Olga Kurganova is 27 and comes from Rostov-on-Don in Russia. She is studying General English with academic skills for three months at English UK member centre, Anglia Ruskin University. Find out more about her experience of living and studying in the UK.

London has beaten New York and Sydney in a survey of preferred city destinations for students and the under-25s.

Thirteen language teaching associations from round the world have now signed up to a declaration on international students drafted by English UK. The document calls on governments, agencies and institutions to promote international student mobility.

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Agents on English UK's inward mission to South East England got a real taste of the culture - in the form of home-made cake.