Another reason to get working on your English...

...if you're not from an EU country, and need a visa to study in the United Kingdom, you won't be given one if your English isn't good enough.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/22/number-foreign-students-to-be-cut

Now, in all fairness, they ARE allowing more people to go in on short-term visas to study English at academies, but if you want a university education and need to go for more than eleven months, you're going to have a harder time.

Sad but true.