Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education
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| Established | 1981 |
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Parent institution | The University of Queensland |
| Director | Julian Wilson |
| Students | 9,880 |
| Location | Brisbane , Queensland , Australia 27°29′43″S 153°00′40″E / 27.495351°S 153.0110943°E |
| Website | https://icte.uq.edu.au |
The Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE) is a university located in Brisbane, Australia specialising in English language courses, teacher training, professional development, and English language testing.
The Institute (ICTE) is a division of The University of Queensland (UQ), ranked among the world’s top 50 universities[1].
Rankings
The University of Queensland ranks in the world’s top universities, as measured by key independent ranking including:
- QS World University Rankings[1]
- Academic Ranking of World Universities. 2019 (54)[2]
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 (69)[3]
English language schools are not ranked like universities, however the Institute participates in an annual survey conducted by i-graduate International Insight with input from over 15,000 students and 60 language schools across Australia.
Programs
English language courses
Intensive regular English courses run in five-week sessions from January to December each year, and ICTE has an average annual enrolment of more than 4400 students from more than 50 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, the Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. ICTE is also involved in the design, development and delivery of customised General English and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) programs for groups of students and professionals.
Continuing education
Programs include customised technical, academic or vocational programs, corporate training and professional development, and educational tours.
Teacher training and professional development
The Institute offers pre-service certificate programs, in-service professional development programs, language teaching management and leadership training as well as school governance and administration programs. Programs include:
- English language proficiency and methodology training, English for Specific Purposes: TESOL, testing and bench marking
- Curriculum and program analysis and development
- Organisational and academic leadership, including the International Diploma in Language Teaching Management (IDLTM), management and governance
- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
- The Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
- Consultancy and capacity development services
- Delivery of Cambridge CELT-P and CELT-S online teacher training programs
ICTE teacher training program partners include international governments, boards of education, TESOL professional associations, universities, and primary and secondary schools in Chile, China, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Mexico, Oman, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam.
Testing services
ICTE was Brisbane’s first International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test centre. Each year, the Institute administers thousands of IELTS tests, Occupational English Test (OET), Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic, and Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Tests to candidates across South-East Queensland for academic pathway, immigration and professional purposes.
Customised programs
The Institute works collaboratively with program sponsors (partners) and education representatives to design and deliver customised programs in any location and in a wide range of discipline areas, with or without English language training. Customised program partners include Ministries of Education in Indonesia, Vietnam, Macau, Chile, and Saudi Arabia, and universities and government agencies across Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
History
ICTE started in 1981 as a small, one-class English language training centre within the Institute of Modern Languages (Queensland) at The University of Queensland under a grant from the Australian Government's Australia-Japan Foundation. Several divisions at the university subsequently combined and were given the Institute's current name in 1996.
ICTE has expanded over time to include:
- The first IELTS test centre in Brisbane (1989)
- Bridging English for students offered a place at UQ (2008)
- UQ International Development division (2016), formerly a division of UniQuest, the university's main commercialisation company.
The Institute has grown an international network of over 165 partner organisations and 100 education representatives.
Architecture and campus
The Institute is housed in the purpose-built Sir Llew Edwards Building, a $42 million edifice which involved three years of planning, design and construction and was completed in 2008.
The Institute is located at the St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland.
References
- ^ a b "QS World University Rankings 2020". Top Universities. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "ARWU World University Rankings 2019 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019 | Top 1000 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2019". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.