Pre-sessional courses

The International Education Institute provides two pre-sessional courses for students who use English as an additional language and who have an offer to study at the University. Pre-sessional courses provide an excellent orientation to the University and enable students to develop:

language knowledge and academic literacy
attributes of reflectiveness, criticality, autonomy, confidence and academic integrity
critical analysis skills and the ability to incorporate sources and evidence in academic work
knowledge of academic and discipline-specific conventions
familiarity with institutional services, processes, and forms of assessment.

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10-week blended learning pre-sessional course

A full time pre-degree course for postgraduate students with conditional offers and English qualifications which are not sufficient for entry to the 4-week pre-sessional course.

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4-week pre-sessional course

For students where the pre-sessional course is a condition of their undergraduate or postgraduate offer, for students with unconditional offers, and for those who choose to attend to prepare for their future studies as the course will introduce them to the town and culture.