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Get Ready for Southampton!

The eLanguages team in Modern Languages and Linguistics have launched the 2018 edition of the free online course Get Ready for Southampton. This course aims to show what life and study is like for international students at the University of Southampton, and provides an opportunity for students to network prior to arrival. Last year over 3200 students used the course, and this year over 50 students had signed up within an hour of its launch. Continue reading →

Academic language skills support for University of Southampton international students

The International Centre is offering academic language skills support sessions to University of Southampton international students who want to develop their English language and academic literacy skills during their studies. In Semester 2, sessions are available in grammar, presentation skills, critical thinking, academic writing, everyday English as well as PGT Dissertation and PGR Thesis writing support in two teaching blocks. Continue reading →

Get Ready for Southampton continues to grow!

Now over 1700 students from over 110 countries have used Get Ready for Southampton so far this year. The course is aimed at international students who are considering coming to study a degree at the University of Southampton or who have already applied. The course will be open until early October so there’s still time to join and meet your potential classmates! If you would like to take part in the course, please email elang1@soton.ac.uk to find out details of how to create an account. Continue reading →

Over 1000 students decide to ‘Get Ready for Southampton’ in 2016!

Over 1000 students from almost 100 countries have used Get Ready for Southampton so far in 2016. The course is aimed at international students who are considering coming to study a degree at the University of Southampton or who have already applied. If you would like to take part in the course, please email elang1@soton.ac.uk to find out details of how to create an account. Continue reading →

Get Ready for Southampton 2015 launches!

Yesterday the eLanguages team in Modern Languages launched the 2015 edition of the free online course Get Ready for Southampton. This course aims to show what life and study is like for international students at the University of Southampton, and provides an opportunity for students to network prior to arrival. There are already over 60 students from 23 different countries participating in the course. Continue reading →

‘Cultural collision’: the challenges of cultural adaptation for international students

The PIE News has published an article discussing the challenges related to cultural differences that many international students encounter when studying abroad. The article also considers what educators can do to help prepare their students for cultural assimilation in a new study environment. To read the article, visit The PIE News. Continue reading →

Students numbers grow on free pre-arrival online course

Over 1,600 incoming and prospective international students are currently participating in Get Ready for Southampton, a free online course open between April and October, which enables participants to meet and make international friends, and get a taste for what life is like at the University of Southampton before coming to study. Now in its fourth year, numbers on the course this year are still climbing with expected figures to exceed last year’s record of 2,500. Continue reading →

UKCISA Annual Conference this week!

UKCISA (the UK Council for International Student Affairs) will host its annual conference this week from 2nd to 4th July at the University of Liverpool. With a packed schedule of over 50 sessions ranging from immigration topics to international student experience and recruitment, the highlights will include plenary sessions from Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and Rebecca Hughes, Head of Education at the British Council. Continue reading →