We are losing two members of the English UK team this month – and by an amazing coincidence, both are going to train as secondary history teachers.

Tom Weatherley and Tim Barker have both spent their professional lives in ELT, Tom starting as a graduate English teacher and Tim taking his first steps as a teen in his mother's Devon language school. Now with over 30 years' experience between them, both are well-known in ELT and to members, with Tom our conference producer and Tim business development director.

Representatives from member centres as far away as York, Hull, Bournemouth, and Margate braved the heatwave to join us in Westminster on Monday 19 July to protest at the lack of effective government support for the sector.

Today we published our wide-ranging antiracism plan to promote a fairer, more inclusive and equitable UK ELT sector.

Our new campaign to reassure and rebuild the international market for UK ELT has been launched.

Course participants and member centres involved in the PRELIM project shared moving testimonies of their experiences in the British Council funded project.