Mining experts and those who want to enter a career in the industry are the target for a new specialist suite of courses at English UK member the Devon School of English.

"American English is very common in Brazil but I chose to come to the UK because it is close to other countries like Italy and France. You can't do that in the USA."

Lucas Marinho Da Silva's experience studying at Leeds English Language School...

English UK Member Roadshows bring together the English UK team and members to meet, talk, ask and answer questions across our four nations.

Be sure to add these dates to your diary...

Shan Ding, of Beijing New Oriental Walkite International Education and Travel, shares how he came to work for one of the biggest agencies and how satisifying it is to see students develop - both personally and in their English - on English language courses in the UK.

For ELT author Ken Wilson, getting the classroom experience right for students is key to good teaching.

So his closing talk at the English UK Teachers' Conference 2016 will include ideas on how to do just that, linked to memorable quotations from people as diverse as Einstein and Mark Twain with some practical exercises as well.