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MASTERS LISTINGS .

University meets

the challenge IRINA HAWKER / UON

Louis Harrison, of the Centre for English Language Education
(CELE), tells us the secret of Nottingham’s EAP success

Nottingham has a gold star in the We’re lucky enough to tie this all together
Teaching Excellence Framework. The with a great campus, great support services Louis Harrison (right), with Professor
CELE, which you run, is an EL Gazette and a great admin team, so it gives the Bernie Youens, Head of the School of
Centre of Excellence. What makes for students an excellent experience. Education at the University of Nottingham
great teaching at university level?
t CELE, we’ve tried to Nottingham has ELT-related masters in Feedback from our students always
reconceptualise EAP from the two QS-ranked departments, mentions the quality of the teaching and
bottom up, and so we’ve moved Education and English Language. How support from staff.
Aaway from ELT as our main activity, important is research?
towards an academic literacies approach that As a Russell Group university, ranked in the From a student’s point of view,
encompasses ELT (of course) but also focusses world top 100, it informs everything we do. what is best about Nottingham?
on other skills that students need to succeed. Speaking for the School of Education, we We’re a big university with lots of student
On a typical CELE course, language will be were ranked 3rd in the UK in the last societies and events, on a campus located
a component, but there’s an emphasis on Research Excellence Framework, with 84 per in an exciting multicultural city.
things like reflective learning, critical skills cent of our research considered world-leading. The city has a real buzz. For a student
and genre analysis, plus the nuts and bolts of So, the academic foundations of our coming to study here there’s a lot of
academia, such as referencing skills and time courses are very important, but so is the activities and events to get involved with:
management. impact outside the university. We try to make music and drama venues, and a variety of
All our courses are student-centred, our courses as accessible and inclusive as restaurants, cafes and shopping centres.
informed by research and delivered by a very possible. We have an on-line postgrad in And we’ve got superb sports facilities,
experienced teaching team with in-depth Teaching EAP, and are launching a global two football clubs and an international
knowledge of EAP. We’re very committed to MA Tesol, delivered across our campuses in cricket ground. Our students seem to
what we do and proud of our achievements. the UK, China and Malaysia. really enjoy studying and living here.

Develop your career in English

Language Education

Study our MA TESOL or MA TEAP
ƒ Build on your existing skills as an English
language teacher
ƒ Enhance your earning potential and
career prospects
ƒ Study by distance learning

We are currently recruiting tutors to teach on our
summer 6 and 10 week presessional EAP courses

Find out more:
nottingham.ac.uk/education/teach-english

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