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This page shows the Academic Language and Communication Skills courses that we aim to offer in future terms. The lists are for guidance only at this stage and subject to change, but give you a good indication of which courses will be available later in the academic year to help you plan.

Term two - 26 January to 27 March 2026

General courses for all students

          • Grammar: Speaking and Writing
          • Academic Vocabulary Skills
          • Improving Pronunciation
          • Social Conversation
          • Effective Academic Reading
          • Critical Reading
          • Academic Discussion Skills 
          • Effective Academic Presentation
          • Academic Writing: Research Writing
          • Academic Writing: Synthesising Sources
          • Academic Writing: Achieving Clarity
          • Academic Writing: Planning an Assignment
          • Academic Writing: Grammatical Accuracy
          • Academic Writing: Science and Engineering
          • Academic Writing: Developing Scientific Arguments
          • Understanding Assessment and Feedback 

Subject-specific courses - postgraduate

  • MA TESOL/TCSOL Writing
  • MA Education Writing
  • MA Educational Leadership and Management Writing
  • MSc/MBA Business Writing
  • MSc/MBA Business Speaking
  • MSc Health Sciences
  • LLM Law
  • PGCEi Academic Writing
  • MA Arts - How to Succeed in Postgraduate Studies
  • PGCE Secondary

Subject-specific courses - postgraduate research

  • Life Sciences Report Writing
  • Biosciences and Vet Sciences Report Writing
  • Arts Writing Success 
 

 

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Term three - 27 April to 19 June 2026 (excluding 4 and 25 May)
Term four - 22 June to 21 August 2026

General courses for all students

Term three

  • Grammar: Speaking and Writing
  • Academic Vocabulary Skills
  • Improving Pronunciation
  • Social Conversation
  • Effective Academic Reading
  • Critical Reading
  • Effective Academic Presentation
  • Academic Writing: Synthesising Sources
  • Academic Writing: Achieving Clarity
  • Academic Writing: Planning an Assignment
  • Academic Writing: Grammatical Accuracy
  • Academic Writing: Revising Academic Papers

Term four

  • Social conversation
  • Academic Writing: Revising Academic Papers

Subject-specific courses - postgraduate

The specific term these courses will run will be confirmed nearer the time.

  • PGCEi Academic Writing
  • Postgraduate Medicine/Life Sciences Dissertation and Research Articles
  • Postgraduate Mathematics Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Education Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Computer Science Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Law Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Health Sciences Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Geography Report
  • Postgraduate Economics Dissertation
  • Postgraduate Chemical and Environmental Engineering Report
  • Postgraduate Biosciences Report
  • Postgraduate Psychology Report
  • Postgraduate Business Dissertation

Subject-specific courses - postgraduate research

The specific term these courses will run will be confirmed nearer the time.

  • Academic Writing: Research Writing
  • Biosciences
  • Pharmacy Report
  • Medicine Literature Review
  • Live Sciences Report
 

 

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