Our programme will help you get more from your degree programme at Reading, by improving your academic language and communication skills while you study.
The Academic English Programme (AEP) is free to all fee-paying international/ EU students and has four strands:
- a sign-up programme of Online Courses, on campus Spoken Language Courses and Academic Language Webinars
- 1:1 Consultations for individualised advice on Writing and Presenting in English
- modules or workshops in your discipline
- ‘Ask the AEP Team’ sessions for you to get advice about academic English or ask about any aspect of AEP (see below).
Academic English Programme Blackboard Hub
Self-enrol on our Academic English Programme Blackboard Hub to sign up for Academic Language Webinars and Spoken Language Courses and to receive updates about what AEP is offering during the year. To enrol on the Hub, follow the instructions below:
- Open this webpage that you are currently looking at in two tabs
- In the first tab, sign into Blackboard
- In the second tab, open the Hub Blackboard and follow the self-enrolment instruction
If you have problems self-enrolling on the Hub, please contact Academic English Programme at aep@reading.ac.uk or attend one of our 'Ask the AEP Team' sessions.
Any Questions?
Our ‘Ask the AEP Team’ sessions run every Monday-Friday during term time and offer 10-minute individual or small group (up to 3 people) sessions with one of our Academic English tutors. You do not need to book, simply come along to get advice about Academic English or to ask about our programme. Typical questions for these sessions might be:
- Can you give me some quick tips on how to improve my academic vocabulary?
- I would like to improve my grammar. Which AEP course could I take?
- I am having problems enrolling on an AEP course. Can you help me please?
Session times and locations (term-time only):
Mondays 13:00 – 14:00 Edith Morley 228
Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:00 Online session
Wednesdays 13:00 – 14:00 Edith Morley 228
Thursdays 17:00 – 18:00 Online session
Fridays 13:00 – 14:00 Edith Morley 228
If you would like more detailed advice about a piece of writing or a presentation, please request one of 1:1 Consultations.