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INDUSTRY SPEAKS STUDYTRAVEL MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019

Industry speaks

Educator Q&A
This month, Sarah Cooper, info@englishuk.com
Chief Executive of English UK, www.englishuk.com
talks us through a busy year
and how the UK’s ELT sector
has been recognised for its
valuable contribution. What has English UK been up to British Embassy. And we’re really
in the last 12 months? excited about StudyWorld’s 50th
Full name: English UK
Year established: 2004 As a Government Trade Challenge anniversary this year.
Number of members: 416 Partner, we’ve attended ICEF in
Types of members: Private and state
ELT schools Berlin, Colombia and Mexico. Jun- UK ELT was recently recognised
Association’s main role: To lead the ior specialists attending our in the UK government’s Interna-
UK ELT industry to success, through
innovation and intelligence China Roadshow met 168 agents tional Education Strategy. Tell
Government recognition: yes in Beijing, Chengdu and Shen- us about your involvement.
Code of practice: yes
zhen. We also had a very suc- We were one of seven international
cessful Asia-Pacifi c Roadshow, education sector representatives
where members met 31 agents working with the DIT and DfE. We
from Japan, Korea and Taiwan in had good input into the develop-
Osaka and 32 from Thailand and ment of the strategy and will be
Vietnam in Bangkok. In Europe, working to monitor and advise on
we ran an English UK village at the execution of the strategy. It is very
ASEPROCE workshop in Madrid, exciting as it represents recognition
including a safeguarding session of the value of international educa-
and a networking event at the tion to the UK, as well as ELT.
Read more at: https://studytravel.network/magazine/issues/797
On The Move

Will Ipek Guilherme Aoife
Clark Kaleli Ferreira Mulvihill

has joined The has joined Centre of has been appointed has been ap-
London School Group English Studies www. Sales Executive – Europe pointed Sales and
www.londonschool.com in the UK, ces-schools.com as their Turkish at Bell International www.belleng- Marketing Manager at Atlantic
as Client Sales Manager, focusing representative. After working for lish.com in the UK. Guilherme’s Language Galway and Dublin
on the German and Nordic Mar- a small study abroad educational been working in the EFL industry www.atlanticlanguage.com in
kets. Will recently returned after agency, she moved to a bigger in the UK for the past five years, Ireland. Aoife re-joined the Sales
eight years working abroad in agency and between 2015 and where he has held various roles and Marketing Department last
previous Marketing Manager roles 2018 worked at Academix Study at Kaplan International and New October as a Consultant to the
in Germany and Malta. Abroad Services. College Group in Manchester. team and is now full-time.
For the latest On the Move announcements, go to: https://studytravel.network/magazine/on-the-move
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