From April 17-20, a team from NATO-BILC (Bureau for International Language Co-ordination) made a working visit to HIE to lend support to the In-Service Military English Team. From BILC, the team consisted of: Colonel Petko Petkov, Bulgaria, Head of the Foreign Languages Department, National Military University Ms. Irena Prpic Djuric, Croatia, BILC Chair and Director, Foreign Language Center Ms. Branka …
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HIE Alumni Association
At HIE, we view students as lifelong commitments that do not end at graduation. For the above reason, HIE Alumni Association is created. This association will serve as a space that brings HIE alumni together to stay in touch with their institution. It seeks to develop programs that support alumni with such things as: potential job opportunities, making contact with …
Read More »Baba Adou – PhD Student at the University of Florida
We say au revoir, and thank you for your service to Baba Adou. Baba was one of the original cohort of National teachers to join HIE and served with us from June 2016 to August 2021. Baba contributed much to the development of the curriculum and took particular responsibility for the teaching and learning of Arabic on the degree programme. …
Read More »Staff College English Program
For the second consecutive year, the Higher Institute of English provided an English language program to staff college, ENEM (l’Ecole Nationale d’Etat-Major). The program was attended by 71 officers from 5 nationalities: Mauritania, Yemen, Niger, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia. They were divided into 3 groups: beginner (A1), elementary (A2), and pre-intermediate (B1). The program lasted for a total of 80 …
Read More »Unforgettable Year
As first-year students of the Higher Institute of English, we express our deepest gratitude to the honourable teachers and all Hie staff for guiding, orienting, and assisting us throughout this very challenging yet amazing and unforgettable year. After more than eight months of hard work pertaining to our studies, this wonderful year has come to an end. On behalf …
Read More »B3 – Session 5
This session was unique because of the circumstances in which the institute had to operate. It started on February 10, 2020, and it was supposed to finish on July 11, 2020. However, as a result of COVID-19 hit, we were forced to shut down by the end of the second of week of March. The situation presents HIE with many …
Read More »BP Technicians Programme
HIE In-Service participated in an event organised by BP and held at the Tfeila Hotel, Wednesday 15th January. Twenty-five trainee technicians had been selected after a very competitive recruitment drive and were onboarding with BP; an induction that included 2 days with senior BP staff out from UK. Their training programme could be up to 4 years during which time …
Read More »First HIE Graduation
Friday 27 December 2019 marked the graduation of the first cohort with a Degree (License) in International Communication Studies. The ceremony was presided over by senior management and distinguished guests including the Deputy General of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in tandem with the Deputy General of the Ministry of National Defence. The ceremony was initiated with …
Read More »Careers
The Higher Institute of English, Nouakchott is a tertiary institution, still in a growth phase. It has high standards of teaching. The institute will take staff who can contribute to its degree programme, in-service courses and potential research opportunities. Take a look at our courses on the web site and see if you consider yourself fit for purpose. Typically HIE …
Read More »Campus
From October, 2016 to until now the campus has a capacity of 120 students. Classrooms all have whiteboards, projectors and Wi-fi. Classrooms are built to accommodate our typical class size of no more than 14 students. Degree students have access to their own laptops. Additionally HIE has an ICT Laboratory. HIE Library has an extensive collection of extensive readers, unadapted …
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