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Accent International – a focus on training excellence.
Accent was founded by a trainer - and excellence in
training is at the heart of the organisation. Our team
of trainers is strongly supported by an office staff
which provides the infrastructure and the platform to
enable our trainers to produce high-quality
programmes for each and every course participant.
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Mark Waistell B.Sc., M.A., P.G.C.E.,
R.S.A. Dip. TEFLA, F.R.S.A
Senior Partner
Mark founded Accent in 1988 after working in the UK and abroad
as a Teacher, Course Designer, Director of Studies and Principal.
He is a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, a Bachelor of
Science in Biochemistry and holds the Postgraduate Certificate of
Education and the Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Teaching
English as a Foreign language to Adults. Mark is a published
author of English language course books and writes and speaks
widely on English language teaching. He is responsible for
General Management, Consultancy and Corporate Programmes
abroad and teaches on Executive programmes in the UK and
abroad. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Steve Oliver, B.A., P.G.C.E., R.S.A.
Dip. TEFLA
Director of Training
Steve joined Accent in 1990 after working in the UK and abroad
as Teacher, Teacher-Trainer, Materials-writer and Lecturer. He is a
Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy and holds the
Postgraduate Certificate of Education and the Royal Society of
Arts Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign language to Adults.
Steve also has qualifications and experience in the fields of IT and
Finance. His responsibilities are Executive and Professional
Courses in the UK, Course Design, Materials Writing and Trainer
Development. He also teaches on Executive Programmes in the
UK and abroad.
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Jill Bray
Office Manager
Jill joined Accent in 2007 to take on the important role of Office
Manager. Jill has worked in a wide variety of companies in areas
as diverse as Financial Services, Biotechnology, Open Learning
Centre, Early Learning Centre and the National Trust. She has held
positions in Training Co-ordination, Customer Services and as
Centre Manager. She and her family have moved to Devon and
she is now responsible for all of the work of our busy office,
including bookings administration, accommodation, transport and
welfare.
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Training Staff
Our team of full-time and part-time trainers is selected for their
qualifications, experience and knowledge. In addition to
qualifications in English Language Teaching, many of our trainers
have qualifications and/or experience in other areas of business or
professional work. This team provides a variety of approach,
expertise and methodology which, we believe, enables us to
create a quality programme of specialist English training for
almost every professional area.
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