Please read both sections of this page: Eligibility for the Awards and Criteria for Judging the Awards to find out whether your ELT product/service matches the criteria for an ELTons in 2009.

Eligibility for the Awards

1. Eligibility

The UK-based awards will be open to individuals or teams working for or conducting research in the field of English language teaching at UK-based educational institutions or companies, i.e.

					educational institutions which are eligible to apply for Education UK branding, e.g. UK Further Education and Higher Education institutions, independent schools and private language schools
					UK-based and UK-branded educational institutions located outside the UK, e.g. overseas affiliates of UK-based language school chains
					individuals, companies and other organisations who provide innovative UK ELT products/services/research including publishing companies or examination boards
					no British Council office or member of staff is eligible

2. Eligible subject areas

Products and services in the following areas are eligible:

					UK ELT research – completed projects reported on through, for example, articles in journals, newsletters or magazines, dissertations and theses, and book-length studies or edited collections. Please provide a summary of no more then 8000 words.
					UK ELT materials: e.g. coursebooks, supplementary materials; resource books for teachers.
					UK ELT products and services: e.g. English language courses, examinations.

Please note that resources and courses for English language teacher training/development are eligible for the awards. However candidates will be required to demonstrate that any product entered is of direct benefit to learners of English.

Please note that products for submission must be complete (i.e. not in draft or pre-publication format)

3. Number of entries

The British Council will accept no more than two entries from any one institution or company.

4. Undecided eligibility

In the case where the eligibility of an organisation or company is unclear, the ELTons Committee will decide on its eligibility. Their decision will be final. The organisation or company may be asked to produce a rationale explaining how it meets the criteria stated above.

5. Date of Innovation

Eligible products, services or research must have been published or completed no earlier than 1 January 2006.

6. Accreditation UK

UK private English language teaching institutions which are not accredited by the Accreditation UK will not be eligible for the awards unless they have been operating for less than two years (in the case of a year-round organisation) or three years (in the case of a seasonal operation) and therefore do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Accreditation UK. (For more information please see the Accreditation UK Handbook).

Where a non-accredited teaching organisation is considered for shortlisting for an award, the management committee reserve the right to check the quality of services offered to students by the organisation before deciding whether it will be shortlisted, and to take the overall quality of services to students into account when making this decision.