The Government's decision to raise the required level of English for visa students applying to study the language in the UK was challenged in the High Court this week. English UK's judicial review centres on the way in which the minimum language requirement for the General Student Visa was raised earlier this year from "elementary" (A1 on the Common European Framework of Reference) to "intermediate" (B1).

A group of ten English UK member schools are delighted to announce the formation of The English Network (TEN). All members are independent schools based in England and have a combined experience in the industry of over 400 years. The members have formed TEN to pool their experience and improve their service to clients, while continuing to operate as independent organisations.

For more information about TEN, please click here.

Thank you to all our partners for nominating us as LTM Stars! English UK has been nominated for the Star School Association Award again in 2010.

Winners will be announced just prior to StudyWorld London at the Language Travel Magazine Star Awards ceremony on Saturday 4 September. They will also be published in the August issue of Language Travel Magazine, which you can access here from 1 August. 

Tourism2012Games.org is a great new online resource for anyone who works in hospitality, leisure or tourism or any other business sector that wants to get involved with the 2012 Games.

The UK Border Agency's online visa application system, Visa4UK, will be offline for maintenance from 0700 British Standard Time (BST) on Monday 5 July 2010 until 0700 BST the following day (Tuesday 6 July). You will not be able to apply online, or access your visa application, during this time.

If you require urgent travel to the UK, for example to attend a funeral or for urgent medical treatment, you should contact your nearest visa application centre.

We apologise for any inconvenience.