English language support

In-Sessional English Language support is run by the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) department. Our tutors have years of experience in supporting students and helping them to improve their English and their transition to a UK university environment.. Please enrol on our Moodle page.

The In-sessional English Language Support we offer consists of:

• Writing Workshops
• One-to-one Support Sessions

Writing Workshops

Writing workshops are two hours long and are designed to help you with many of the English language and academic skills you will need as you study with us at Napier.

We will be flexible and do our best to respond to your needs as we progress through the trimester.

Some of the topics we can cover are: 

• Language
• Criticality
• Structure
• Themes and Rhemes
• Report Writing
• Scholarship and plagiarism
• Referencing
• Paraphrasing
• Defining and classifying
• Comparing and contrasting
• Cause and effect
• Problems and solutions
• Evidence and conclusions
• Being concise
• Paragraphs
• Effective sentence structure
• Linking sentences together
• Synthesising sources

This trimester, there will be 2 Writing Workshops: one on Thursdays 2pm - 4pm and another one on Fridays 1pm - 3pm. Both workshops are open for anyone studying on UG/PG/PhD students to join and can cover basic and advanced skills depending on what the class needs.

For trimester 1 of 2024/25, Writing workshops will take place online. If you would like to be enrolled, please email EAP.Enquiries@napier.ac.uk and give your full name, Napier ID and programme of study. Once enrolled, you are expected to attend the workshops every week until week 15 of the trimester.

One-to-one Support Sessions

If you need more personalised support with your academic writing, you can book a one-to-one Support Session. These sessions are 30 minutes long and give you the opportunity to discuss your written work with one of our tutors.

For trimester 1 of 2024/2, the one-to-one Support Sessions will be carried out online. To book a one-to-one Support Session, you should email EAP.Enquiries@napier.ac.uk. You can book a maximum of three sessions per trimester.

The timetable for Trimester 1 of 2024/25 is below.

For more details, please contact our team at EAP.Enquiries@napier.ac.uk or contact Iain Arnott, Head of English for Academic Purposes (I.Arnott@napier.ac.uk).

Please Note

Students of the following courses will receive specific in-sessional support workshops. Please contact your programme team for more details.

• MBA Leadership Practice
• MSc Healthcare Management
• MSc Pharmaceutical and Analytical Science