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Dave Allan – Academic Director
Dave has organised and taught on more than a hundred teachers’ courses in over 30 countries. He works as an international consultant for the Council of Europe, the British Council and the Department for International Development. He is a Visiting Fellow of the University of East Anglia, Chair of MATSDA, Deputy Co-ordinator of the IATEFL TEASIG and an author for Oxford University Press. |
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Rod Bolitho - Academic Director
Rod has worked in language education as teacher, teacher trainer and manager for nearly 40 years in both the public and private sectors. Rod has an international reputation as author, trainer and consultant to major ELT projects in Europe and beyond. He has worked regularly on Masters programmes in TESOL and Trainer Training, directed numerous British Council specialist seminars and has current research interests in language awareness, trainer training and materials development. |
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Steve Walters – Academic Director (Advisory)
Steve has acted as a teacher-training consultant in over twenty countries. He was instrumental in starting the RSA (now UCLES) Certificate in TEFL, as well as being its first Chief Examiner. He spent 9 years working at Universities in Hong Kong, contributing to the design and delivery of undergraduate and post-graduate courses. |
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Eleanor Allan – Director (Advisory)
Before becoming a founding member of NILE, for 17 years Eleanor worked in Local Government for the Social Services department, initially as a social worker and then as a manager, latterly responsible for all social services child care provision in the City of Norwich. As a member of the NILE team she has overall responsibility for a range of non-academic areas of NILE’s work including administrative, personnel and all financial management matters. |
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