Delegate information for StudyWorld Glasgow 2027

To enter the UK

Most visitors travelling to the UK need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) or a visa. What you need depends on:

• your nationality
• why you’re coming to the UK

You usually need an ETA rather than a visa if you’re from Europe, the USA, Australia, Canada or certain other countries.

To check if you need an ETA or visa to enter the UK and attend StudyWorld visit the UK Government’s visa and immigration website:

Personal and medical insurance

All participants are advised to obtain adequate insurance cover against personal liability, fire and theft, as well as adequate travel insurance to cover your stay in the UK.

English UK will not be held liable for any loss of or damage to exhibits or equipment.

The venue address

Hilton Glasgow
1 William Street
Glasgow
G3 8HT

By air

The closest airports are Glasgow (GLA) and Edinburgh (EDI).

Glasgow airport – 8 miles, c. 30 min drive
Edinburgh airport – 40 miles, c. 60 min drive

By train

Glasgow Central station, a 13 minute walk or short taxi ride away, has many connections from towns and cities across the UK. You can plan your rail journey with the National Rail journey planner.

Car park

The hotel has an onsite car park. Costs £16.50 per day.

UK educators and service providers

Accommodation is not included in the package for educators and service providers. A number of hotels are located within walking distance of the event venue.

Hilton Glasgow are offering special rates for delegates for Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 January. Special rates are available until Wednesday 2 December 2026.

Agents and partners

Agents and partners who selected an accommodation option when they registered, will stay at the Hilton Glasgow. The standard booking is as follows:

• Two nights, single occupancy
• Bed and breakfast
• Check in Wednesday 27 January from 15:00
• Check out Friday 29 January by 11:00

To book additional nights at the hotel, please use the link below to arrange your stay directly with the hotel.

Please note:

• if you need to book Tuesday and Friday nights, you will need to make two separate reservations.
• once you have made your reservation(s), email your booking confirmation number to the Hilton Glasgow so they can connect your reservation to the English UK reservation, allowing you to stay in the same room for the duration of your stay.

Use Marcom eSchedule PRO as your exclusive tool for meeting scheduling.

Use the advanced filters to help you find the partners you want to meet and send them a meeting request. You can also make notes on your meetings and export the delegate lists.

Need to make last-minute changes to your schedule? Want to squeeze in 20 minutes with a new contact? No problem. Our expert scheduling system allows you to be flexible and adaptable.

Marcom Onsite allows delegates to schedule last-minute meetings during StudyWorld, take private meeting notes and send messages to other delegates.

If you want to schedule last-minute meetings, remember to opt-in to Marcom Onsite.

No meeting schedule?

On arrival you can pick up a copy of the StudyWorld Event Guide listing all participants.

Running late?

Please keep to your schedule. If you can no longer attend a meeting, inform your contact in advance, either in person or by using Marcom eSchedule PRO.

Registration times

The StudyWorld registration desk will be open:

Wednesday: 15:00 – 20:30
Thursday: 08:00 – 18:00
Friday: 08:30 – 18:00

Participants with outstanding payments will be required to speak with the English UK Finance Manager before receiving their name badge.

Name badges

For ease of identification, name badge lanyards are colour coded as follows: agents/ partners are red, educators are blue, service providers, press and guests are white.

The hotel requires all visitors to have an official event name badge and the hotel reserves the right to refuse entry to any unregistered visitors.

Delivery of materials

Promotional material can be delivered to the venue on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26  January.

All packages must be clearly labelled using the address label template found in the event information section of Marcom eSchedule PRO.

Please note that both English UK and the hotel do not accept liability in the event of items being undelivered, returned to sender, lost, misplaced or damaged in these circumstances.

Exhibition space/ table set-up

Set up and breakdown times in the Ballroom:

Thursday 28 January 08:00 – 10:00
Friday 29 January 18:00 – 20:00

Please note: the Ballroom is not available for set up on Wednesday 27 January.

After the event: collection of materials

Participants requiring event materials to be collected after StudyWorld, please arrange for your courier to collect from the hotel on Monday 1 February.

All items must have the hotel collection label affixed. This can be downloaded from the event information section of Marcom eSchedule PRO.

Use of the loading bay/ back yard

The back yard of the Hilton is on Bishop Lane. It is accessible Monday to Friday, 07:00 – 15:00.

All packages must be labelled using the delivery label.

For larger deliveries during the event, the freight lift can be used to take materials and equipment straight to the Level 3 Ballroom. The max weight is 8,400kg.