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BROADSTAIRS – A GREAT PLACE TO STUDY

Why choose to study in Broadstairs? Broadstairs is easily accessible to: London, Europe, major airports and public transport links. Broadstairs has: beautiful sandy beaches,water sports, coastal walks and cycle paths, traditional seaside charm. Broadstairs has: history, quirky shops, a fishing harbour, coffee shops, bars, ice cream parlours. Broadstairs has: entertainment, sports, a social scene, annual […]

HOSTING A HILDERSTONE STUDENT

Are you thinking about joining our team of homestay hosts? One of our regular homestay providers, Annie, writes here about her family’s experience of welcoming our students into their home. ‘We have been homestay hosts at Hilderstone College for nearly 2 years, since we moved to Broadstairs. Our students have invariably been friendly, mature, engaged […]

STAYING IN HOMESTAY

A cultural experience Worried about staying with a homestay host? Living with a homestay host is an important part of the Hilderstone experience.  It will give you an opportunity to find out about the British way of life and to practise the English you learn.  We select our homestay hosts very carefully.  our Accommodation and […]

QUIZ OF THE WEEK 25th March 2019: Types of books

These are all anagrams for words that describe books.Can you work out what they are and put the letters in the correct order? 1) RLTIHERL2) VELNO3) KONHBOAD4) BKPAERPAC5) NCITRAODIY6) OODKBUIGE7) KTXBOETO8) GIABRAPOUHTOY

QUIZ OF THE WEEK commencing 11th March 2019: Female nouns

It was International Women’s Day last Friday, so in belated honour of this important day, we’re going to test your knowledge of female nouns! Many jobs no longer use a specific female form nowadays – for example, we tend to use ‘actor’ for both genders (instead of ‘actress’ for women), and the same with ‘flight […]

Short story by Ulrike Eisner

This is a beautiful story written by one of our current German university course students. It’s charming, but has a topical message too. Many thanks to Ulrike for taking the time to write it and share it with us. SHOOTING STARS UNDERNEATH THE CHERRY TREE When Pizza woke up, he was alone. The sky was […]

Lynne Hoenes, our Head of Marketing, talks about meeting our partners abroad.

A part of my role as Head of Marketing is to attend workshops and exhibitions designed to meet new educational tour operators.  These events are a wonderful opportunity to meet new partners from around the world – all in one room! I pre-make appointments and at the event, each educational tour operator comes to my table […]

FREE ARRIVAL TRANSFER OFFER EXTENDED until January 2019

We are pleased to announce that the FREE ARRIVAL TRANSFER offer will be extended for courses starting before 31 January 2019. This may be by shuttle bus or by taxi, depending on flight time and which London airport. The promotion will be available for all new individual enrolments on courses starting before 31 January 2019. […]