Joseph Brendan MacBride

Work experience

• Assistant Professor The Norwegian Defence University College 2018
• Lecturer in English The Norwegian Military Academy (Krigsskolen) 2013–18 
• Teacher (English) Elvebakkenskolen, Oslo 2012–13 
• Teacher (Geography) Christ the King College, Lewisham, London 2007–2011 
• Teacher (Geography) Christ the King College, London 1992–97 
• Teacher Carshalton Grammar School, Sutton 1991–92 

Education

• UHPED OsloMet Universitet, Oslo, Norway 2023 
• M.A. in Education (Applied Linguistics) The Open University, UK 2014–2017 
• CELTA The University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations 2011 
• PGCSE JordanHill College of Education (High School Teacher) 1983–84 
• B.Sc. (Hons) University of Glasgow (Geography) 1977–81 

Professional development courses 

NATO STANAG language testing.  Defence Centre for languages and culture, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, Oxford. England. 2017. 

Bureau for InternationalLanguage Co-ordination(BILC) STANAG tester training course (LSAS), NATO, George Marshall Centre, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, December 2018. 

NORDEFCO Language Seminar June 2023 Creating and collaborating in Nordic and Baltic Armed forces language networks.