The Middle East is key source region for UK ELT. With UK education having a strong presence at ICEF Dubai next month, Spencer Fordham Managing Director of Capital School of English Bournemouth shares his top tips on succeeding in the Gulf region.

We are excited to announce a pre-conference briefing from on a major scholarship opportunity from Hungary taking place at our Marketing Conference on Friday 7 February.

Recruiting safely for your ELT centre is vital for the wellbeing of your students and, for accredited centres, to keep up with compliance.

What do ELT centres need to know and do about the new coronavirus outbreak?

Before you can manage others effectively, you must first learn how to manage yourself.

This is a matter of developing appropriate time and stress management strategies and habits to manage your time more effectively and reduce your stress levels.

"Head full of ideas, mouth full of biscuits" and more about this year's ELT Conference with strands on best practice, performance management and wellbeing plus plenaries from George Pickering, Rachael Roberts, Silvana Richardson and Susie Dent.

At the end of last year, the founder of English UK member centre St Giles sadly passed away. Paul Lindsay was the former chair of ARELS (predecessor to English UK) and is warmly remembered by many in the association and the wider UK ELT industry.

Are you making the most of your social media presence? With huge reach, instant sharing, and a sense of community, social media can drive bookings for your centre and needn't cost the earth.

If you want ideas and confidence going forwards, we've got a set of sessions for you at the Marketing Conference on Friday 7 February.

Mental health first aid training helps you to identify and understand people who may be experiencing mental ill health and learn to respond. This training is delivered from an ELT perspective so you may better know how to care for students and staff in your English language teaching centre.

New MPs, members of the House of Lords and government officials all attended a packed briefing about the value of ELT and FE international students to the UK on Wednesday 8 January.

Like all professions and industries, UK ELT centres and staff face questions and decisions around ethics and responsibility every day.

We look forward to discussing how a number of key issues of our time relate to, impact and can be supported by our UK ELT industry.

Do you or your colleagues want to indulge your passion for the English language and ELT?

Join us the ELT conference to discuss practice, strategic and global issues and trends.

Mill Hill Summer School offer residential English summer courses for students aged 12–17...