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Tunisians take the British Council Professional Award for Teacher Educators

We were delighted to host our first closed group to complete the Professional Award for Teacher Educatiors - a group of newly-appointed teacher trainers from Tunisia. They were a hardworking group, who were really committed to developing as professionals and were very keen to learn about and try out techniques and practices in teacher developmentRead more...

0 comments | 08 March 2019 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Hanna K. Furre
Madrid Primary and Secondary Teachers

In July, we welcomed a group of 40 primary and secondary teachers as part of our long-running partnership with the Comunidad de Madrid. This four-week course was intended to improve the participants’ language own skills; develop their teaching methodology and competences related to the bilingual context and gain knowledge and first-hand experience of the English education system.Read more...

0 comments | 01 November 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
German Engineering Students

In June, we hosted a group of 25 German Engineering students from Memmingen for the third year running, for a programme of English language improvement and engineering-related visits. Designed for the specific requirements of the group who were preparing to take national English proficiency exams and subsequently work in a business environmentRead more...

0 comments | 07 October 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Swiss Primary Teacher Trainees 2018

For the fifth year running, we welcomed a group of trainee primary teachers from the Schwyz University of Teacher Education in Switzerland in June for a programme focussed on experiencing the British primary education system first-hand. As well as doing some methodology options at NILE, they also spent 6 days in primary schools and visitedRead more...

0 comments | 01 August 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Russian IELTS Trainers

In our first running of the new 'Course for IELTS Trainers' we were joined by 9 teachers from Russia, for a one-week intensive IELTS training course...Read more...

0 comments | 11 July 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Thom Kiddle
Chilean English and Subject Teachers

We were delighted to hst a group of 36 Chilean English and Subject teachers via a programme in partnership with the British Council. They forfeited the sunshine of South AmericaRead more...

0 comments | 21 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Georgian teachers

We were delighted to host a group of 22 English teachers from across Georgia in January for a 5-day course focussing on developing communicative language teaching and learner centred lessons. The course aimed to combine input that challenged established teacher-centred practices,Read more...

0 comments | 16 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Brazilian ELT teachers

In January, we also had the pleasure of welcoming a group of ELT teachers from the Cultura Inglesa language institute in Brazil for a one-week methodology course. They took part in sessions onRead more...

0 comments | 16 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi
EU-funded Programme for Teenagers: Digital Citizenship

In September we welcomed a group of 30 young people from Duca degli Abruzzi school in Treviso, Italy who had come with funding from the EU and the Veneto Region, in Italy. They stayed with us for a two-week course based around the topic of Digital Citizenship.

As well as consideringRead more...

0 comments | 12 October 2017 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Swiss Business Students 2017

In September we welcomed a group of 80 Swiss students from the Bildungszentrum kvBL in Liestal, Switzerland. As part of a long-running project with this institution, they came to us for a two-week course which specifically focussed on Business English in preparation forRead more...

0 comments | 03 October 2017 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson