The British Council is undertaking its 2010 "International Student Safety Questionnaire".

The survey looks at student experiences and safety issues in the United Kingdom, and the deadline for completion is Friday 2 April 2010.

English UK received a letter from Rob Yeldham at the UK Border Agency concerning the Public and Commercial Services Union strike on 8th and 9th March.

Please click here to view the letter.

This pre-conference event will be held on Wednesday 7^th April and has been organized by the IATEFL ESP SIG. The aim of the event is to provide a cutting-edge international survey on the current trends and issues in EAP as a key sub-area of ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The Pre-Conference Event will focus on the most pertinent trends and issues that are now dominating the EAP scene internationally and key themes will be brought to prominence by a very diverse range of expert EAP keynote speakers representing all the continents. Please CLICK HERE for further details.

Raise the Roof is a campaign to get a fair deal from the Treasury for people who choose to rent out a room in their home. Since 1997 (i.e. under the current government) no change has been made to the income threshold of the Rent a Room Scheme - the threshold at present is £4,250 a year; the campaign would like to see this rise to £9,000 a year.

The IATEFL ELT Management SIG is running a series of facilitated discussions on ELT leadership and management issues. To start with, these will take place on the Yahoo group which has links with the SIG.