Partners

Lancaster University has a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching and research in language testing and assessment. We offer a range of postgraduate degrees by distance or on campus.

Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES), University of Edinburgh, has been making a major contribution and impact to the field of education both in Scotland and worldwide for almost 200 years. Language education is one of the focal areas of interest in the School: we have a specific institute, the Institute of Language Education, and a research hub, Language, Interculturality and Literacies, whose work advances the field internationally. Throughout its existence, MHSES staff, students and alumni have influenced and transformed learning, teaching, research and wider educational policy in the UK and beyond. 

 We are the leading School of Education in Scotland – ranked first for research breadth and quality in Education, and third in the UK (REF 2021). 

The School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia offers an innovative research-informed and professionally oriented TESOL Master’s aimed at upskilling current/future practitioners. Located in the charming and historic UK city of Norwich, the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia has a long history of research and teaching in the field of English language teaching.  The School conducts internationally relevant research (cf. the latest UK-wide Research Excellence Framework – REF) and is home to UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation.  The University is also committed to excellent teaching. 

NILE is a world-leading centre of excellence in professional development for language educators, both face to face and online, in the UK and overseas.

Since 1995, NILE has trained over 70,000 English teachers globally, through open-enrolment CPD courses and tailor-made programmes for groups, an MA programme with a TEA module, and ELT project management and consultancy for institutions and ministries worldwide.