The São Paulo Fair was held at the Sofitel Jequitimar Guarujá from Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 October 2009 and brought together 32 English UK member centres and 39 study abroad agents and educational consultants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela. The workshop was organised by the English Language Promotions Group (ELPG), which comprises the British Council, English UK, UK Trade & Investment and VisitBritain.

The Autumn Inward Mission, which was run in association with English UK Central, took place from Monday 5 to Friday 9 October, 2009. English UK welcomed 19 agents from Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Oman, Bahrain, Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.

Ten very eventful years were celebrated by English UK at a special event last week. The reception and dinner was officially held to mark the decade in which Tony Millns has been chief executive of the organisation.

English UK has recently improved its links in Kazakhstan after joining an official ministerial visit to the country.

English UK will be attending the IEFT Fall 2009 Student Recruitment Exhibitions in Turkey. Come and meet us in Ankara (Sunday 19 October, 12:00 - 18:00, Sheraton Hotel), Izmir (Tuesday 20 October, 12:00 - 18:00, Hilton Hotel), Bursa (Thursday 22 October, 12:00 - 18:00, Kervansaray Termal Hotel) and Istanbul (Saturday/Sunday 24-25 October, 12:00 - 18:00, Hilton Hotel and Convention Centre).

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You are invited to attend a briefing on developments in the UK’s English language teaching sector.

Monday 16 November 2009 
11:00 – 13:30
InterContinental Jakarta MidPlaza
J1 Jendral Sudirman Kav. 10-11, Jakarta, 10220

Around 40 teenagers affected by the Italian earthquake disaster enjoyed free English lessons this summer thanks to English UK member schools.