Norwich Institute for Language Education
Course Enquiries
If you have any enquiries about our courses or any of our other services, please contact Gerry here.
Newsletter Comments
If you have any comments about our newsletter, please contact Sarah here .
If you received multiple copies of this newsletter, please send a blank email messagehere.
If you want to unsubscribe, please go to the bottom of the page. /

NILE Newsletter:

Comenius Funding Special Edition

Comenius Funding News and Courses at NILE in 2007
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
There is still time to apply for Comenius funding to attend a professional development course for teachers, trainers and other ELT professionals at NILE.
If you are a teacher, teacher-trainer or other ELT professional in Europe, you can apply to the European Union for a grant of up to 1500 eurosto attend one of our 2-week training courses. The grant is awarded under the Comenius initiative to cover tuition, accommodation and travel.
NILE's teachers' courses are eligible for Comenius Funding. Please click here to see our full range of specialist courses for 2007.
For those of you not familiar with the Comenius scheme, full details can be found here. The latest phase of the initiative incorporates a number of changes. From 1 January2007, Comenius funding will continue under the new European Life-long Learning Programme (LLP), which will continue to offer teachers and other staff within the school education sector opportunities for international professional development.
A significant change for applicants is the introduction of European-wide deadlines for applications. The deadlines for grant applications for training activities taking place between 1 June 2007 and 30 June 2008 are as follows:
30 March 2007 (for activities from 1 June - 30 September 2007)
30 May 2007 (for activities taking place 1 October 2007 - 31 January 2008)
30 October 2007 (for activities from 1 February - 30 June 2008) /
Scholarship Support and discounts for NILE Courses
Because we recognise that teachers from some EU countries have difficulty meeting the difference between the Comenius grant and our full fees, we have decided to offer scholarship support. Click here to find out more.We are also offering a 10% discount (on the second course) for anyone booking more than one course, AND a 10% discount to returning course participants. (This does not apply to Masters Courses).
MAPDLE - MA in Professional Development in Language Education
On 16 January 2007 NILE was subject to Institutional Review and was awarded continuing recognition for a further 5 years as an institution capable of running award-bearing programmes at postgraduate level. On the same day the MA in Professional Development in Language Education that werun with Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) was awarded continuing validation for a further 5 years.
The Masters Degree in Professional Development for Language Education is an innovative course offering flexible delivery, for experienced language teaching professionals, which can be studied full-time or part-time over 1-5 years. Short, intensive delivery of modules in the UK followed by fully supported individual distance-learning allows experienced language professionals to extend their qualifications, knowledge and skills. A range of elective modules offers the opportunity to specialise for individual working situations and career aspirations.
All of the MA face-to-face elective modules, full details of which can be found here, are also eligible for Comenius funding.For further details on the Masters' Degree please contact NILE's registrar, Gerry Takamura
HOW TO APPLY
1. Select your course and contact NILE to check availability. We will ask you to fill in a pre-registration form.
2. Contact your National Agency for a Comenius application form. Details of National Agencies can be found here.
3. NILE will send you a letter of acceptance and a full course outline. Attach these to your completed Comenius funding application and return to your National Agency.
4. As soon as you have been notified by your National Agency of the outcome of your funding application, please contact NILE. If you have been successful, NILE will ask you to complete a full enrolment form to register you on the course.
5. NILE will send you an enrolment pack together with details of your accommodation.
ADVICE ON YOUR APPLICATION
- Before writing your application, read the 'Call for Proposals' which can be found on the European Commission website, and pay particular attention to the priorities specified.
- When writing your application, answer all parts of the question, but try to be as clear and concise as possible. Back up any claims with examples.
- Before sending your application, make sure you have used the correct form and that the application has an original signature from the head of your institution.
- Check where you need to send your application.

To those of you applying for European funding, we wish you the very best of luck and hope that we will have the opportunity to welcome you to both NILE and Norwich in 2007.
Best wishes,
The NILE Staff
/ /
If you would prefer not to receive any future communications regarding NILEclick here

If you cannot read this email, please go to: