ESB is expanding into Europe and we now have a very welcome addition to our growing team – Katarzyna (Kate) Klajna is our new Poland Manager. Please see her profile on our About Us page. To contact Kate directly please email her on kklajna@englishstudybreaks.com.

Sign up for English language courses in London before the end of March and take advantage of one of our special offers. Contact us for details.

English Study Breaks is expanding its area of operation into Europe. Keep coming back here for further details.

The English Study breaks team would like to wish all our customers and readers a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

The UK Government recently announced that from 10 January 2011, students from outside Europe wishing to come to the UK to follow an English language course will be able to obtain a Student Visitor Visa (SVV) for up to 11 months.

This represents an increase in the maxium validity for SVVs, from 6 months currently to 11 months.

This means that students that do not have the required B1 (Intermediate) level of English to obtain a General Student Visa will be able to study English for a longer period.

In order to obtain an ‘Extended SVV’, all students will need to apply for the SVV in their own country.

There will be no changes to the requirements for students that want to study for less than 6 months: students from non-visa national countries (e.g. Brazil, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) will be able to obtain a SVV upon arrival in the UK.

Han, our Malaysia Manager, is now officially an international businessman. He graduated last week as a BA in International Business from Leeds Metropolitan University. Well done, Han!

We have added more photographs, information about the schools we work with, prices and tourist information around the country. Please take a look and don’t forget to click on ‘Schools and Prices’ to see our new page.

There is more infomation and ways to contact our country managers on the ‘About Us’ page.

We will make more changes over the next few months, so keep coming back to check us out.

Please let us know what you think of the changes.

We are adding some new pages and features to the website over the next few days, so keep popping back to see what we are up to. You will soon be able to contact our country managers direct – look out for the new contact details. And you will be able to see what we look like.

ESB now has country managers for: China; Iran; Japan; Vietnam; Thailand; and Malaysia. We have a vacancy for a Korea manager – if you are interested in this postion please let us know. Each manager is develpoing a network of sub-agents in their country of responsibility. If you would like to become a sub-agent of ESB please contact us.

A question arose recently about why students should use English Study Breaks rather than a local agent in their own country. Here’s why:

1. ESB is a full-service agency that looks after its students through the whole process from enquiry until they get on the plane home;
2. We are based in the UK and therefore can deal with any problems the student might have as soon as they arise;
3. ESB can talk to students in their native language at any time during their stay if they wish;
4. We have a developing network of local sub-agents and so we can offer exactly the same service as locally-based agents;
5. A director of ESB meets each student at least once during his or her stay in the UK;
6. We only use the very best schools which have been accredited by the British Council;
7. There are opportunities to join the ESB team as a sub-agent when you return to your home country; and
8. We are cheaper than most locally-based agents.

What we offer in a word is ‘Value.’