The English language teaching sector is vital to helping refugees and asylum seekers make a life in the UK. Join English UK in supporting World Refugee Week next week to make sure refugees know they are welcome here in the UK.

Important information about using e-gates and course extensions are highlighted in our latest update.

"Participants coming out of the Cert SSM know how to be well organised, meet deadlines and communicate well. It really is an investment in a person and their career," says Diane Phillips, a British Council inspector and Cert SSM trainer.

Student statistics, a panel discussion about Brexit opportunities and an explorer who claims to have eaten his own dog were among the highlights of the biggest-ever English UK Annual Conference.

From schoolchildren in Africa and the Middle East, to refugees in the UK – it was the year when the Eddie Byers Fund broadened its reach to support a huge range of people to transform their lives through learning English.