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In these times of self-isolation and social distancing, nothing is better than a pot of home made stew. Except, my mother’s home made stew with my […]

Coronavirus has affected many industries, but the hospitality sector has been affected more than most. UK Hospitality have published some advice for hotels and the rest […]

The Crossword is back! Once again we have taken a crossword from The I newspaper (slightly amended) for you to try. Click on the crossword icon […]

Where are you? This is often the first question my new students ask when we arrange to meet for a coffee. So, I decided to produce […]

Authentic Listening Listening to different accents, speeds of speaking with all the ‘um’s and ‘ah’s of normal every day speech can be both exciting and frustrating. […]

New Points Based Immigration System The UK Government has put in place plans for a new points based immigration system, to be active from 1 January […]

Hurrah – It’s pancake day One of the best days of my year is coming up fast! Tuesday 25 February is Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as […]

OET provides a number of excellent resources for students to use in their reading practice. They include useful journals and websites that have articles suitable for […]

It’s going to be fine (at least until December 2020) The NMC has released news that should reassure EU nurses and midwives who have settled or […]

What is a phrasal verb anyway? Phrasal Verb (noun) a verb that joins with another word or words to make a verb with a new meaning. […]

Are you ready to try our weekly crossword from The I newspaper? We’ve added one or two clues to help you. The word of the crossword […]

Nursing Writing Task – choose relevant and appropriate information We have many requests to tutor OET students, so we thought that an OET Corner would help. […]