Certified Courses
We offer internationally recognised qualifications for every stage of your ELT career: from CELTA and DELTA, to MA Programme, to Trinity CertPT and the brand new award in AI for Teaching Professionals.
What's coming up at NILE?
There’s plenty happening at NILE over the coming months. Take a look at what’s ahead and start planning your next step in professional development.
Erasmus+
Did you know you can use Erasmus+ mobility funding on NILE face-to-face courses from 2027? Stayed tuned for more information about our course offerings and how to apply.
Award in Artificial Intelligence for Teaching Professionals
Launched in 2026: a brand new award for teaching with AI.
September courses
Join an 8-week online professional development course for teachers and ELT professionals this September. Courses are flexibly designed to be taken alongside your busy work schedule.
Courses on offer this September include:
- Award in Artificial Intelligence for Teaching Professionals
- Trainer Development
- From Teacher to Trainer
- Technologies & Techniques for Online and Blended Language Education
- Teaching Young Learners
- Teaching English in Pre-Primary Education
- Teaching Teenagers
- Teaching English to Refugees and Migrants
- Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
- Learning Differences and Inclusion in Language Education
- Global Citizenship in Language Education
- Materials Development for Language Education
- Management in Language Education
- Teaching English for Academic Purposes
- Prepare Your Students for IELTS (6 weeks)
- Teaching English for Aviation
- English as a Medium of Instruction
- The Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers with NILE
Transform your face-to-face course into an award with the Trinity Cert PT extension.
Continue your professional development journey with NILE this autumn!
Contact us
Teachers
Language teachers seeking to develop professionally to support their students in unlocking their potential.
Institutions
Educational institutions in need of a bespoke programme to develop a particular area of ELT.
Organisations
Public or private organisations requiring consultancy or project management to plan, execute or evaluate ELT strategy and programmes.
Popular Courses
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Develop the essential skills for CLIL teachers and explore materials and methodologies appropriate to CLIL. Raise your language awareness and linguistic competences while looking at key issues in course design and testing and assessment procedures in CLIL contexts.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2026
Creativity in Language Education
NEW COURSE: Discover creative approaches to language teaching through art, drama, literature, music and storytelling, alongside creative tweaks to traditional materials and activities. Develop language skills collaboratively, inside and outside the classroom, and create your own resources to engage and motivate learners.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: August 2026
e-Moderation
This course looks at the range of skills needed by an online teacher, particularly in the field of English Language Teaching, although these skills are easily transferable to other disciplines. Learn how to teach both individual students and groups of online learners in a principled and effective manner.
Location: Online
Course dates: For Groups - please contact us
Free English Classes
Join our free English classes, delivered by trainee teachers and supervised by experienced language teachers. Classes are usually for two hours a day from two to ten weeks.
Location: Online and in Norwich
Course dates: January - December
Learning Differences and Inclusion in Language Education
Identify support needs for students with learning differences in language learning and explore a range of neurodiversity types and some of the practical strategies you can put in place to make your teaching more accessible to all.
Location: Online
Course dates: January- March, April - June, September - November
MA Module: Management in Language Education
Gain insights into key components, skills and competencies of effective management in language education, and develop principled approaches for all aspects of educational management in this 30-credit elective module on the NILE MAPDLE programme.
Location: Online
Course dates: January - March, April - June, September - November
NILE: British Council, Colombia
Join NILE and British Council Colombia for CPD courses in Bogotá!
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Course dates: Ongoing
Teacher Development Courses in Malta
Join us for a co-delivered teacher development programme at our partner institution ESE in Malta.
Erasmus+ funding welcome!
Location: Malta
Course dates: March, April, June, July, August, October, November
The Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers with NILE
The Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers (CertPT) is an in-service vocational teaching qualification at Level 6 on Ofqual’s Regulated Qualifications Framework. The qualification is defined around outcomes directly linked to pedagogy and requires the completion of four practical materials/teaching assignments which demonstrate your use and understanding of teaching/training resources in your professional context.
Location: Distance Supervision
Course dates: Year-round, post online and face-to-face courses
