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My experience at Hilderstone College

We had the chance to welcome Yousef, a student from Kuwait, for five months at our language school in Broadstairs, England. During his stay, we saw Yousef’s confidence grow and his English improve every day. It was wonderful to watch him make new friends and enjoy his time at Hilderstone College. Here is a short […]

BACK TO BROADSTAIRS – A student’s return to Hilderstone

In 2015 I was in Broadstairs for one week with my school. It was the first time I had been to the seaside, and I took a picture, me in front of the sea. After school I hadn’t any connection to English at all. As it turned out that my Master studies would be in […]

Hilderstone College on the BBC

Our Principal discusses the problems regarding travel ID requirements for EU students post-Brexit Government policy after Brexit now means that all students coming to the UK must have a valid passport . Before Brexit, European students could travel on their ID card. Many Europeans don’t have passports as they don’t need them to travel around […]

New PRELIM project – Zambia

We are delighted to announce that we have been selected to be part of the PRELIM 3 project and will be working in partnership with LATAZ – Language Teachers Association of Zambia to create locally focussed resources for the English language classroom. PRELIM – the Partnered Remote Language Improvement project – is a joint initiative […]

Karola is from Germany and she studied with us twice: in 2012 and 2018. She is coming to the end of her PhD studies.

Hilderstone College is the perfect place to improve your English. Thanks to the great teachers, the lessons were fun and very effective. I also liked the varied social programme and the beautiful landscape in and around Broadstairs which is ideal for bike riding! The best thing is that you will meet fascinating people from all […]

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 […]

Teacher Sue’s trip to Russia, January 2019

Recently one of our teachers, Sue, was invited to teach a small group of teenagers in St Petersburg, Russia, on a trip organised by Perspective Language School. Here is Sue’s account of her trip, with some great photos. Hi everyone, my name’s Sue and I am one of the teachers at Hilderstone College. I have […]

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. […]