What is NILE?

The History of NILE

NILE was established in 1995 by directors with extensive experience of ELT worldwide.

It was set up as a specialist teacher development institute to provide courses of the highest quality for teachers from all over the world. The number and range of these courses continues to grow and we have extended our range of work to cover the following main areas:

• Professional development programmes for EL teachers and trainers
• Professional development programmes for CLIL teachers (using English as a medium of instruction), including vocational teachers
• Modular postgraduate courses up to Masters level for second or foreign language teaching professionals under a programme validated by Leeds Metropolitan University
• CELTA and Delta training (as an accredited centre for Cambridge ESOL)
• BEC and TKT exam preparation courses by arrangement
• International consultancy
• International project management
• Delivery of short courses, seminars and workshops worldwide
• One-to-one and executive language training
  

NILE has grown to become the biggest single provider of professional development courses for EL teachers and trainers in Europe. We were the first institute to be accredited by the British Council for the provision of teacher development courses and all these courses qualify for either Comenius, Grundtvig or Leonardo funding. We are members of EnglishUK and an official examination centre for Cambridge exams. We are also one of the very few independent UK organisations accredited to run courses offering qualifications up to Masters level, through a modular programme allowing teachers to choose to go for a PG Cert., PG Dip., or an MA. We also run BEC and TKT exam preparation courses by special arrangement. Our Cambridge CELTA courses have a 99% pass rate.

We have run hundreds of teacher training courses for thousands of participants from over 60 different countries. As well as running open-enrolment courses, we work closely with education ministries, regional authorities and institutional partners around the world to design and deliver tailor-made courses, NILE also sends consultants and trainers all over the world to help with practical advice and training in the field of English language education. See our client list here.

NILE has an Advisory Board which is made up of ELT professionals with international reputations.The board members are:

Keith Morrow
Prof. David Nunan
Philip Prowse
Dr. Barbara Ridley
Prof. Dr. Kari Smith
Dr. Brian Tomlinson
Melanie Williams