Academic English skills for international students
Happy New Year everybody! I wish you all success in your studies in 2011! The start of a new year is the perfect time to start thinking about all the good healthy things you should be doing to improve your life (and you studies!). Here are my suggestions for activities that will help you learn … Read more
Brrr! (Again!) We are just not used to this much snow in the UK so when it happens the country grinds to a halt (you can imagine a big machine grinding to a stop when it can’t manage anymore. When this happens people jump up and down, saying “Look at Sweden! They get lots of … Read more
There’s only one story in the UK this week, and that is the one about tuition fees. UK students will now have to fund their own degrees paying up to £9,000 a year for their fees. Yes, I know that you overseas students already pay that much so you are probably just thinking ‘Well, welcome … Read more
The deep freeze continues! But the cold weather hasn’t put off the student protesters around the UK who are out in force to try to stop the government raising tuition fees. These were the scenes in London today: But whilst the British students are protesting, my overseas students are still struggling along with a paraphrasing … Read more