The street front on Linden Passage at blue hour: the orange disc beside the door, the evening groups as soft shapes behind the lit windows
AdmissionsThu 18:40 · 18 Linden Passage · the evening groups, from the street

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Deadlines · closing next

The registrations that close next.

The last day to register for each group, and the day the group itself first meets.

Every registration deadline

13 Nov

Closes 17:00

Final registration date

Spanish for Travel

Closing soon

Starts 23 Nov · Hybrid · €150

15 Nov

Sun

Priority registration

Everyday Romanian A1

Closing soon

Starts 24 Nov · In person · €240

15 Nov

Sun

Priority registration

Project Planning Basics

Closing soon

Starts 24 Nov · Hybrid · €240

Departments · 04

Each department has a head who teaches.

All departments

Languages Department

A cue card passing from one hand to another across the round table at the evening French group, more cards fanned on the table between two cups of tea.

Languages Department

8 programs · next start 18 Nov

Head of department

Mara Ionescu

Communication Department

A presentation rehearsal at Northline Central: learners seen from behind at the near end of the long table, the speaker standing at the far end.

Communication Department

4 programs · next start 1 Dec

Head of department

Jonas Reed

Digital Skills Department

A Saturday spreadsheet workshop at Northline Central: learners working over printed grids along the long table while Sora Petrescu points to a cell on one of them.

Digital Skills Department

4 programs · next start 24 Nov

Head of department

Sora Petrescu

Maths & Exams Department

A maths session at the Riverside Room: the tutor's hands holding a set square and a pencil on squared paper, a learner's hand with an orange pencil about to draw.

Maths & Exams Department

7 programs · next start 19 Nov

Head of department

Elio Martin

The consultation space · Central

The consultation space: a small table and two chairs by a tall window, two cups and a notebook on the table

How to apply · 04 steps

Four steps from choosing a program to a confirmed place.

01

Choose a program

Answer the sentence on the home page, or compare up to three programs side by side: level, format, place, length and fee, in the same order.

02

Check the date and the deadline

Every program shows its next start. The deadlines page lists the last day to register for each group.

03

Ask if you are unsure

A thirty-minute consultation with the tutor who teaches the group, at the studio or on a call. No test and no obligation.

04

Register and pay

On Northline Bookings, from the program page. Your place is confirmed by email with the room or the meeting link.

The long room at Northline Central by day, before a class: the long table set, the planner wall on the left, three tall windows on the right

The long room · Central · by day

Campus sites · 02

Places to study in Valmera.

Campuses and directions

Northline Central

18 Linden Passage, 400127 Valmera

The main teaching rooms, two minutes from the Linden Passage tram stop.

Riverside Room

4 Mill Quay, 400215 Valmera

A small-group room on Mill Quay for workshops and language practice.

The board · languages · by award

What a language program ends with.

Programs marked Certificate end with a Northline certificate of attendance once you have attended three quarters of the sessions. It records what you studied; it is not a formal qualification.

All programs

Admissions · one question

Request information.

Ask about a program, a date, a fee or a place in a group. Tell us what you want to study and we reply by email or telephone.

Mon–Thu 10:00–21:00 · Sat 09:00–16:30

The planner · your slot

A hand pinning the orange card into the planner’s grid of blank cards

Faculty · 06

The people who teach everything on the board.

Every group has one named tutor, and the tutor who teaches it is the one you meet at a consultation.

All instructors

Languages Department · head

Mara Ionescu, Romanian language tutor, leaning over the long table to listen to a learner during an evening class, a cue card in her hand.

Mara Ionescu

Romanian language tutor

MA Applied Linguistics · twelve years teaching Romanian to adults

Teaches in Romanian · English

Communication Department · head

Jonas Reed, presentation and writing coach, sitting at the long table with a pencil and a stack of outline cards, watching a learner rehearse at the far end of the room.

Jonas Reed

Presentation and writing coach

MA Organisational Communication · ten years coaching workplace writing, facilitation and presentations

Teaches in English · German

Digital Skills Department · head

Sora Petrescu, workplace tools facilitator, pointing to a cell on a printed grid during a Saturday workshop, a learner's shoulder in the foreground.

Sora Petrescu

Workplace tools facilitator

Workplace learning facilitation · spreadsheet and planning workshops since 2016

Teaches in Romanian · English

Maths & Exams Department · head

Elio Martin, maths tutor, drawing a line along a wooden set square on squared paper at the round table of the Riverside Room, a learner's shoulder in the foreground.

Elio Martin

Maths tutor and French conversation lead

Mathematics degree and secondary teaching qualification

Teaches in English · French

Languages · Exam preparation

Priya Sen, exam speaking tutor, in headphones at a desk by the window, mid-sentence in a live online session, a sand timer and cue cards beside the laptop.

Priya Sen

Exam speaking tutor

Language teaching certificate · eight years of exam speaking practice

Teaches in English · Hindi

Languages · Exam preparation

Ana Duarte

Spanish and exam practice tutor

Spanish and Portuguese teaching · exam writing assessment

Teaches in Spanish · Portuguese · English

An evening class seen past the shoulders of the nearest learners: notebooks open along the table, the pendants lit, the windows dark

The evening class · Central

The rooms stay lit into the evening.

The evening groups meet under the pendants at Northline Central and at the Riverside Room’s round table.

Opening hours · on site

Mon–Thu

10:00–21:00

Sat

09:00–16:30

Online

At each group’s own hour

The link arrives by email the day before the first session

A week at Northline · Mon–Sat

From the first tram to the last class.

Open Monday to Thursday from ten until nine, and on Saturdays from nine until half past four.

A week at Northline

Sat · 11:00 · Central

Two learners seen from behind at the window with cups, the long table set behind them

Halfway through a Saturday workshop, tea at the window.

Mon · 09:40 · the stop

The Linden Passage tram stop under the lindens, an orange tram passing behind two people waiting

The Linden Passage stop, two minutes from the door.

Tue · 18:20 · the lobby

The lobby at Northline Central: coats on the hooks, an orange umbrella in the stand, a learner hanging up a coat

Ten minutes before the evening groups.

Wed · 10:50 · tea

The tea station: a kettle, upturned cups and a cloth on a shelf by the window

The tea station, between two groups.

Thu · 12:10 · the sill

A cup, a notebook and a pencil on the window sill, the linden outside in October leaf

Somebody’s notes, waiting for the afternoon.

Thu · 18:25 · the passage

Linden Passage in the evening: the lit door under the orange disc, a learner walking towards it

Linden Passage, on the way to the evening groups.

Tue · 18:15 · before class

The five tutors in conversation by the long table before the evening classes, cups in hand

The tutors, a quarter of an hour before the evening groups.

Fees · 23 programs

What a program costs.

A published fee is for the whole course, and it is printed on the program’s row and on its page, in the same place each time.

Lowest published fee

€70

Spreadsheet Practice Pack

Self-paced · Study at your own pace · Online

Highest published fee

€320

Exam-Year Maths Practice

In person · 8 weeks · Northline Central

You pay when you register, on Northline Bookings. Its booking terms, shown before you pay, set out refunds and moving to a later group.

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Mon · 18:30 · Riverside

A closed notebook with an orange ribbon and two cups on the round table at dusk, the river in the window

From the resources

Read before you register.

All resources

The practice pack · the sill

An open notebook and a pencil on the window sill, an orange ribbon marking the page