Featured Courses

English Language Courses

English for Specific Academic Purposes including Law, Business, Economics and Medicine 

Suitable for:  Undergraduate Students in the relevant disciplines 

Summary: Developing academic English skills in your discipline in interactive classes involving collaborative tasks such as posters, seminars and presentations as well as academic reading and writing tasks.

English for Academic Purposes

Suitable for: Undergraduate level 

Summary: Developing academic English skills in interactive classes involving collaborative tasks such as posters, seminars and presentations as well as academic reading and writing tasks on a range of topics. 

Communication and Academic Skills for Future Health Professionals 

Suitable for: Undergraduate Students from health-related disciplines 

Summary: Understanding different health-care systems; developing person-centred communications skills in interactive classes.  Developing academic skills for studying abroad through lectures, discussions, and poster presentations.

Teacher Education Courses

English Medium Instruction (EMI) in Higher Education 

Suitable for: Academics teaching their subject specialisms in English 

Summary: University teaching in a second language including classroom methodology and language for English Medium Instruction.

Social Science Courses

Understanding Business Communication and Social Media 

Suitable for: Undergraduates and those with no prior background in Business 

Summary: Helping students understand how technology has changed business communication and how social media platforms provide firms with opportunities to target their messages to different stakeholders. Introduction to digital marketing campaigns.  

Politics and International Relations 

Suitable for: Undergraduates and those with no prior background in Politics

Summary: This course provides an overview of key concepts and approaches in the study of Politics and International Relations. Students will engage with issues from populism to international security. 

An Introduction to Psychology

Suitable for: Undergraduates and those with no prior background in Psychology

Summary: An introduction to the key principles and theories of human thought and behaviour. It will explore questions such as: Why do we sleep? How do we make decisions and solve problems? How do other people influence or shape our behaviour? What determines the quality of our relationships? How do we remember and why do we forget?

Art Courses

Walking in the City: Contemporary Flânerie 

Suitable for:  Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: The course explores the effect of how we choose to walk through the city upon and our experience of it.  You’ll consider and experience new ways of seeing and sensing the city in a contemporary art context. Suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced students. 

Introduction to Digital Animation 

Suitable for: Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: An introduction to the basic techniques and approaches to digital animation to develop creative ideas through the moving image. Suitable for absolute beginners.

Studio Painting

Suitable for: Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: Understanding and practising ways of transferring ideas and visual research into a series of personally ambitious and compelling paintings. Suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced students. 

Humanities Courses

Scottish History

Suitable for: Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: A survey course of Scottish history from Scotland to Victorian Scotland. Students do not need to have any experience of studying history.  

Introduction to Humanities

Suitable for: Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: An interdisciplinary introduction to Philosophy, History, Art History and Literature. Students do not need to have any experience of studying humanities subjects.  

Film Studies

Suitable for: Pre-Undergraduate to Undergraduate level

Summary: An introductory course in British Film. Students do not need to have any experience of studying film.