Once you have enrolled onto your programme at the University of Birmingham, you can access a range of Academic English workshops, short courses, resources and personal meetings.
As an undergraduate or postgraduate student at Birmingham, you can:
- Attend our free open access English classes
- Self-assess your Academic English
- Book individual academic English and study skills tutorials
- Get answers to your academic English queries
- Access self-study materials
To find out more about Academic English workshops and short courses view our Academic English Canvas course and book your place at no additional cost for international students studying at the University of Birmingham (only accessible to current students).
We offer:
- 1-1 English with a tutor: Discuss any topic for 30 minutes. Confidential and tailored to your needs.
- Express English: Improve one area of language fast.
- Lunchtime English: Choose from a range of topics. No booking needed - just turn up.
- Workshop English: Focus on speaking skills.
- Programme specific modules: Explore modules designed for you.
- Exam Skills: Prepare for exam week.
- Thesis and Dissertation Writing: Prepare for and write your paper.
- Academic skills for PGR students: Develop writing skills for Postgraduate Researchers.
- Synthesis for Success: Develop reading, referencing skills and responsible AI use.
- Reading retreat: Focus on reading techniques and how to use AI for reading.
- Partners' English: For your friends and family living in the UK. Partners' English incurs an additional cost. For details on cost, how to book onto Partners' English and how to pay, please email us: bia@contacts.bham.ac.uk