Continuing the hijack...
I base my comments on a bad experience around 30 years ago (which has left me with a healthy predisposition to doubt the efficacy NATS' training system) and the comments of ex-NATS trainees over the intervening period, most of which suggest that the NATS system hasn't changed much.
To be fair, I haven't had much involvement in controller training for the last four years so my bias may be getting a little out of date! I don't doubt your sincerity when you say that you'll pull out all the stops for a capable trainee - I'm just not sure that that is a universally held view.
So my apologies if you felt my comments were aimed at you personally - which is most certainly not the case.
And good luck in DXB.