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  • June 13, 2026

    Your international students are not all the same — and your pre-sessional programme shouldn’t treat them as if they are

    There’s a question I find myself asking whenever I look at a pre-sessional programme for the first time: who, exactly, is this designed for? Because in my experience, the honest answer is often: generic international students don’t really exist! It’s… Continue reading

    Student studying advanced organic chemistry book in a historic library
    Your international students are not all the same — and your pre-sessional programme shouldn’t treat them as if they are
  • June 1, 2026

    5 Signs your Pre-sessional Needs a Rethink

    Every summer, universities across the UK run pre-sessional English programmes with the best of intentions. And every summer, the same problems quietly resurface. I’ve directed a range of pre-sessional programmes for years — both face-to-face and online, undergraduate and postgraduate.… Continue reading

    Student studying advanced organic chemistry book in a historic library

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