Succeed at postgraduate level

Studying successfully at postgraduate level at a British university requires many skills such as taking notes in lectures, contributing to seminars, reading critically. This course provides you with these and many other academic skills as well as  English language tuition so that you can embark on your postgraduate studies with  proficiency and confidence. Every 4 weeks you complete an academic assignment and meet with your personal tutor to monitor your progress. The course is structured to enable you to study for as long as you require to achieve IELTS 6.5.

Critical Analysis

In the final 8 weeks of the course the programme includes a Critical Analysis session to develop your critical thinking and research skills. You focus on the following areas:

Week 1: Introduction to critical analysis and research skills
Week 2: World Politics
Week 3: Business
Week 4: Arts
Week 5: Social Sciences
Week 6: Humanities (Geography/History)
Week 7: Environment
Week 8: Science

Entry requirements

To apply you must:

• Have a first degree or equivalent
• Have an intermediate level of English (equivalent to IELTS 5.0 or TOEFL 153)

 

The Programme

Intensive 8 week programme with fixed start dates. If the student takes the 16 or 24 week programmes they will join the Pre-Foundation Programme class until the final 8 weeks.
25 hours per week to include:

• Academic skills training                  (5 hours)

• Language input                                 (5 hours)

• Critical analysis                                 (5 hours)

• IELTS exam preparation                  (5 hours)

• Spoken academic performance     (5 hours)

Sample Timetable

09:00  Skills training: English for Academic Purposes and study skills for higher education
10:00  Break
10:15  Language input: grammar and language structure
11:15  Break
11.30  Critical analysis: an analysis of a wide range of topic areas, using case studies, and student-led research
12:30  Lunch break
13:30  IELTS exam preparation
14:30  Break
14:45  Spoken academic performance: presentation skills and interview technique
15.45  Private study

Dates and fees 2010

Course start dates are on the following -
03 January, 31 January, 28 February, 28 March, 25 April, 23 May, 20 June, 15 August, 12 September, 10 October, 07 November

Fees per course

25 hours of group classes (=25 lessons of 1 hour) plus monthly personal one to one session with your tutor

	Brighton, Cambridge and Bournemouth
8 week course	£2,444
16 week course	£4,568
24 week course	£6,612
36 week course	£9,918

Each student is tested for English ability on application, and we will recommend the course duration most suitable for them: 8, 16, 24 or 36 weeks.