Tom Hutchinson is the Associate Director of the Institute for English Language Education at Lancaster University, where he is mainly concerned with teacher training courses. Tom Hutchinson taught in schools for a number of years and has given teacher training seminars in many countries around the world. In 1986 he was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh's English Language prize for Project English and in 1992, for Project Video. Project English is a beginner's course in English for young learners.