With the UK gripped in Royal Wedding fever, English UK would like to remind you that there will be another very important event in London on Saturday 14 May, the English UK Business English Trainers' Conference.

US-based author, Vicki Hollett, the author of best selling Business English course-book, Business Objectives and the highly-acclaimed Tech Talk will be making a rare European pit stop at the annual English UK Business English Trainers' Conference on Saturday, 14 May 2011 at International House in London. Vicki will kick off the conference with a session entitled, "English for Getting Things Done." The session will explore ways that we can help our learners to develop rapport and solidarity, mitigate conflict, and avoid misunderstandings in their professional lives.

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Riding a bike from Land's End to John O'Groats in 10 days would be enough of a fundraising challenge in itself. But not for Norman Renshaw. The InTuition boss is also planning to grow a moustache en route, as he pedals to raise money for charity.

The English UK Fair, Muscat 2011 took place at Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa from Monday 28 to Thursday 31 March 2011. The workshop was organised by English UK in partnership with and supported by the British Council, UK Trade & Investment and VisitBritain. The fair brought together 30 English UK member centres and 40 study abroad agents from Algeria, Bahrain, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Exhibitors included the British Council, UK Border Agency, UK Trade & Investment London, Study UK and TVET UK.

Monday 1 - Thursday 4 October 2012
Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea

In partnership with and supported by the British Council, UK Trade & Investment and VisitBritain

The English UK Fair, Dead Sea Jordan will bring together accredited UK English language centres and study abroad agents in a tranquil village inspired resort, set alongside the world's largest natural spa at the lowest point on Earth.

Participation is limited to just 70 organisations (30 educators and 40 agencies) and is only open to English UK member centres and selected top quality agents from the regions of Western Asia (including the Arabian Peninsula, the Caucasus, the Levant, Iran and Turkey), Central Asia and North Africa.

It was announced today that Vicki Hollett, who has won first prize in the English Speaking Union competition for two of her publications, will be delivering the opening plenary at the English UK Business English Trainers' Conference on 14 May 2011. 

If you would like to see Vicky's session, book now by downloading a booking form from the conference section of the English UK website.

St George International (SGI) has announced the launch of a series of Teacher Development Workshops for 2011 which will be accessible to teachers from all English UK member centres. There will be 8 workshops this year, with 4 planned for the Spring-Summer, and 4 in the Autumn-Winter.

English UK is proud to be hosting the UK conference for business English training professionals in association with Business English UK, the special interest group for the sector in the UK, on Saturday 14 May at International House in London. Please click here to download a booking form.