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Fasting Brain Fog: How do you stay mentally sharp during fasting?
Understanding how fasting brain fog affects concentration can help teachers better prepare for the month ahead and maintain their effectiven
Abdulrahman
Mar 10, 20253 min read


How to Get a TOT Certificate: Everything You Need to Know
A TOT certificate is a professional qualification that equips educators with the skills to train other teachers
Abdulrahman
Feb 17, 20254 min read


Why you should work in the lifelong learning sector
Lifelong learning is defined by the education of learners over the age of 16. It consists of publicly-funded post-16 education excluding universities and, in the UK, one in five of all adults are in some form of lifelong learning at any one time. There are so many roles within this vast and rewarding sector. Here is why you should consider a career in lifelong learning. Choose from a wide variety of positions Of course, qualified and passionate teachers are required in the li

Hashim Samy
Apr 25, 20223 min read


Moving into 2022 with Notting Hill College
2021 has been a big year for Notting Hill College. The pandemic meant the company was forced to overcome difficult challenges, such as ever-changing rules and restrictions. Our online presence has been a key part of our work in 2021. To make sure we stuck to our mission of delivering quality, accessible education, we continued to develop our virtual study modes. Our Virtual Campus, Hybrid Learning and Distance Learning study modes allowed our students to learn wherever they w

Hashim Samy
Dec 9, 20212 min read


Tips for effective virtual training
Lots of trainers have faced serious obstacles after the spread of Covid-19, as they were not ready to conduct online training. In this article we will share with you our recommended tips for valuable virtual training and teach you how to create an engaging learning environment remotely. Make it easy Dealing with people from behind the screen is stressful, for both trainers and trainees. But as a trainer you are the one who is leading people, so you must be the one to sprea
Notting Hill College
Jul 13, 20202 min read


Approaching your IELTS examination
Candidates who wish to study and prepare for the IELTS exam might feel a lot of pressure. All the hard work undertaken in improving your English and expanding your vocabulary and grammatical range must be used efficiently and accurately in the four tests that measure your skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Undoubtedly, your ability to construct sentences and use a wide range of vocabulary is important in achieving a satisfactory IELTS score, but there is mor

Hashim Samy
Jan 10, 20182 min read


IELTS Academic writing advice
The IELTS Academic exam is split into different sections to test your skills in various aspects of the English language. Here is how to tackle the writing section. IELTS Academic writing The writing sections of the IELTS Academic test is comprised of two tasks. Within the first task you will be required to summarise and also compare data. What this means is you will have to write about the data given to you. This data can be presented in various formats such as a graph, bar
Notting Hill College
Aug 30, 20163 min read


IELTS exam advice: three tips to passing
Are you preparing to take the IELTS exam? Here are three quick tricks to help you achieve a higher IELTS score band! Get to know the question types: There are four areas of the exam you will be scored on: speaking, listening, reading and writing. In the reading and listening part of the test, you will be presented with many different types of question, and you may find some easier to answer than others. It is advisable that you practise all of the different questions types yo
Notting Hill College
Aug 20, 20163 min read


IELTS for migration purposes
In many English-speaking countries around the world, IELTS is required for skilled migration and permanent residency. These countries use IELTS scores in order to see prospective immigrants' competencies of the English language. If you take the IELTS exam, which stands for International English Language Testing System, you will be scored between 1 and 9 for your competency in English language reading, writing, listening and speaking. There are two types of IELTS tests, namely

Hashim Samy
Aug 16, 20163 min read


How the United States Army used English tests to screen soldiers’ abilities
Looking back in the history of industrial and organisation (I/O) psychology, World War I and testing within the Army shows the early beginning of this field. Robert Yerkes is given the most credit for developing the Army Alpha test along with others within the early years of the I/O field, and it was based off of intelligence tests created by Alfred Binet. The main idea was to determine the intellectual and emotional function of the soldiers since those with the highest intel
Notting Hill College
May 22, 20162 min read
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