Notting Hill College is a member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, which is based in Britain and was founded in 1967. IATEFL works primarily to develop networks amongst related institutions and individuals involved in language education as it is relevant to the English language. This includes classroom teachers; administrators of language programmes; writers and publishers; language assessors and examination bodies; and researchers, for example in applied linguistics. IATEFL is organised around an annual conference in the spring, with key speakers and individual papers, workshops and symposia. Membership is approximately 3500, spread through more than 100 countries. The primary activities for IATEFL members throughout the year are centred on Special Interest Group (SIG), which hold various types of meetings and conferences, and publish newsletters. In addition to these, there is a bimonthly magazine for the whole organisation, IATEFL Voice.

Notting Hill College is a member of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). USDLA is the first nonprofit distance learning association in the United States to support distance learning research, development and praxis across the complete arena of education, training and communications. In 1987, the USDLA was founded on the premise of creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning education and training needs of learning communities via new concepts which arise out of the fusion of communication technologies with learning in broad multidiscipline applications. The learning communities that USDLA addresses are: pre-K12; higher education; continuing education; corporate training; military and government training; home schooling; and telemedicine. In addition, USDLA is also focused on national and international technology-based distance learning. USDLA, through its mission to support the development and application of distance learning, focuses on all legislation impacting the distance learning community and its varied constituencies.
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The British Institute for Learning and Development aims to address the needs and raise the status of all those involved in learning and development, both organisations and individuals. With a focus on professionalism and performance improvement, it aims to provide coherence to a sector that embraces corporate, work-based, lifelong learning and vocational training. The BILD is a registered charity and operates on a non-profit basis. Its vision is to provide a centre of expertise for those involved in learning and development; enhancing professional growth, performance improvement and credibility supported by the collective expertise of its membership. The BILD's non-commercial status means that it can offer an independent view without bias to any one sector.

The UK Register of Learning Providers is a 'one-stop' portal to be used by government departments, agencies, learners, and employers to share key information about learning providers. The UKRLP allows providers to update their information in a single place and share this across agencies, such as the Learning and Skills Council, the Careers Advice Service, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and UCAS. Since provider registration opened on 1st August 2005, the UKRLP has grown to include over 20,000 providers. Each of these has been verified against a recognised external source and has been allocated a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN). This is the unique identifier used to share information with UKRLP partner agencies.

The University programmes are designed to attract prospective students from various backgrounds and prepare them for higher positions through a variety of teaching methods: traditional methods (lectures, seminars, group projects and independent research efforts) as well as the case method and computer-simulated games, depending on which approach is most appropriate for the particular course of interest. Again, the teaching methods are designed to help integrate theory with practice, which is the need of contemporary students across various national boundaries.

College of Teachers is a professional educational institute for teachers. College of Teachers support the teaching profession through networks of membership and qualifications. College of Teachers members include primary, secondary and special educational needs teachers, lecturers, university staff, teaching assistants, industrial trainers, local authority managers and governors both in the UK and around the world. Many specialist associations, agencies, colleges and schools also belong to The College as Institutional Members. College of Teachers qualifications range from attendance certificates through to Master's level and are professional rather than academic in nature, allowing everyone involved in education to have their professional achievement and expertise recognised and rewarded. As these qualifications are awarded under our Royal Charter they benefit from international recognition allowing their holders to move schools, local authorities, and even countries safe in the knowledge that their qualifications will be recognised.