Defence Higher Education Trainer (International)

The Defence Higher Education Trainer (International) (DHET(I)) course is designed for international directing staff (DS) and will train you to facilitate adult learning in the military higher education and further education environments.

The course focuses primarily on the delivery of professional military education (PME) to a course, class or syndicate in command and staff colleges. The course offers practical guidance on adult teaching techniques including facilitation, the management of syndicate room discussions, engaging adult learners, the planning and designing of learning activities and managing student welfare. The course will give you the opportunity to apply the material covered in a teaching context.

Please note: all courses will be open for application six months prior to the course start date and will appear in the 'Planned dates' box when we are accepting applications.

Once application capacity for a singular course iteration is reached, these course dates will be removed from the 'Planned dates' box. In the table below you can see all course iterations for the full training year and when they will become open for application. For further information please refer to 2025DIN07-019-Defence Centre for Training Support (DCTS) course information and instruction, which can be found on MODNET.

What you will learn

To maximise your time in the UK, the five day international course is longer than the standard 3.5 day DHET course for UK DS. As such it is designed to encompass some of the continious personal development workshops and seminars DS complete throughout their time at the Defence Academy. This includes serials on coaching, facilitation and curriculum design in higher education. It also focuses on the increased use of reflective practice to support training and the use of training aides to scaffold learning.

The DHET(I) course is adapted using shorter working days to address the cognitive strain of continually translating lessons into a first language or working through an interpreter.

How this course will help your career

The course is aimed at military personnel teaching in defence colleges worldwide. Usually, this will be ranks ranging between NATO OF3 (Lieutenant Commander/Major/Squadron Leader) and OF4 (Commander/Lieutenant Colonel/Wing Commander) but can include ranks above and below that if you are delivering training or education to a course, class or syndicate.

Critically, it is for course directing staff rather than college senior managers and senior commanders.

Who can attend this course

• Military
• MOD civil servants
• Partners across government (PAG)
• Industry
• Internationals

International military only.

Before you attend

IELTS level 5.5 is a pre-course requirement.

Applications are through International Defence Training (Army).

How the course will be taught

• Face-to-face/Residential