British Council accreditation for ELC
19 Dec 2005, PR 115/05 The English Language Centre (ELC) successfully passed its October inspection and is now accredited by the British Council.The English Language Centre currently offers a range of general and academic English language courses in addition to more specialised courses. It also offers bespoke courses for a variety of public and private sector organisations.
Dr Neil Murray, Programme Director for Centre, said: ‘This is good news indeed and I would like to thank all those involved for their support in the lead up to and during the inspection.'
The English Language Centre, as well as being accredited by the British Council, and is also a member of BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes), IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) and the AULC (Association of University Language Centres).
Notes to editors King's College London
King's College London is one of the two oldest and largest colleges of the University of London with over 13,800 undergraduate students and nearly 5,700 postgraduates in nine schools of study. It is a member of the Russell Group: a coalition of the UK's major research-based universities. The College has had 24 of its subject-areas awarded the highest rating of 5* and 5 for research quality, demonstrating excellence at an international level, and it has recently received an excellent result in its audit by the Quality Assurance Agency.
King's is in the top group of UK universities for research earnings, with income from grants and contracts of £100 million, and has an annual turnover of more than £348 million. In 2004 the College was once again awarded an AA- financial credit rating from Standard & Poor's.
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