 11 December, 12:00 - 15:00 🏨 Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo We will share the latest student data from the UK and explain more about the opportunities available to Japanese students through the Youth Mobility Scheme visa for students aged 18 to 30. Find out more and register >> bit.ly/3VhKyBK #EnglishWithConfidence #StudyAbroad #YouthMobilityScheme Tatsuhiko Hoshino

Suzanne Sparrow: 100 years old and still involved with her language school >> She waved the Americans off to D-Day in 1944, founded her pioneering #ELT school in 1978 and was wished a happy 100th birthday in Parliament by her local MP. Not only has Suzanne Sparrow led a long and extraordinary life, but she's still involved in the running of the Plymouth school that bears her name. 'I have had an extraordinarily interesting and very happy life. I have been very lucky and life has been kind to me,' she reflects, from the home office where she stays in touch with the school now run by her daughter Hilary Desvernay. Read more >> bit.ly/3B5BcSN Suzanne Sparrow Language School #UKELT #100years Luke Pollard MP

A message of hope >> The 2023-24 impact report 'Hope' from our partner charity, RefuAid, shows English UK members have helped a record number of refugees build new lives in the past year. The report shows a dramatic increase in the number of students supported by our members. Around 160 Accreditation UK centres have offered free tuition to RefuAid clients, with 819 supported in the last year – an increase of 37% from 2022-23. 🙏 Thank you to all our members who are working with RefuAid. Could you accommodate more RefuAid clients in 2025? Or maybe you don't work with RefuAid but are keen to learn more. Contact Ilaria Tarulli, head of RefuAid's language programme, for more info on how to get involved. #WeAreOne #UKELT Read more and download the impact report >> bit.ly/3APBAEZ

One of China's leading study abroad agencies, New Oriental Education & Technology Group, the country's largest provider of private educational services, hosted #StudyWorld delegates in Beijing this week for a UK-China Cultural Exchange Development Forum >> The forum was organised by the Department for Business and Trade's China team as part of our 2024 StudyWorld China Roadshow programme, which visited Chengdu, Beijing, and Shanghai. The programme included speeches and round-table sessions on optimising language training and educational collaboration and cultural exchange innovation.  Speakers included Zhou Chenggang, CEO of the New Oriental Education and Technology Group; Jessica Shuck, chief operating officer of the Department for Business and Trade at the British Embassy in Beijing; Shoko Doherty chair of English UK, and Kishen Singh, chief operating officer of VFS Global. Read more >> bit.ly/3B0I9o3 #UKELT #EnglishUK

Showcasing #UKELT at ICEF Berlin 2024 >> Thank you to everyone who joined us at our fantastic ⭐ UK Reception ⭐ at #ICEFBerlin last week, where we welcomed over 200 guests, including English UK members, study travel agents, journalists and service providers. Gin, British nibbles and life-sized celebrity figures, including David Beckham, Adele and King Charles III, supported the Great Britain & Northern Ireland theme with our fellow reception hosts, the Department for Business and Trade and LANGUAGECERT. Read more and view the full photo gallery >>bit.ly/3O69lF4 Photographer: Florian Mathias Schaefer

Our sold-out 2024 #StudyWorld China Roadshow starts this week with a market briefing for UK providers and meetings with agents and partners in Chengdu. Then it's on to Beijing and Shanghai. Huge thanks to our China Roadshow event sponsors English Path and St Andrew's College Language Schools for their support. English Path has centres in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Dublin, Berlin, Paris, Malta, Dubai, Toronto, Brisbane and EP Online. St Andrew's College Language Schools has 18 centres across the UK, all for students aged 11-18. #UKELT #B2B #EnglishWithConfidence | Event partner: BONARD