PARTNERS

The TCP Language Centre is a member of the Vereniging van Universitaire Talencentra in het Nederlandse Taalgebied (NUT), part of the Confédération Européenne des Centres de Langues de l'Enseignement Supérieur (CercleS) and partner of the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU).

VERENIGING VAN UNIVERSITAIRE TALENCENTRA IN HET NEDERLANDSE TAALGEBIED (NUT)

NUT is the Dutch association of University Langauge Centres in the Netherlands and Belguim. The association was founded in 1993 and has 23 members. NUT functions as a platform and forum. It stimulates members to exchange information, to hare knowledge and experience, to network and it is a way to combine expertise.

NUT categorizes 6 thematic groups, which are:
1. Academic English
2. Academic Dutch
3. Administrative processes

4. NT2
5. Modern Foreign Languages
6. Translations

CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES CENTRES DE LANGUES DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR (CERCLES)

CercleS is a confederation of independent associations from 22 countries in Europe. The confederation was founded is 1991 and brings around 290 language centres, insitutes, faculties or schools in higher education together.

With this confederation language centres in Europe are able to support each other in language trainings with an addition of technological and pedagogical resources. CercleS aims to promote research in foreign language learning at international level and to encourage international and interdisciplinary cooperation between language centres in order to enable them to co-ordinate the pursuit of their objectives (Cercles, 2012).

In order to achieve its aims CercleS organises conferences, distributes a regular printed Bulletin to all its members, runs electronic bulletin boards and publishes its conference proceedings. CercleS also facilitates:

WESTFÄLISCHEN WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER (WWU)

The University of Twente forms the so called cross-border European University with the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. By joining forces both universities have been able to deepen their cooperation in many areas. This relationship has provided opportunities for German students to study in Twente and vice versa. With this partnership TCP Language Centre has been able to provide students quality standards for courses and examinations Dutch as a foreign language.

The WWU Weiterbildung provides various Dutch intensive language course trainings throughout the year. These courses are divided in three modules beginner, intermediate and deepening of understanding & exam preparation. For more information on learning Dutch visit: www.wwu-weiterbildung.de/NLPTHO