Pre-sessional English Programme (PEP)

Course Content

• Course Details

  This course focuses on learning the English language and the academic skills necessary for studying in a UK university, with an additional element of study skills in one of the modules. All courses also have a project element where you focus on an area of academic study, e.g. primary and secondary research. We want to help you improve your general communication skills through accuracy, grammar and vocabulary across reading, writing, listening and speaking.

  Specifically, we aim to help you to:

  • improve your knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary and functions of English.  This will enable you to communicate your ideas more effectively
  • improve your understanding of the relationship between the language and the culture in which it exists. This will help you operate more efficiently in a UK academic setting
  • build your knowledge of and competence in Academic English. This will help you to enhance the quality of your academic assignments
  • encourage you to become an independent learner. This will help you to discover your own voice and express your ideas effectively
  • show you the teaching methods which are common in British schools and universities. This will help you to understand UK academic culture
  • access the range of learning resources available to you through multi-media. This will help you develop an awareness of English outside the classroom
  • take part in social activities and make friends. This will help you to adapt to UK culture and improve your fluency

  When you finish this course you will have developed the confidence and Academic English skills you need to effectively study any of our undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

  Duration and Start Dates

  The Pre-sessional English Programme has multiple duration times and start dates depending on your needs and when you’re starting your course. A 5-week programme followed by the 6-week programme form the 11-week programme.

  • Autumn 5 weeks –  27 September 2021 to 29 October 2021. For students with IELTS 5.0.
  • Autumn 6 weeks – 1 November 2021 to 10 December 2021. For UG students with IELTS 5.5 and PG students with IELTS 6.0.
  • Autumn 6-weeks – 1 November 2021 to 10 December 2021. For UG students with IELTS 5.0 progressing to BA Commerce or BSc International Finance.

  • Summer 5 weeks – 27 June 2022 to 29 July 2022
  • Summer 6 weeks – 1 August 2022 to 9 September 2022
  • Summer 6 weeks – 1 August 2022 to 9 September 2022. For UG students with IELTS 5.0 progressing to BA Commerce or BSc International Finance.

  • 4-week Study Skills – 15 August 2022 to 9 September 2022

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 22/23. The modules relating to the academic year 23/24 will be available from June 2023.

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• Fees and Funding

  21/22 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 21/22 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • 4 Weeks: £1,000
  • 6 Weeks: £1,600
  • 11 Weeks: £2,700
  • 39 Weeks: £10,800

  20/21 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • 4 Weeks: £800
  • 6 Weeks: £1,600
  • 11 Weeks: £2,720
  • 17 Weeks: £5,400
  • 28 Weeks: £8,800
  • 39 Weeks: £10,800

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• Methods of Learning

  This course will help you to develop skills that make you an independent learner, able to develop your English outside the classroom and take responsibility for your own learning. You will be able to identify what you need to do to improve your English and how to do it. We will practise these skills with you in class and you will be given coursework that further develops them, with feedback to help you progress.

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