During the week of 25-30 July, 12 leading educational agents from China, led by a British Council China officer, attended an inward mission that was designed to showcase the summer programmes offered at English UK member centres.

More than 2,000 English language students had an unforgettable evening at an event co-hosted by English UK and corporate member Lost in London.

The English UK Members' Directory contains the contact details of all our language centre members and the 2011 version is now available to download.

In the UK, our public holidays are called Bank Holidays, even though they have never been for bank workers only. Few holidays have fixed dates as most are held on Mondays.

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