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The Centre for English Language Education helps develop your academic skills and language before you start university, preparing you for the demands of academic study in a range of disciplines at all levels. We also offer academic language and communication skills support during your studies.

 

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Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes courses

Take your academic and language skills to the level required for your degree.

Pre-sessional courses
CELE students in classroom with teacher
Academic Language and Communication Skills

Continue to develop your academic skills while studying your degree.

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Studying online

Online study is available for our pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes courses. Students taking an online course will not need to travel to the UK.

Studying online
Credit-bearing modules

These modules are available to students studying particular courses, to enhance language skills and develop specialist knowledge that is relevant to your degree.

Credit-bearing modules
Our team

The Centre for English Language Education team has colleagues from many different countries, many of whom are multilingual and are experts in English language teaching.

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About the Centre for English Language Education

Accredited

We are accredited by the British Council for the teaching of English in the UK, which ensures high-quality teaching, facilities and support.

Our strengths were recognised in course design, quality management, learning resources and the experience, skills and knowledge of our teaching team.

We are also a member of English UK, the national membership association of accredited English language teaching (ELT) centres in the UK.

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Our students

  • Our pre-sessional students come from over 25 countries, creating a truly global and diverse student population
  • Over 98% stay at Nottingham to go on to study their degree with us
  • We provide continued support throughout your degree, with over 7,000 bookings in the last three years for courses or consultations to improve academic language and communications skills

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